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From: "Matthew Francis" <[log in to unmask]> > And didn't Joan who was quizzical study pataphysical science in the home? > > Best wishes > > Matthew Was this Joan of Whatsit La (la!!!) Pucelle who was proposed by Giles de Retz (Bluebeard)? And isn't it 'pataphysical [sic]? Going to look up my Doctor Faustrol if'n I can find it. I had a nice edition of +Surmale+ from the tall-and-narrow Cape editions way time ago in Glasgow in the sixties, but it went walkabout. Way to go. Robin Hamilton > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 18 July 2000 07:20 > Subject: Re: query: pataphysical > > > >> i feel pretty embarassed, but cld somebody define pataphysics for me > >please? > > > >Difficult to define, but can be located -- Alfred Jarry, 'pataphysician > >extraordinary. Cape used to publish him in translation. > > > >'pataphysics is maybe what Pere Ubu chanted about while he sat on the > >toilet ... > > > >Robin Hamilton > > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%