GR translation: bits of string

[Mike Jing]

It's definitely due to war shortages.

Thanks for the reply, Michael.

P.S. The thread thing still doesn't work, so don't worry about it.


On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 1:07 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mike Jing wrote:
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> V153.8-10, P155.32-34   “There are sociologies,” Edwin Treacle, his hair
> going all directions, attempts to light a pipeful of wretched
> leftovers—autumn leaves, bits of string, fag-ends, “that we haven’t even
> begun to look into.
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> The "string" here is just a normal piece of string, right? The published
> translation interpreted it as part of a plant, which I don't think is the
> intended meaning.
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> I think you’re right, Mike.
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> The pipe-smoker has faded from the American scene, but there’s a
> full-scale bronze statue of the first president of UCF, Charles Millican,
> in front of the Admin Building, & he’s holding a (tobacco) pipe. His tenure
> was from 1965-78. Pipe-smoking hasn’t been gone all that long.
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> Wasn’t Hugh Hefner of Playboy notoriety, requiescat in pace, often shown
> holding a pipe?
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> Academia harbored many pipe smokers.
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> Dr Millican probably was a neat pipe-smoker, but Edwin Treacle’s flyaway
> hairdo indicates he’s not.
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> If you keep a partially-smoked pipe in a jacket pocket (one with elbow
> patches maybe) or a cardigan, the bowl catches other detritus.
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> Also - “fag-ends” - I’ve seen this done, people smoking up the roaches of
> their non-filter smokes.
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> Lastly - tobacco shortage due to the war made him
> less picky?
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