Not P but Moby-Dick (65)

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Johnny and Ian.


On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 6:18 PM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Or, maybe, "start off". The chapter seems an accounting of founding myths
> of [man's] gods and heroes versus the whale. The first whalers, perhaps.
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 2:52 PM Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ‘Offer such a venerable line up’?
>>
>> On Saturday, February 3, 2024, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > From Chapter 81:
>> >
>> > Perseus, St. George, Hercules, Jonah, and Vishnoo! there’s a member-roll
>> > for you! What club but the whaleman’s can head off like that?
>> >
>> > What does "head off" mean here?
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