GR translation: mulled with the hammers of Hell

[Mike Jing]

I'm trying. I'm trying...(to dance with it, that is.)

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Madeleine Maudlin
<madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wait, were you looking for what mull means, here?  It can mean whatever the
> hell you want it to.  Have fun with it.  Play with it.  Dance with the
> iodioms.  Put whatever mean, nasty, hellish verb Chinese can come up with,
> stick it the hell in there.  Soup it up.  What's a popular, really hellishly
> intense and godawful and very alcoholic drink in China.  Let's say sake.
>  And raked with the hammers of Hell!  And socked with the hammers of Hell!
>  Forsaken with the hammers of Hell!
>
> Ever think of having Rainbow say and mean whatever the hell you want it to?
>  That's what I do, anyway.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hammers of Hell
>> www.phrases.org.uk › Discussion ForumCached - Similar
>> Apr 8, 2005 – The Origin of "Hammers of Hell" remains somewhat obscure,
>> but can be traced at least back to the early 1900s. The term appears to
>> relate to ...
>>
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>> ________________________________
>> From: Madeleine Maudlin <madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com>
>> To: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: GR translation: mulled with the hammers of Hell
>>
>>
>> So hammers of Hell is not a reference?  Okay, then how about the resultant
>> hangover involved.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
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>> On 6/5/2012 4:57 AM, Mike Jing wrote:
>> >
>> >P193.27-35
>> >>The Ballad Of Tantivy Mucker-Maffick
>> >>Oh Italian gin is a mother’s curse,
>> >>And the beer of France is septic,
>> >>Drinking Bourbon in Spain is the lonely domain
>> >>Of the saint and the epileptic.
>> >>White lightning has fueled up many a hearse
>> >>In the mountains where ridge-runners dwell—
>> >>It’s a brew begot in a poison pot,
>> >>And mulled with the hammers of Hell!
>> >>
>> >>What does "mull" mean here?  I found this:
>> >>
>> >>to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices for drinking, as ale or wine.
>> >>
>> >>Is that it?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> strongly seasoned to a degree comparable to the sound of hells bells,
>> which are very loud???
>> >
>> >P
>> >
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