AtDTDA: (8) Quit fooling

[Monte Davis]

Tore Rye Andersen wrote:

> Of course, "quit fooling" may just be an Americanism... like those 
> insecure children who can't understand irony, I have a hard time 
> telling when someone's pulling my leg)"... 

I think you nailed it at the end and with the Skippy citation. To this 
American ear, Slothrop's "quit fooling" has a faint but distinct note of 
the child or adolescent on the edge of petulance: "You've had your fun, 
but it's not fun for me any more."

Here, for Lew, it doesn't seem to signify more than that he's still a 
newbie in England -- and god knows has every reaon to expect foolery 
from N&N.