Not P but yet another English question

[Mike Jing]

Well, apparently it's a party for adult industry people and he happens to
be there.  How he fits into this particular scuffle depends on the meaning
of "set-pick", but I think he is just a bystander.



On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 5:49 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think a more interesting question is how does Ron Jeremy fit into the
> picture?
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 5:35 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's what I imagined as well, but I couldn't find any such reference to
>> the term.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 3:27 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Knowing nothing about basketball, the context of reading makes set-pick
>>> sound as if it is an acrobatic bounce off the body of another person.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Mark.
>>>>
>>>> I did encounter the basketball term while searching, but I wasn't sure
>>>> how
>>>> it applies to this situation. Is Ron Jeremy supposed to be the "pick"
>>>> here?
>>>> Does it mean he was in the way and she got around him somehow? I'm still
>>>> not quite sure how it works.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 3:46 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > What does it mean to set a pick? ---
>>>> > Here's the definition of a pick: *When an offensive player legally
>>>> blocks
>>>> > the path of a defender to open up another offensive player for a shot
>>>> or to
>>>> > receive a pass*. When setting the pick, you should: Feet spread - you
>>>> > want to create a wide base that is hard for the defender to get
>>>> around.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/articles/how-to-set-pick-in-basketball.html
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_and_roll#/media/File:Trevor_Booker,_Tony_Parker_and_Kirk_Hinrich.jpg
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=set+a+pick+basketball&newwindow=1&sxsrf=ALiCzsZoZEjO0EiRwQ2CHJcoKqjp5M5Bbg%3A1667723620525&ei=ZHFnY5HcH62bwbkPoeOPwAY&oq=set-pick&gs_lp=ugYGCAEQARgJEgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnC4AQH4AQEqAggAMgYQABgHGB4yBhAAGAcYHjIIEAAYBxgeGAoyBhAAGAcYHjIGEAAYBxgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgeMgQQABgewgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICDhAAGOQCGNYEGLAD2AEBwgIHECMYsQIYJ5AGDUiva1DlCVjJDXABeAHIAQCQAQCYAV-gAZsBqgEBMuIDBCBNGAHiAwQgQRgA4gMEIEYYAYgGAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:39f66c8a,vid:ke5-IMRUcXY
>>>> > I once saw this done on an elevator in a business setting. Kept
>>>> > someone from confronting another as they started arguing on the
>>>> > elevator and were now getting off...
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 12:36 AM Mike Jing <
>>>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> The following excerpt is from David Foster Wallace's *Big Red Son
>>>> *(from*
>>>> >> Consider the Lobster and Other Essays*):
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Whereupon in turn Ms. Jasmin St. Claire, seeing Harold Hecuba
>>>> clutching
>>>> >> the
>>>> >> upraised hand of an agitated and off-balance Nici Sterling,
>>>> performed a
>>>> >> set-pick off the three-foot width of Ron (“the Hedge-hog”) Jeremy and
>>>> >> leapt
>>>> >> on Hecuba’s back and deployed what Filth averred was a pretty
>>>> authentic-
>>>> >> and impressive-looking LAPD-style chokehold
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What is a "set-pick"?
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>
>>>
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>>>