Marginally Pynchon-related

[Oli Kristjan Armannsson]

At 10:06 19.4.1997 -0400, "davemarc" wrote:

>*  Joe Boxer recently hosted an elaborate fashion junket to Iceland, where
>Members of the Press got to eyeball models parading down a runway wearing
>little else besides novelty undergarments and Viking-style helmets (you
>know, the ones with the horns).  Pix may be available at the Joe Boxer
>website; I haven't checked and I don't have the URL on me.
>
        What's the Pynchon link? Could it be:

Vikings...Iceland...Leif Ericson (Leifur Heppni)...Vineland

        The link hadn't occurred to me, it's probably too close to home.
Anyway if you are into this sort of thing these models are well worth
eyeballing, the event got lots of press over here. 

                                        Oli Kristjan
                                        Reykjavik
                                        Iceland