Help me, Will

Jason Witherspoon arzachel at sirius.com
Tue Apr 1 16:28:45 CST 1997


At 11:07 AM -0800 4/1/97, Steven Maas (CUTR) wrote:
>But I'm confused about that "slaps of Batter."  I understand the "slaps of
>Spoon" but why would an annoyed cook slap with batter?  and why are the
>slaps rhythmic?

Yeesh-- at this rate, interpretation's gonna proceed kinda slowly.  What I
saw was the batter slapping in the bowl, not the adults slapping the
children w/batter-laden spoons.  Hence the rhythm.

I agree w/your "on the fly" reading.  Now, let's move on to vital stuff:
*exactly* *what* *kind* *of* *pie* is being made here?

Oh, my guess on word sub:  Dither/Tizzy?

                                         Jason Witherspoon

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