Fact Checking

Jules Siegel jsiegel at mail.caribe.net.mx
Mon Jul 7 21:47:55 CDT 1997


At 07:27 PM 07/7/97 -0700, Jay Herzog <jwh7 at axe.humboldt.edu> wrote:
>
>	I happen to be a certified expert on talking canines and it pains
>	me to see Pynchon (who I'd formerly considered a guru, nay even a
>	God) behaving in a human manner by describing a terrier as
>	possessing the power of speech when everyone knows that only
>	Collies and Sheepdogs possess this gift (cf. "Lassie" and "the
>	Shaggy Dog"). I read Pynchon to glean cold hard facts, not for 
>	ridiculous, imaginative forays into fantasy and humor. I must
>       admit it's making me meshugginah....
>

Try gefülte fish and matzoh ball soup for a few days and you'll be saying
meshugah, you meshuggineh kopf. How about abalone gefülte fish? Or Rainbow
trout? I know you can get matzoh in most health food stores, probably even
in Humboldt County, if that's where you are and I envy you a bit, if so.


--Jules Siegel Apdo 1764 Cancun QR 77501
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