VLVL2 (15): Kvetchathon
Dave Monroe
monropolitan at yahoo.com
Thu May 20 19:26:29 CDT 2004
"Starting with a small used trailer shaped like a
canned ham ...." (VL, Ch. 15, p. 358)
p. 358 "Starting with a small used trailer..." This
brief flashback telling the story of Zoyd's house
includes a typically Pynchon-esque fable about
"prehistoric" (and mythical) 5/8-inch plumbing
fittings.
p. 358 "full scale kvetchathon" kvetch = Yiddish
for complaint. Hence, a kvetchathon is a marathon
bitch session among Van Meter's legendarily bickering
family.
p. 358 "kit conversions" The parts required to
convert legal, semi-automatic rifles to full (and
illegal) automatic operation are often available in
kit form. The kits themselves are not illegal, but
they become illegal if installed in non-registered
weapons.
p. 359 "Antinomian" = one who holds that moral law is
not binding on Christians. Therefore, as mentioned
below, "They believe whatever they do, it's cool with
Jesus..."
http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm
Okay, rushing, getting esp. sloppy here ...
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