Thomas Pynchon Riddles

[robert F Vassegh]

I'm pretty confident that we're not looking for the answer to an equation.
Probably something like, "To see eight eyes (CCIIIIIIII)" or "Four pairs to
see (4x2 CC).  Or something that has nothing to do with Roman numerals.  I
could be on the wrong track, I've never been patient enough to solve many
riddles.  

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From: "Dorothy Zimmer" <drstrangleove64 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Thomas Pynchon Riddles

So now I'm sure you want to know how the riddles relate to TRP. Well, that 
the real riddle isn't it. Good luck figuring it out. I will tell you if your

relation is correct.

>From: "Judith A. Panetta" <judy at firemist.com>
>
>Gosh, Dorothy. Let's see...four sets of "202"
>
>Dorothy Zimmer wrote:
> >
> > All have answered correctly except number two. This really cool the way 
>they relate to TRP. But all the answers have to be correct first.
> >
> > >
> > >1.  There was a man who was pushing his car around the corner, stopped 
>in front of a hotel, and lost all of his money. WHY?
> > >
> > >He was playing Monopoly.
> > >
> > >    2.  What do you get if you add 2 to 200 four times?
> > >808?
> > >
> > >    3.  What is it that the person who makes it doesn't need it. The 
>person who buys it does not need it for themselves and the person who uses
it > > >doesn't know it?
> > >A Coffin
> >