GR translation: And you get sent to the Onion Room

[Mark Kohut]

"This task is generally assigned by Company Commanders to recruits who are
not in their good graces and is considered a form of "payback". "

On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM Mike Weaver via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Probably  the part of the kitchen where large numbers of onions are
> chopped up - no doubt a hated duty!
>
> On 06/12/2025 19:14, Mike Jing wrote:
> > V687.16-19, P700.38-701.1   Well. You’ve heard the expression “Shit from
> > Shinola.” As in, “Aw, he don’t know Shit from Shinola! ’bout that.” Or,
> > “Marine—you don’t know Shit from Shinola!” And you get sent to the Onion
> > Room, or worse.
> >
> > What does the Onion Room here refer to exactly?
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