V.V. (19?) The "church key"

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Wed Jun 20 17:34:46 CDT 2001


I guess the other point to note in the pun about Paola holding the "church
key" is that for the WSC, beer (and the type of abandonment which drunken
revelry brings) is in fact the altar at which they worship:

    They all attacked the brown bag at once .... (415.10)

best


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>From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
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>     Paola, holding the church key, turned to gaze past Profane's left
>     ear at what glittered in Stencil's hand. (416.4)
>
> Had to look that one up. A "church key" is a device with a triangular point
> at one end for making holes in the tops of cans.



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