IVIV (8): Scott Oof

[kelber at mindspring.com]

An association Pynchon probably didn't know about, but it kinda fits:

As a cute kind of hazing thing, electricians like to send new apprentices to the material locker in search of non-existent items:  a "skyhook" is one of the standards, along with a "bucket of ohms," and a "left-handed hickey (pipe bender)."  A skyhook, in this case, is a joking reference to something that doesn't exist.  Kind of like Doc's parents signing into the motel with false names.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Sep 29, 2009 10:15 AM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: IVIV (8): Scott Oof
>
>On Sep 29, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>
>> Blvd., I'm assuming, but ... "Skyhook Lounge" a clue?  Help!  Thanks!
>
>Don't know if this constitutes any sort of clue, but the Skyhook is  
>also a basketball shot popularized by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
>