re. Re: Ethnic stereotypes

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

* You do not really believe that your interpretation 
of Umberto's "very nice" is correct, do you?

Of course I'm aware that BenignL is not
wearing "God hates Fags!" buttons, but over the
years there has happened here this and that --

KFL + (aka "the flower-arranging European pansy")     

"Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com> schrieb:
> Hardly "my" racist joke, Kai.  Rather, speculation on
> one of Ralph Wayvone, Jr.'s.  As Umberto himself
> understood at the time.  Viz. ...
> 
> 
> VLVL2 (15): Ralph Wayvone, Jr. 
> 
> "He didn't get to the Cuke quite in time to miss Ralph
> Wayvone, Jr., in a glossy green suit accented with
> sequins, who was cracking jokes into the mike to warm
> this crowd, who in Ralph's opinion needed it, up."
> (VL, Ch. 15, p. 356)
> 
> 
> Ralph Wayvone, Jr.
> 
> Cf. Frank Sinatra and/or Desi Arnaz, Jrs.?
> 
> 
> "'one slip of the tongue''"
> 
> p. 356 "...one slip of the tongue..."    Arguably the
> worst joke in any of Pynchon's novels. Gross!
> 
> http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm
> 
> Okay, I actually find that one funny, so ...
> 
> 
> "'How to Get an Italian Woman Pregnant'"
> 
> p. 356 "How to get an Italian Woman Pregnant."   We
> have found two versions of this joke:
> 
> Q: How do you get an Italian woman pregnant?  A: And
> they say the Italians are stupid!
> 
> Q: How do you get an Italian woman pregnant?  A: Fuck
> her.
> 
> http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm
> 
> But see as well ...
> 
> How do you get an Italian woman pregnant? 
> Cum in her shoes and let the flys [sic] do the rest.
> 
> http://www.wvi.com/~jdhoeye/groaners.html
> 
> I choose Bachelor No. 2 ...
> 
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0405&msg=90881
> 
> 
> And Umberto's response ...
> 
> In data 20 May 2004, verso le 16:17, Dave Monroe si
> trovò a scrivere su VLVL2 (15): Ralph Wayvone, Jr.:
> 
> > How do you get an Italian woman pregnant? 
> > Cum in her shoes and let the flys [sic] do the rest.
> 
> When I was in the States I heard different versions of
> the joke (let's call it so) where "Italian" had been
> replaced by "Mexican", "Chinese", etc. Very nice.
> 
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0405&msg=91038
>