GR translation: virgin-blue

[Bekah]

Perfect.   :-) 

Bekah

On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's "virgin-blue" specifically for the Virgin Mary reference, about to be violated by the rocket phallus.
> 
> On Thursday, October 17, 2013, Bekah wrote:
> Perhaps it would be like "clean" blue or better yet,  "pure" blue.
> 
> Bekah
> 
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 6:06 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/stories/cumming_pesellino/cumming_pesellino03.html
> >
> > Mary is clothed in blue, the colour of the Virgin as the Queen of Heaven. The garment is bordered with gold braiding. Our Florentine would have appreciated that the robe is painted with lapis lazuli, one of the most expensive pigments available. In other words, only the best is good enough for the Virgin Mary.
> >
> > On Thursday, October 17, 2013, János Széky wrote:
> > Yes, there is a certain shade of blue associated with Mary, Mother of God in Roman Catholic iconography. Practically, it is the sign of the Virgin.
> >
> >
> > 2013/10/17 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> > V464.35-465.6   But the tour with General Kammler’s rocketeers is what Slothrop, perversely, wants—wants?—to know about, “Well I’ve been to that Nordhausen, sure, seen the bits and pieces. But never a fully-assembled A4. That must really be something, huh?”
> >        Thanatz is holding out his stein for a refill. The waiter, deadpan, dribbles water down a spoon to turn the absinthe milky green while Thanatz caresses his buttocks, then moves away. It is not clear if Thanatz has been thinking about his answer. “Yes, fueled, alive, ready for firing . . . fifty feet high, trembling . . . and then the fantastic, virile roar. Your ears nearly burst. Cruel, hard, thrusting into the virgin-blue robes of the sky, my friend. Oh, so phallic. Wouldn’t you say?”
> >        “Uh . . .”
> >
> > What is "virgin-blue" exactly?  It appeared twice in the book.  The only reference I can find has to do with the colour of the robes of Virgin Mary.  Is there anything else I'm missing?
> >
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