It began as the GODFATHER OF MATH, evolved into the GOODFATHER OF MATH. Now this. Go figure...

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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES ... Music is the mathematics of the gods=PYTHAGORAS ... Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
I cannot live without the oxygen of laughter = DAWN POWELL ... !!! ... But laughter cannot survive without the hydrogen of gravitas = PAUL OLIVERIO
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Down The Rabbit Hole ... Page Five Of Seven

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The italic title of this series
about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
brings to mind
Alice in Wonderland
 
Alice and Harry
do have some things in common
insofar as both characters
embark upon
very strange adventures
 
But it would be impossible
to imagine
Alice selling Toyotas

Speaking of those cars:
everything you ever 
wanted to know about them
is described in
the Rabbit Angstrom Quintology

Some would call that
"product placement"
and a complete list of products
that appear 
in John Updike's masterpiece
would make this page
one mile long

So I will list just a few:
Pizza Hut, golf clubs,
Winn Dixie Supermarket, Coca Cola,
Gilbey's Gin, and Honda Motorcycles
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 21, 2022 at 1:13 PM

    In film production, when there is "product placement," sometimes
    the producer of the product contributes funds to the film company.
    If that were true for Rabbit Run, Updike made millions
    before a single copy of the book was sold.

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    1. Paul OliverioJune 21, 2022 at 1:15 PM

      You may be right, if so, it is no wonder
      they called Updike a "genius"

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