GR translation: everything now for form’s sake

[Paul Mackin]

On 6/11/2012 2:56 AM, Mike Jing wrote:
> P203.19-28   “Yaagghh.” Wrapped in his tattered sheet, helped to his
> feet by solicitous croqueteers, Slothrop goes limping after Bloat, off
> the turf and into the Casino. They stop first at Slothrop’s room. He
> finds it newly cleaned, perfectly empty, ready for new guests. “Hey .
> . .” Yanking out drawers empty as drums: every stitch of clothing he
> owns is gone, including his Hawaiian shirt. What the fuck. Groaning,
> he rummages in the desk. Empty. Closets empty. Leave papers, ID,
> everything, taken. His back muscles throb with pain. “What is this,
> Ace?” going to check out the number on the door again, everything now
> for form’s sake. He knows. Hogan’s shirt bothers him most of all.
>
> What does "everything now for form’s sake" mean?
>

If no one else wants to step into the breach,  I'll say it might mean 
to  be sure and follow the paranoids SOP, touch all bases, leave nothing 
unchecked, step on or don't step on all the cracks in the sidewalk, 
etc., etc.

But it could be something else entirely.


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