GR translation: And you get sent to the Onion Room

[Mike Jing]

I must have read something like this from somewhere, but I can no longer
find the reference.

Thanks, Mike and Mark.


On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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?
>> > --
>> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
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>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>>
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