3rd Cue's a Charm?

Dave Tallman · 18 Jan 2009, 03:32 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: davetallman at msn.com (Dave Tallman)
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:32:39 -0700
Subject: (urth) 3rd Cue's a Charm?
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David Stockhoff wrote:
> I haven't read Borski on this story, nor do I claim to understand it. But few of those examples are even puns or anything like puns. Chair = toilet, OK; Deneb = tail; OK. But the rest are simply not-so-clever misspellings or forced associations. 
>
> The game of football is no less scatological by this logic---all those tight ends, you know.
>
> Wolfe doesn't require you to bring words to his stories. He provides all the words you need.
>   
Those were rough examples; I don't have my copy of the story on hand. 
I'll get it and try for a more detailed exegesis in a few days.

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