AtDDtA(16): A Seventeen-Syllable All-Purpose Threat of Physical Violence

[Dave Monroe]

   "But then Darby Suckling caught sight of him, and the moment
passed...." (AtD, Pt. III, p. 433 f.)


"'Hey Nutso!  When'd they let you out of the B.I.N.?'"

Biometric Institute of Neuropathy, see p. 432.

As in "Loony bin".

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_429-459#Page_433


"a seventeen-syllable all-purpose threat of physical violence"

Haiku - japanese poems consisting of 17 syllables, classically
arranged in three lines of 5 - 7 - 5 syllables each

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_429-459#Page_433

And see ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0708&msg=121075 ff.

We really oughtta throw a contest.  Tim, everyone, let's work out
criteria/judges/deadlines, I'm sure I can come up with a lovely prize.
 Seriously.  Thanks!


"Suckling's mother"

Do we ever know anything about her here?  Let me know.  Thanks!