COLGR49: "ha, ha"

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy.

"Ha." He thought for a moment... "Ha ha."

We've acquired a sense of humor!

All smiles today, 
(and still following the bouncing ball from my dark nook, but declining
to sing along...)
Mark


--- Kato du Bois <funkyrubber at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 		"You might have been one of Perry Mason's spies", said 				
> Roseman. After 
> thinking a moment added, "Ha, ha".
> 		"Ha, ha", said Oepida. They looked at each other.
> 
> 													(p. 9, Bantum)
> 
> I enjoyed this passage in re-reading, not only because it seems to be
> the 
> first real Paranoia peeking out at us from the text, even if it is
> light 
> (and superbly dry ... Oedipa doesn't take much shit from Roseman, 
> obviously), but because it seems to nod to Alfred Jarry's _Exploits
> and 
> Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician_, an author I could see
> this 
> crowd, as well as P himself, having at least a passing interest in.
> The 
> baboon Bosse-de-Nage, Dr. Faustroll's cabin-boy, can speak ... but
> only the 
> word "Ha ha", which he interjects frequently (and injects with
> various 
> meanings).
> 
> A wierd little book that one, can recommend it if you're interested
> in one 
> of the early inspirations of Dadaism.
> 
> K d B
> 
> 
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