AtDTdA (9): 243 "Cli Amici dell'Azzardo"

[Dave Monroe]

--- Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:

> So, the Piacenza branch of the Chums is an allusion
> to "The Dukes of Hazzard."

First there were the Rowlingesque (or so I read them
as) Bindlestiffs of the Blue ...

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0701&msg=114459

... and now, I Duchi del, uh, Hazzard ...

Main Entry: haz·ard
Pronunciation: 'ha-z&rd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hasard,
from Old Spanish azar, from Arabic al-zahr the die
1 : a game of chance like craps played with two dice
2 : a source of danger
3 a : CHANCE, RISK b : a chance event : ACCIDENT
4 obsolete : STAKE 3a
5 : a golf-course obstacle
- at hazard : at stake

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

.... who, then, might our Chums of Chance allude to?

By the way ...

"... upon the basis of a Chill'd Brain Mousse,
invented to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, I
was able to secure passage to Martinique ...." (M&D,
Ch. 37, p. 381)

Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of

[...]

2 Treaty of 1748, ending the War of the Austrian
Succession. In general, it restored the status quo
ante, but it awarded Silesia and Glatz to Prussia and
conferred the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and
Guastalla on the Spanish infante Philip....

http://www.bartleby.com/65/ai/AixlaCha.html

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0202&msg=65249

Not to mention ...

The Italian American chef Hector Boiardi (1897-1985),
better known as "Chef Boyardee," was born in Piacenza
and immigrated to the United States in 1915,
eventually acquiring fame for his eponymous franchise
of food products.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piacenza


       
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