Question: "Congratulate this"

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Mon Feb 21 07:41:18 CST 2011


"On sidewalks and walls the very first printed slogans start to show
up, the first Central Asian fuck you signs, the first
kill-the-police-commissioner signs (and somebody does! this alphabet
is really something!)…" (GR, Pt.  III, p. 355)

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Clément Lévy <clemlevy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, this is great! The list is a great place to find answers to
> questions I didn't even think of!
> Clement
>
> 2011/2/21 Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>:
>> 2011/2/21 János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> As always, the most simple is the most difficult. Please help. In IV,
>>> Ch Two, Bigfoot says to Doc that except for loads of cannabis debris
>>> in his car, he is clean. "No blood or impact evidence we can use.
>>> Congratulations." To which Doc answers nervously, "Congratulate this,
>>> Bigfoot". What is "this", what is the connotation"?
>>
>> ... as in, "congratulate THIS" [grabbing his crotch] and/or
>> "congratulate THIS" [shaking his fist] ...



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