You're losing me here, Robin. It was the Beatles' Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Best wishes Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 18 July 2000 22:22 Subject: Re: query: pataphysical >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 >> > >> > >> >> > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%