tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post1836821887296479791..comments2008-01-23T02:35:01.286-05:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-59331096367600140152008-01-23T02:35:00.000-05:002008-01-23T02:35:00.000-05:00James says -- astutely, I believe --<BR/><BR/><B>I think. THINK. The "pluperfect" reference has to do with the old (OLD OLD) joke about someone visiting New England for the first time and asking a cab driver where "you can get scrod around here." Answer: "I've been asked that many times, but never before in the pluperfect subjunctive."<BR/><BR/>Actually, it's kind of a cute old joke. Percentage of readers who have an outside chance to get the reference: .00021. I don't think Woody cares.</B><BR/><BR/>I first heard that joke many many years ago, though I heard it as an old man talking to a hooker on the Green line near Copley Square. If Woody is actually referencing this bit of Boston arcana, he gets one billion points.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-48427409084411895132008-01-22T21:15:00.000-05:002008-01-22T21:15:00.000-05:00Addenda and Errata:<BR/><BR/>Many of you have already written in to suggest that "Eli's coming" is a reference to a Three Dog Night Song of the same name. Thank you. And thank you as well to point out that the song is about an inveterate womanizer, making the reference even less applicable.<BR/><BR/>Also, immediately after publishing this, I understood that in the phrase "There's no 'v' in fare," the "no 'v'" part was in reference to Favre not getting the "v," or "victory." I still think it's odd that he writes "Fare" instead of "Favre." It makes it seem like the word "Fare" is important. I guess I overthought it.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.com