One for the Pynchonian Names File...

[Mark Thibodeau]

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How would you feel if your name was "Clyde Pitfapkin"?!

Cheers!
yer old pal Jerky

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 7:24 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think the only thing that could make that situation worse would be if
> your first name or nickname was "Skip", making you "Skip Pitfapkin".
>
> It's like the name you would give a "napkin" specially meant for wiping
> your "pits" after you've just completed an energetic bout of "fapping".
>
> I mention this only because I happened to notice that the absolute final
> credit in the superlative, criminally underappreciated 1987 psycho-thriller
> "White of the Eye" is the actor Clyde Pitfapkin, who played "the
> Hairdresser" in a single, but pivotal (by which I mean superfluous) scene.
>
> And I bring it up HERE only because of our man's long history of employing
> gonzo nomenclature. Do y'all think this one would pass muster?
>
> PS - If you haven't seen it, try to get a hold of a copy. It's currently
> streaming on SHUDDER.com, and it's pretty much an American Giallo.
> Extremely stylish, bizarre and compelling. But hey, with Donald Cammell (he
> of "Performance" and "Demon Seed") directing, you know it's at LEAST gonna
> be interesting!
>
> Cheers!
> yer old pal Jerky
>