Horst

[David Morris]

But shit is always more than shit.  Shit is the miracle product of the
resourceless infant.  Shit shines unpolished!

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

> Sometimes a toilet is just a toilet, but a sewerage network is always
> "a series of tubes".
>
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski
> <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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:;><javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi <javascript:;>');>>
> >> > 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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