MDMD(6): . . . and perhaps she will behave

[Michel Ryckx]

John Bailey wrote:

> When I first read M&D I thought some kind of joke on ketchup was being made,
> until I noticed in the supermarket aisle about twenty varieties of this
> 'ketjap' stuff. And as far as I know, they are all much thicker than soy
> sauce, although they might be made from soy, I don't know. I'm surprised that
> soy beans could grow on the Cape.

To which I can only reply:

"Oh.  Oh, of course, I hadn't realiz'd. 'Tis but our uninhibited Earthiness, we
of lower degree, we're forever speaking of shit, you see, without much-- Damme,
I say, I said 'shit,' didn't I?-- Oh, shit, I've said it again,-- No!  Twice!"
Smacking himself repeatedly upon the Dome."

(Mason & Dixon, Chapter 7, 72.33-36.)

Michel.