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	~~Note: the~~ "parallax" word is a rich source of insight. See [[Ulysses/Words/Parallax]].		The "parallax" word is a rich source of insight. See [[Ulysses/Words/Parallax]].

	"Met him pike hoses" is a reference to [[Ulysses/Words/Metempsychosis]]		"Met him pike hoses" is a reference to [[Ulysses/Words/Metempsychosis]]
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	~~''Note:~~ The O Rocks in this and the prior quote are callbacks to [[Ulysses/Calypso]] (Chapter 4), where Molly asks Leopold about the word "Metempsychosis"''		The O Rocks in this and the prior quote are callbacks to [[Ulysses/Calypso]] (Chapter 4), where Molly asks Leopold about the word "Metempsychosis"

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	~~Note:~~ Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell was a real character in Dublin, referred to in newspaper clippings and other books besides Ulysses. The book ''As I Was Going Down Sackville Street'' by Oliver St. John Gogarty renders his name "James Boyle Tisdell Burke Stewart Fitzsimmons Farrell."		Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell was a real character in Dublin, referred to in newspaper clippings and other books besides Ulysses. The book ''As I Was Going Down Sackville Street'' by Oliver St. John Gogarty renders his name "James Boyle Tisdell Burke Stewart Fitzsimmons Farrell."

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	~~Note: as~~ fans of the Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah, we were hoping that this is where the inspiration for their band name came from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah		As fans of the Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah, we were hoping that this is where the inspiration for their band name came from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah

	In fact, it turns out that the word Meshuggah is Yiddish for "crazy or eccentric".		In fact, it turns out that the word Meshuggah is Yiddish for "crazy or eccentric".
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	~~Note:~~ Bloom's experience at Burton's ends up being an assault on his senses, similar to the way, in The Odyssey, Odysseus's visit to the Lestrygonians ended up being an assault on their fleet.		Bloom's experience at Burton's ends up being an assault on his senses, similar to the way, in The Odyssey, Odysseus's visit to the Lestrygonians ended up being an assault on their fleet.

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	~~Note: a~~ depressingly existential mathematical reduction of life and death to an algebraic balance. X born, X die, everything balances. maaaaaaaaa.		A depressingly existential mathematical reduction of life and death to an algebraic balance. X born, X die, everything balances. maaaaaaaaa.

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	~~''Note: via~~ [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Annotations_to_James_Joyce%27s_Ulysses/Lestrygonians/171 wikibooks Ulysses (annotations)]: "These words are spoken by the statue of the Commendatore in the final scene of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. In the opening scene of the opera, Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore, who is trying to protect his daughter Donna Anna from the Don's attempted rape. In Act II, Scene 3, the Don comes across a statue of the Commendatore in a graveyard, and he mockingly invites it to dinner."''		Via [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Annotations_to_James_Joyce%27s_Ulysses/Lestrygonians/171 wikibooks Ulysses (annotations)]: "These words are spoken by the statue of the Commendatore in the final scene of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. In the opening scene of the opera, Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore, who is trying to protect his daughter Donna Anna from the Don's attempted rape. In Act II, Scene 3, the Don comes across a statue of the Commendatore in a graveyard, and he mockingly invites it to dinner."

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	~~''Note:~~ Dutch courage refers to courage gained from intoxication with alcohol. The popular story dates the etymology of the term Dutch courage to English soldiers fighting in the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674) and perhaps as early as the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_courage (wikipedia article: Dutch courage)]''		Dutch courage refers to courage gained from intoxication with alcohol. The popular story dates the etymology of the term Dutch courage to English soldiers fighting in the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674) and perhaps as early as the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_courage (wikipedia article: Dutch courage)]

	''During the Anglo-Dutch Wars between England and the Netherlands in the 17th century, the English language gained an array of insults (including "Dutch uncle"), such as dutch courage, dutch wife, dutch comfort, dutch metal, dutch treat, dutch oven. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_uncle (wikipedia article: Dutch uncle)''		''During the Anglo-Dutch Wars between England and the Netherlands in the 17th century, the English language gained an array of insults (including "Dutch uncle"), such as dutch courage, dutch wife, dutch comfort, dutch metal, dutch treat, dutch oven. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_uncle (wikipedia article: Dutch uncle)''
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	~~''Note:~~ "a cenar teco" is Italian for "to dine with you." The "teco" in Italian means "with you."''		"a cenar teco" is Italian for "to dine with you." The "teco" in Italian means "with you."

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	~~''Note:~~ Molly's garters are purple.''		Molly's garters are purple.

