You never did the Kenosha Kid?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

A rabid atheist, actually.  Hypnosis-prone, who knows?


--Original Message-----
From: Humberto Torofuerte <strongbool at gmail.com>
Sent: Sep 2, 2005 12:56 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: You never did the Kenosha Kid?

Well maybe you're just one of these weak-minded sorts...you know, the type 
that is also susceptible to hypnosis or organized religion?

Personally I hate to see the mythos surrounding Sodium Amytol debunked...it 
really is a handy plot device. 

On 9/2/05, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Years ago, after graduating from college, I had my wisdom teeth pulled. 
> The dentist gave me an injection of what he called "truth serum," which I 
> assumed to be sodium pentathol. He gave me the injection and I asked him how 
> long it would take and he told me it had already happened. I thought he was 
> kidding, until I noticed my mouth was stuffed full of bloody cotton. There 
> was absolutely no sensation of grogginess or falling asleep. From my point 
> of view it had been instantaneous. But the dentist knew all about my career 
> goals, concerns, etc. Apparently I had discussed the whole thing very 
> coherently while I was under. I don't know whether it was prompted by 
> questions from the dentist, or if I was just spilling my guts. My guess is 
> that the drug I got was similar, if not identical to what Slothrop got. It 
> doesn't necessarily mean that my experience of instantaneousness is typical 
> or that Pynchon was familiar with this type of experience.
> 
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