Slothrop & the Rocket

[calbert at tiac.net]

> Mali's is farther than I have taken the effort to figure out
> Slothrop's penis in such a manner, and it's a very good job,
> particularly the theory of Shell's guidance beam.


If this is indeed a "free day", how about this in support of MalignD?

Why is it IMI-polex?

Spent a little time with the OED over that yesterday.......there is a 
little of the obvious with a dash of the unlikely......

Imi isn't really a prefix, but functions a little like one. It's presence 
implies "replication" as in "imi-tate", and assuming that the OED is 
exhaustive with respect to the possible uses, the correspondence is 
nearly 100%.

"polex" - there is the obvious connection to "polarity" - but another 
tangent, not entirely unrelated, makes MalignD's hypothesis seem 
"dead on".....

a pole can also be a component part of a "trellis", to wit, a 
supporting structure or form for  "managed" expansion or 
growth.....and doesn't that describe one of the elemental properties 
of the substance? and does this not complement the notion that a 
small amount of IMIPOLEX G could indeed expand to take the shape 
of its host?

While we are here, is there anyone who can direct me to the 
passage in V. where Foppl (?) describes himself as a clock's 
counterweight?

love,
cfa