IV 15 259-261

[Carvill, John]

> Drybeam also made me think drywall.

Yes. Not that there's any connection that I can think of, but the name Drybeam reminded me of this passage:


"Back at the beach, the rain continued, and every day up in the hills, another fragment of real estate came sliding down. Insurance salesmen had Brylcreem running down into their collars, and stewardii found it impossible even with half-gallon cans of hairspray purchased in duty-free zones far away to maintain their hairdos in anything close to a stylish flip. The termitic houses of Gordita Beach had all turned to the consistency of wet sponge, emergency plumbers reached in to squeeze the beams and joists, thinking of their own winter homes in Palm Springs. People began to go crazy even while on the natch. Some enthusiast, claiming to be George Harrison of the Beatles, tried to hijack the Goodyear Blimp, moored at its winter quarters at the intersection of the Harbor and San Diego Freeways, and make it fly him to Aspen, Colorado, in the rain. "


- that "...emergency plumbers reached in to squeeze the beams and joists..." bit, obviously.


And then there's Nixon's 'plumbers', of course, but that is a bit of a stretch...