AtD translation: the unspeakable business with the Rugby blue in hall

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Rich. I do keep the Pynchon Wiki at hand at all times, unless you
are referring to some other site I don't know.


On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 10:40 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should add "in hall" implies meals (lunch/formal dinner) within a
> Cambridge college (there are 31 within the university; less so at
> time within the novel). Being a public place I would guess Cyprian tried to
> kiss the other man or showed public display of affection which caused the
> drama. maybe this is all in the companion sites online
>
> rich
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 12:20 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That seems to be it. Thanks for replying.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 3:45 PM Paul Cray <pmcray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Specifically, in the case of Rugby (Unoin) that the person played In the
>> > Varsity Match (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Varsity_Match)
>> > for either Oxford or Cambridge against the Other Place.
>> >
>> > I don't have my copy of AtD to hand, but presumably something
>> unspeakable
>> > happened with a Rugby blue in the dining hall at an Oxbridge college.
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 19:14, Will Reid <willreid1871 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Rugby blue means you played rugby for either Cambridge or Oxford if I'm
>> >> not
>> >> mistaken. Both have blue jerseys and award "blues" like in the link you
>> >> sent.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 12:33 PM Mike Jing <
>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>> >> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > P494.25-30   “Oh, old Cyps is all right,” demurred Yashmeen.
>> >> >        “For a pasty-faced sodomite with no control over his public
>> >> > impulses, you mean,” frowned Faun.
>> >> >        “He carries a parasol,” added Lorelei.
>> >> >        “And the unspeakable business with the Rugby blue in hall.”
>> >> >        “But he makes me laugh.”
>> >> >
>> >> > I've found the Wikipedia page for "Blue":
>> >> >
>> >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_(university_sport)
>> >> >
>> >> > but I still don't know what this sentence is talking about. Any
>> ideas?
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