tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665852897906414084.post5536071157961328980..comments2023-05-14T02:01:23.613-07:00Comments on Inebriated Spook: Generation X Gets SincereBoroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02765105246265779723noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665852897906414084.post-70981518914487740812014-11-21T09:49:22.816-08:002014-11-21T09:49:22.816-08:00I'm glad to see that someone else noticed the ...I'm glad to see that someone else noticed the sly reference to Lolita (although note that the herring and botulism would have conjoined, like picnic and lightning, rather than separate episodes). As to "(Thurn) und Taxis," that's a well-established clan of European aristos, still doing business today (although no longer in the postal professions), and not a creation of Pynchon's.Rand Careagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993454654652802173noreply@blogger.com