TRP Superstar

[john wells]

Peter Giordano wrote:
> 
> John,
> Sorry but I did not write the words you attributed to me - And in order for
> your clever little joke to work you have to address it to the author of the
> words you quoted -

NO, I don't have to address my "clever little joke" to anyone in
particular for it to work. I got a laugh and so did a few other folks.
In fact, I'm laughing now... You're the biggest hoot on this list.
 
> Is that too hard for you to understand? 

What? You think I'm going to let some anal-retentive dewey-decimal
addict explain the need for rigid accuracy in a JOKE?!

> Let me lay it
> out for you:

NO AGAIN. Let ME lay it out for YOU. It's a joke, admittedly at your
expense but, what the hell, you can afford it. 

> Somebody(not me) said:

No matter who said it, YOU posted it. Fair game when you're in my line
of fire.
 
>  >I assume all other roles in this perrenial favorite drama are
> >up for grabs.  Hey, can I be Saint Augustine?
> 
> Then you, with your rapier wit,

Thank you, that's the first thing you've posted that I've agreed with.

> respond with :
> >Nah, you can be the ass Christ (TRP?) rides into Jerusalem. It's
> >typecasting, but if you've got the talent...
> 
> So John, you see, in order for your joke to be funny the "you" referred to
> above has to be the person who wanted to be Saint Augustine (The "you" in
> the second comment MUST refer to the "I" in the first coment)

Geez, I bet you'd diagram a fart at a baked bean dinner.

> You went on to say:
> >Maybe, but YOU posted it, and it is VERY APPROPIATE, don't you think?
> >It's what some call "synchronicity" and was just TOO, TOO, right to pass
> >up.
> >
> >By the way, have you ever found any references in that library of yours
> >on "obsessive-compulsive behaviour and the internet?"
> 
> I now respond:
> As I pointed out above, no it was not an appropriate comment  at all - It
> makes no sense at all in fact - As for your question about
> "obsessive-compulsive behaviour and the internet?"  probably this is
> something you need to see a doctor about since you are obviously getting
> lost - Certainly you can do better with youor attempts at insults

OK, I must admit I agree with you so, I WILL attempt to do better:
"Speaking of seeing a doctor, I was just thinking, maybe you oughta go
see a proctologist and get your head examined." (How's that?)

> - Your
> last two attempts were pretty lame 

A matter of opinion, and you're certainly welcome to your opinion, on me
or anyone else, but do you have to beat people to death with it?

> - To give you some help 

If you want to give me some help start listening to a Sony Walkman in
the library, it'll take your mind off the list for a little while. Hell,
some of us might even pitch in to 
buy you some CD's or tapes.

And that's it from me, P-listers. The rest of this post is another Peter
rehash. But 
don't worry, I'm working on a paean to librarians! Excuse me for wasting
your time and this space.

john

> I'll repost the
> message I actually sent:
> 
> In a message at 9:48 on July 8th, 1997 I posted the following:
> 
> You said:
> >Let me see if I've got this straight:
> >TRP = Christ
> >Jules = Judas
> >Chrissie = Mary Magdalene
> >I assume all other roles in this perrenial favorite drama are
> >up for grabs.  Hey, can I be Saint Augustine?
> >
> I say:
> Actually the above is a gross simplification which buys into some of the
> more egocentric
> nonsense promoted on this list - The Pynchon list is not a place for
> idolizing trp and is only
> declared to be that by Jules and only whenever somebody dares to reject his
> theories about
> trp
> 
> Peter Giordano
> Williams College
> Williamstown, MA