(Fwd) of Adam Thornton Msg, Re: Harper Valley PTA Report

Henry M gravity at nicom.com
Sun Jan 26 08:45:30 CST 1997


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From:          "Adam J. Thornton" <adam at phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Subject:       Re: Harper Valley PTA Report
To:            gravity at nicom.com (Henry M)
Date:          Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:39:13 -0500 (EST)

Argh.

If you haven't yet deleted it--as I stupidly have--would you mind
bouncing that last reply to you (the one with the list of possible
masturbatory stimuli) to the P-list?

I hate it when I get so involved in writing a response (and, as you
can imagine, that response was particularly exciting to conjure up)
that I forget to check the headers.

Sorry to trouble you.

Adam

--
Yeah, Adam, I've done the same, sometimes just sending to myself. 
Which, now that I think of it, is relevant to this discussion. 
<smirk>

So here 'tis, including a quote from me to which you responded.
-- 

> Any guy who can't jerk-off without a photograph in front of him
> needs help. <semi-smirk>

Sometimes it's nice for a change, though, to have grainy "I think you
can see her *kidneys*" photographs, for those times when a) _Delta of
Venus_ b) _Opus Pistorum_ c) _Justine_ d) _Gravity's Rainbow_ e)
Dali's _Leda Atomica_ f) Von Bayrosian sketches of Scorpia
Mossmoonesque women g) a pair of the Lust Objects' recently-worn and
unwashed panties h) an active imagination i) tekka maki j) _Crash!_ k)
_The 1812 Overture_ l) Tori Amos's _Icicle_ m) A recording of the 1959
Grand Prix at Seagrave n) _Client-Server Programming For Dummies_ o)
Aretino's Sonnets p) _Macho Sluts_ q) an alpaca-fur rug r) _Fanny
Hill_ s) _Lady Chatterly's Lover_ t) _My Secret Life_ u) detailed
tactical maps of the Battle of the Bulge v) _At The Mountains of
Madness_ w) the cloying meretricious hothouse perfumed stench of
decaying orchids x) White Castle cheeseburgers y) Krispy Kreme
doughnuts 
 -or-
z) _Love Is A Dog From Hell_

all prove to be not quite enough.  Different strokes for, er,
different strokes.  De gustibus non est disputandum.  I'll be quite
upset if Henry--or anyone--purports to tell me which of the above
items I may or may not appropriately consider an erotic stimulus.

Adam



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