GRGR(9) - Katje's Closet 195.18

[Michael Baum]

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:26:29 -0700, Doug Millison wrote:

>At 11:11 AM -0500 9/14/99, David Morris wrote:
>>Q:  What/why is that "carbon-tet" the "operational scent" in Katje's closet
>>(195.18)?
>
>
>Mothballs, right? Everything unpacked just for  Slothrop:  "the operational
>scent in here is carbon tet, Jackson, and this wardrobe here's mostly
>props."

At the time, mothballs would have been more likely camphor, or perhaps napthalene. But as I recall, carbon tetrachloride is a standard dry-cleaning fluid. Same idea, I imagine -- her wardrobe is fresh from processing by people who arrange such things.

-maab