In short order, the boys had set up their mess-tent, gathered wood, and ignited a small fire in the galley stove, well downwind of Inconvenience and its hydrogen-generating apparatus.
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The phrase "hydrogen-generating" has the syllable "gen" repeated twice in a row. This isn't a secret code or anything but it reminds of the time I came up with a phrase to repeat the same syllable the most times in a row while still making sense. Recently in one of his songs (I forget which one! Sue me!), Tim Minchin has the phrase "ala La La Land" and that's pretty good! Four "la's" in a row! Mine sort of involves ships like the Inconvenience and the Enterprise. Sort of, I said! Anyway, it's this:
Class 'A' SS Ass Assassin.
Sure, you have to believe the screw steamer's name is the Ass Assassin and that the steamer have varying levels like in a video game. The Class 'A' ship is better than the Class 'C' ship but not as good as the Class 'S' ship (because 'S' stands for Super. Duh). But that's five asses in a row! Take that, Minchin!
Pynchon has mentioned the danger of the hydrogen-generating apparatus enough times that I think it's eventually going to blow! I bet Chick Counterfly dies saving Lindsay Noseworth!
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