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"Behind the intials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's plowshare. The saint whose water can light lamps, the clairovoyant whose lapse in recall is the breath of God, the true paranoid for whom all is organized in spheres joyful or threatening about the central pulse of himself, the dreamer whose puns probe ancient fetid shafts and tunnels of truth all act in the same special relevance to the word, or whatever it is the word is there, buffering, to protect us from." Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bamboo-zled

Okay, so I walked in to my house and my wife was laughing hysterically, like unstoppably. So, I thought she was on the phone since, very seldom, do things you see make you laugh as hard as the wife was laughing. But no...

She had on her lap a copy of Amy Sedaris's book, which she's read before, and she told me that she was looking up what Amy Sedaris had to say about Bamboo.

Why? Well, as it turned out the thing my wife had been laughing uncontrollably at was this. Look at it...

Then this.

Okay, in the other room, my wife...is still laughing. That's like ten minutes.

Now, I'll admit that's funny, but I have to admit something else. While I was reading this post, I realized something. Now, I don't know if it's the best catch phrase ever or an ingenius name for a character in the next Pynchon novel, but here goes...

F.U. Bamboo.

Isn't that great. It, like, totally rolls off the tongue. Can you imagine saying that to someone. They'd think you were like Kathy Bates in Misery. Or like your definition of cool was so far more hipper than theirs that it totally came all the way around the spectrum and landed back in curses that Hello Kitty might come up with. That's awesome. Thank you Becky and you're outrageous bamboo mishap. You've given me another thing to put on my checklist: "use the phrase F.U. Bamboo when someone least expects it."

My wife...other room...still laughing. She hasn't even heard my joke yet.

4 Comments:

Blogger Rhythmballer said...

And you don't even know that Becky is the world's biggest Hello Kitty fan.

Still laughing! That's like 30 minutes now. Bamboo-zled. You effin kill me, Monstro.

11:27 AM  
Blogger Blowing Shit Up With Gas said...

Yeah, it's a great name. You should delete this post immediately so you can use it in a novel someday. One thing (among the many) Pynchon sure is great for is reminding writers of the opportunities available in the area of character naming. I have a special spreadsheet on my computer dedicated to kick-ass character names I plan to ue someday.

12:20 PM  
Blogger Monstro D. Whale said...

I think I'm going to change it to the name of a Chinese/Mongolian fusion restaurant.

4:26 PM  
Blogger beckyjsacto said...

Tee hee!

Yes, I'm a huge Hello Kitty fan -- almost as huge as Hello Kitty's head is in proportion to her body.

7:51 PM  

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