more 'whole sick crew'

[Vassegh, Robert F]

Did I read somewhere that Pynchon's group of college friends (Richard
Farina, et al) referred to themselves as "the whole sick crew"?  Is this
'apocryphal'?  Am I having another delusion?

I always thought it meant "entire", like "the whole enchilada" or "the whole
she-bang".  It seemed *TO ME* to connote a stoic view of their
nihilist/existentialist camaraderie.

--------Original Message------------

Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:30:56 -0500
From: Eric Rosenbloom <ericr at sadlier.com>
Subject: Re: more 'whole sick crew'

When I was in college, of course we called ourselves the whole sick
crew. . . .
The wholeness is in the aggregate, and the aggregate in this case is
subversive. Well, that's my take.

Yours,
Eric R