"I recall to your attention," replied Miles politely, "that all tableware bearing the Chums of Chance Insignia is Organizational property, to be kept aboard ship for use during official meal periods."
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"Recall to your attention" -- Chick Counterfly must have gone through some kind of training and sat through dozens of boring lectures about the rules and regulations which must be followed aboard the Inconvenience.
"politely" -- Miles is a better lad than most. Recall, he was just called "slob-footed" by Chick, a devastatingly potent insult that would pierce the heart of any clumsy fat kid.
"tableware bearing" -- If you say this fast enough, you can hear the phrase "beware bear" which means a bear will probably wind up killing Chick Counterfly. Probably as he saves Miles's life from said bear. This is a literary technique invented in the United Kingdom called "cryptic foreshadowing."
"Chums of Chance Insignia" -- Oh! Has this been described? Being that Pynchon wrote this in 2006, he was probably influenced by Silicon Valley start-up branding. I bet the Chums of Chance Insignia is two lower case c's on a flat mono-colored background with a thick black border.
"Organizational property" -- Is the organization Miles is referring to the Chums of Chance themselves or to the so-far-mysterious firm (or government) they work for?
"official meal periods" -- Ugh! Life on board ship is so regimented! I bet Lindsay even makes up charts outlining which meals will be eaten each day and how many breakfasts Darby must miss due to all of the demerits he's acquired.
This is an example of how I'm not doing a deep reading of every line but how maybe it should look? I'd rather just sort of take in the whole thing and excrete a bunch of dumb jokes which obscure my super intelligent insight into the novel so that I get responses like "Grunion Guy wouldn't know subtle if it gently nudged his shoulder" or "This guy is the biggest idiot on the Internet" or "I'm Cullen Bunn and this jerk is just trying to get my attention so here it is along with a gif from the worst movie ever The Boondock Saints."
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