Minor AEG note

Allen Short · 22 Mar 2010, 18:01 · from 2010-March.txt.gz

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From: washort42 at gmail.com (Allen Short)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:01:24 -0700
Subject: (urth) Minor AEG note
Message-ID: <f147f7e11003221101i6300179dg13dd9c5dc2ec9a54 at mail.gmail.com>

In case anyone missed the significance of Gideon ordering the
"Renaissance French Toast" at the beginning of chapter 6, it's from a
joke usually attributed to Steven Wright:

??"I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time.' So I
ordered French Toast during the Renaissance."

Other than a clever allusion to restaurants like International House
of Pancakes that serve breakfast all day, could this be another hint
at the time-travel themes in the story? (Also, what's with the
constant food references? This got brought up early on but I don't
recall any significant exploration of it...)

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