AtDDtA(15): F.I.C.O.T.T.

[Dave Monroe]

On 8/10/07, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> just to line it up -- you're interested in
> 1) instances of the 3-party joke in Pynchon
> 2) possible diffusions of meaning in each vis-a-vis its surrounding text
> 3) possible intertextual references and byplay, including
>    what meaning(s) this latest link in the signifying chain might be
>    hinting at

Exactly ...

> 4) to which I'd add - will anyone knowing the full joke that
> begins, "Well.  There's this Jesuit, this Corsican, and this
> Chinaman, and they're all riding in a great Cooach, going up
> to Bath...? and the fourth Passenger is a very proper
> Englishwoman, who keeps giving them these scandaliz'd Glances...?
> Finally, able to bear it no longer, the Corsican, being the
> most hot-headed of the three, bursts out, and here I hope
> You will excuse my Corsican Accent, he says, "'Ey! Lady!
> Whatta Ye lookin' ah'?" And she says..." please supply the
> missing bits?

Thanks!