VLVL2 (3) A P-List Romance

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Tue Aug 12 12:28:48 CDT 2003


Terrance:

> 
> It's a fatal five-spot not because it's the first or the last but
> because it is a deadly, causing ruin or destruction, disastrous, of
> decisive importance; fateful. 
> 
> It's really not  all that important that this fatal-five is the first or
> second or thirteenth, but that it is fatal. 
> 

Pynchonoid:

> Fatal" is the step that puts you on the slippery
> slope to ruin.  If you're paying attention and that
> first step registers, it can be quite a spine-tingling
> experience.


Terrance and pynchonoid actually agree on something!!

Holy hypotnuse, Caped Crusader!!









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