Tyrone Slothrop's horoscope
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 20 09:09:21 CDT 2002
>From: <vze422fs at verizon.net>
>The legal drinking age for a pal of Joseph Kennedy's son in the 1930's,
>such as Tyrone Slothrop, would be "old enough to order without slurring too
>much or causing a fight".
I would agree with this. And don't forget that the bar was in Roxbury,
where legality would be second to making a buck. Tyrone would as an
undergraduate have been between 18 and 21. I don't remember if we're told
which year of College he's in...
DM
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