pynchon-l-digest V1 #674

[Paul Mackin]

>Erik Burns, on the 11 days:
>
>>This confusion arose because people found it easier to think in the
>>"nominal" terms they were used to - in which one day of the month follows
>>another in numerical order - rather than recognizing the underlying reality
>>of what "days" measure, namely the passage of time."
>>
>>To react like this may seem ridiculous with hindsight..."

And Greg replies:
>
>Actually, you can view similar "ridiculous" behavior even today, in the
>continuing brouhaha over Daylight Savings Time ("It ain't natural", "The
>cows don't like it").
>

>>>>And I can't help wanting to emphasize how The Pincher seems
to delight in this sort of thing. Don't quite know what to call
it (just plain confusion will probably do), but isn't it an important
source of his comic Power? (maybe everyone's)

Confusion is a state we derive much from.

                        P.