Help me please - a dialogue in GR

[Bekah]

Or as in,  "No shit, Sherlock."

Bek

On Oct 14, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Henry wrote:

> Slothrop is in a pig suit; no doubt he is literally "hot," and so  
> he replies
> "do tell," as in "Do tell, Sherlock!"
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:29 PM
> To: János Székely
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> Subject: Re: Help me please - a dialogue in GR
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> "Do tell" means "tell me more" in the literal sense, or in a more
> typically playful/sarcastic sense it would mean "you're telling me" as
> in "no shit."
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:11 PM, János Székely  
> <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The more simple, the more difficult for a non-native.
>>
>> In the scene where Slothrop, Bodine, Krypton and Shirley are  
>> aboard a Red
>> Cross Clubmobile (Penguin/V p. 600), and the girl, who a minute  
>> earlier
> was
>> panicking about "dope fiends", has helped them out with the gears,  
>> there
>> comes this dialogue:
>>
>> "You're really hot, Rocketman, wow," Krypton lying in back  
>> offering ankle
>> and taped cocaine bottle to Shirley with a smile.
>> "Do tell."
>> "No thanks," sez Shirley. "I'd really better not."
>> "C'mon . . . aw . . ."
>>
>> Now what's happening here exactly? Why "Do tell"?
>>
>> Thx in advance
>> János
>>
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