m&d spoilers pp 301, 375, 486, 567

still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made traveler at afn.org
Mon May 12 17:01:57 CDT 1997


On Sun, 11 May 1997 Kelleher99 at aol.com wrote:

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> (301)  Nice trick, Jody, tying in "Bos'n" Higgs with knotty string theory --
> hoping you can do likewise for "Lord Lepton" (301 & especially later) -- so
> far I can't...

Yes, I'd like to see more quantum-physics references explicated.

> (375)  "linguo-beccal" (midpage) reads better as "linguo-buccal" if the duck 
> sprays like Daffy & Donald... (I notice Popeye shows up on p 486 as well)...

Ha!  I totally missed Popeye.

> (567)  Lower half of page is surely a nod to the Internet -- perhaps
> even to youse guys?...

Actually, it made me think of the W.A.S.T.E. system (as have references to
mysterious sealed coaches and the like).  But you're right, it does sound
like the 'Net.

Max

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