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12-25-2006, 05:51 PM

On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:03:00 -0600, "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox.net>
wrote:

>
><carlfogel@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:g5t0p218mf3tvpm2dde1p47pquk8iqfl1q@4ax.com.. .
>> On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:00:13 -0600, "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>[1] This was a portable track that was used for an attempt at a revival of
>>>the six days in the US. It was stored in several semi trailers that were
>>>stolen.
>>
>> Dear Carl,
>>
>> Paging Mr. John A. Dortmunder . . .
>>
>> Message for Mr. John Dortmunder from Mr. Donald Westlake . . .
>>
>> Please meet Mr. Westlake and Mr. Sundquist at the O.J. Bar & Grill on
>> Amsterdam Avenue . . .
>>
>> If your schedule will not allow this, please contact Mr. Hammett at
>> #28 at the address below:
>>
>> http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/hammett2.html
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Fogel
>
>I wasn't there. Please tell us what really happened.

Dear Carl,

Me neither.

I wasn't incredulous, just vastly amused that someone pulled a
Dortmunder-style heist of a bicycle race-track--which isn't quite as
improbable as it sounds, given Hammett's real-life ferris-wheel thief.

Possibly the bicycle race-track ended up in this Simpson's episode,
where Homer, disguised as Krusty, is about to be executed by Don
Vittorio DiMaggio unless Homer disguised as Krusty can entertain him
in a very specific way:

Vittorio: Sorry I have to do this, Krusty. [pulls a gun] [points it at
Homer, ****s trigger] I cannot do it. To murder a funny man of such
genius would be a crime. Ah, tell you what, Krusty: do for me my
favorite trick where you ride the little bike for me through the loop,
and I will let you live.

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F12.html

It's suspicious that Don Vittorio DiMaggio just happens to have a
loop-the-loop bicycle track handy for Homer and Krusty to ride through
on their miniature bicycles. Where did this self-described "old
Italian stereotype" get his personal velodrome? Could it have fallen
off the back of the stolen trucks?

Paging Mr. Matt Groening, message for Mr. Matt Groening . . .

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

12-25-2006, 05:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
carlfogel@comcast.net Posts: n/a	Re: Velodrome On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:03:00 -0600, "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox.net> wrote: > ><carlfogel@comcast.net> wrote in message >news:g5t0p218mf3tvpm2dde1p47pquk8iqfl1q@4ax.com.. . >> On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:00:13 -0600, "Carl Sundquist" <carlsun@cox.net> >> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>>[1] This was a portable track that was used for an attempt at a revival of >>>the six days in the US. It was stored in several semi trailers that were >>>stolen. >> >> Dear Carl, >> >> Paging Mr. John A. Dortmunder . . . >> >> Message for Mr. John Dortmunder from Mr. Donald Westlake . . . >> >> Please meet Mr. Westlake and Mr. Sundquist at the O.J. Bar & Grill on >> Amsterdam Avenue . . . >> >> If your schedule will not allow this, please contact Mr. Hammett at >> #28 at the address below: >> >> http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/hammett2.html >> >> Cheers, >> >> Carl Fogel > >I wasn't there. Please tell us what really happened. Dear Carl, Me neither. I wasn't incredulous, just vastly amused that someone pulled a Dortmunder-style heist of a bicycle race-track--which isn't quite as improbable as it sounds, given Hammett's real-life ferris-wheel thief. Possibly the bicycle race-track ended up in this Simpson's episode, where Homer, disguised as Krusty, is about to be executed by Don Vittorio DiMaggio unless Homer disguised as Krusty can entertain him in a very specific way: Vittorio: Sorry I have to do this, Krusty. [pulls a gun] [points it at Homer, ****s trigger] I cannot do it. To murder a funny man of such genius would be a crime. Ah, tell you what, Krusty: do for me my favorite trick where you ride the little bike for me through the loop, and I will let you live. http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F12.html It's suspicious that Don Vittorio DiMaggio just happens to have a loop-the-loop bicycle track handy for Homer and Krusty to ride through on their miniature bicycles. Where did this self-described "old Italian stereotype" get his personal velodrome? Could it have fallen off the back of the stolen trucks? Paging Mr. Matt Groening, message for Mr. Matt Groening . . . Cheers, Carl Fogel