Question: "Congratulate this"

[James Kyllo]

save that the "this" would be as likely to be a middle finger as a
crotch or ass..   (or so it seems to me)

J

2011/2/21 Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
> I second----or third--this interpretation.
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> clear and succinct (from Dave M.)
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Mon, February 21, 2011 10:27:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Question: "Congratulate this"
>
> Dave's explanation is clearly the right interpretation.  Might also be
> translated as "Congratulate my ass" or "Congratulate my dick" to make it more
> explicit.
>
> LK
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Feb 21, 2011 10:11 AM
>>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: Re: Question: "Congratulate this"
>>
>>A common expression in English, used as a movie title, Analyze This,
>>but I am not sure this Monroe reading is correct. Minus the hand
>>gesture, and depending on the context,  "this" might connote almost
>>anything.
>>
>>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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