Horst

[Fiona Shnapple]

I may be confused by the use of the terms here, HD, so yeah, when you have
a minute to explain, please and thanks.

On Wednesday, December 4, 2013, Michael Bailey wrote:

>
> On Dec 3, 2013 10:22 AM, "Heikki Raudaskoski" <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi');>>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > FWIW: in GR, the Toiletship episode (where showers are mentioned too) is
> > associated to the aerodynamics man Horst Achtfaden, quite probably even
> > fantasied by him. In BE, Reg's toilet episode precedes Maxine's shower
> > encounter with Horst. These nice Pynchonian metonymies...
> >
>
> > In both cases, though, toilets seem to stand metaphorically for something
> > else (the Rocket's wind tunnel in GR, hashslingrzian secrets in BE). Yet
> > the image of the Toiletship can also be seen as a metaphor of metonymy.
> >
> >
>
> I join the clamor requesting elaboration!
>
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