GR translation: to take just enough of it away eaxh morning

[michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com]

I think "it" is the taste in one's mouth and the menthol is in the toothpaste
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From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 20:34:59 
To: Mike Jing<mikezjing at hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: GR translation: to take just enough of it away eaxh morning

The "it" is the menthol in the inhaled smoke of a cigarette.   A smoker inhales it and some sticks so he can "take just enough 'of it' away each morning...."  

Bekah
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." 
 Thomas Pynchon 



On Sep 2, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> P132.37-39  ..., and isn't menthol a marvelous invention to take just enough of it away each morning, down to become dusty oversize bubbles ...
> 
> What is the "it" in "to take just enough of it away each morning"?
>