Horst

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Have a deadline to meet, but will be back for an self-exegesis asap,

HR

On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Fiona Shnapple wrote:

> 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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