NP: find the hidden Pynchon reference in this comic

[Bekah]

That actually makes sense!   And I'm chuckling.   And  "Though you guys did clean up the language"  certainly fits. 

Bekah
On Dec 11, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Rich Clavey <antizoyd at yahoo.com> wrote:

> After consulting my in-house expert on these matters it is his opinion that this is a classic example, in the age of emoticons, of expressing the idea of a penis without actually drawing a picture of a graphic one... It also fits in nicely with the strip. You slept with the principal. You are so dead.
> Rich
> 
> http://www.macclaveyphotography.com/
> 
> --- On Tue, 12/11/12, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: NP: find the hidden Pynchon reference in this comic
> To: "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> Cc: "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 9:51 AM
> 
> 8=D is perfectly normal as part of a larger equation.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree with Bekah. I don't see the penis and the Reading Rainbow poster
> > features a rainbow with the word Read on it.
> >
> 
> well, it is supposed to be a ribald cartoon...
> 
> a-and what kind of equation is 8 = D    that does strike me as having
> a meaning outside math
> 
> 
> 
> --
> - where the bee sucks, there suck I
>