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	~~''Note: calling~~ back to the themes of the chapter, the cannibalistic gargantuan Lestrygonians who will "eat anything"''		Calling back to the themes of the chapter, the cannibalistic gargantuan Lestrygonians who will "eat anything"

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	~~''Note: the~~ appearance of a blind man, whom Bloom helps across the street, is a reference to the many non-visual sensory aspects of this chapter - the smells and sounds of the sounds, tastes, sounds		The appearance of a blind man, whom Bloom helps across the street, is a reference to the many non-visual sensory aspects of this chapter - the smells and sounds of the sounds, tastes, sounds

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	~~''Note: another~~ hat-tip to the smells and other extra-sensory aspects of the chapter.''		Another hat-tip to the smells and other extra-sensory aspects of the chapter.

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	~~''Note: allusion~~ to the straw hat that's about to appear - Blazes Boylan's straw hat''		Allusion to the straw hat that's about to appear - Blazes Boylan's straw hat

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	~~''Note: another~~ appearance of "transmigration of souls" - callback to the metempsychosis conversation from [[Ulysses/Calypso]]''		Another appearance of "transmigration of souls" - callback to the metempsychosis conversation from [[Ulysses/Calypso]]

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	~~''Note: as~~ mentioned in the summary, Bloom here suddenly seems to become extremely paranoid, but the clue to why lies in the straw hat that he sees - Blazes Boylan. The soap he's been carrying, which he purchased in [[Ulysses/Calypso]] and which turned up in [[Ulysses/Hades]] makes another appearance here: " His hand looking for the where did I put found in his hip pocket soap lotion have to call tepid paper stuck. Ah soap there I yes. Gate."''		As mentioned in the summary, Bloom here suddenly seems to become extremely paranoid, but the clue to why lies in the straw hat that he sees - Blazes Boylan. The soap he's been carrying, which he purchased in [[Ulysses/Calypso]] and which turned up in [[Ulysses/Hades]] makes another appearance here: " His hand looking for the where did I put found in his hip pocket soap lotion have to call tepid paper stuck. Ah soap there I yes. Gate."

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	~~''Note:~~ This little tangent might just be one of my favorite passages in all of Ulysses. Not only does it foreshadow the way that Joyce extends the stream of consciousness technique to other non-Bloom, non-Dedalus characters (see [[Ulysses/The Wandering Rocks]]), but here Joyce deftly and subtly extends the stream of consciousness technique to a flock of common city pigeons deciding on whom to poop after a hearty lunch.''		This little tangent might just be one of my favorite passages in all of Ulysses. Not only does it foreshadow the way that Joyce extends the stream of consciousness technique to other non-Bloom, non-Dedalus characters (see [[Ulysses/The Wandering Rocks]]), but here Joyce deftly and subtly extends the stream of consciousness technique to a flock of common city pigeons deciding on whom to poop after a hearty lunch.

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	~~''Note:~~ This passage always makes me think of giant ladles of soup poured into a policeman's uniform.''		This passage always makes me think of giant ladles of soup poured into a policeman's uniform.

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	~~''Note:~~ A little preview of [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]], in which Bloom eventually visits Mrs. Purefoy in the hospoital. The "Holles street" is a foreshadowing of the opening lines of [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]]: "Deshel Holles eamus!"''		A little preview of [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]], in which Bloom eventually visits Mrs. Purefoy in the hospoital. The "Holles street" is a foreshadowing of the opening lines of [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]]: "Deshel Holles eamus!"

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	''Note: a depressingly existential mathematical reduction of life and death to an algebraic balance. X born, X die, everything balances. maaaaaaaaa.''		Note: a depressingly existential mathematical reduction of life and death to an algebraic balance. X born, X die, everything balances. maaaaaaaaa.

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	''Note: Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell was a real character in Dublin, referred to in newspaper clippings and other books besides Ulysses.''		Note: Cashel Boyle O’Connor Fitzmaurice Tisdall Farrell was a real character in Dublin, referred to in newspaper clippings and other books besides Ulysses. The book ''As I Was Going Down Sackville Street'' by Oliver St. John Gogarty renders his name "James Boyle Tisdell Burke Stewart Fitzsimmons Farrell."

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	''Note: as fans of the Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah, we were hoping that this is where the inspiration for their band name came from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah''		Note: as fans of the Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah, we were hoping that this is where the inspiration for their band name came from. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah

	''In fact, it turns out that the word Meshuggah is Yiddish for "crazy".''		In fact, it turns out that the word Meshuggah is Yiddish for "crazy or eccentric".

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	''Note: Bloom's experience at Burton's ends up being an assault on his senses, similar to the way, in The Odyssey, Odysseus's visit to the Lestrygonians ended up being an assault on their fleet.''		Note: Bloom's experience at Burton's ends up being an assault on his senses, similar to the way, in The Odyssey, Odysseus's visit to the Lestrygonians ended up being an assault on their fleet.

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	Note: the "parallax" word is a rich source of insight. See [[Ulysses/Words/Parallax]].		Note: the "parallax" word is a rich source of insight. See [[Ulysses/Words/Parallax]].

			"Met him pike hoses" is a reference to [[Ulysses/Words/Metempsychosis]]

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	''Note: The O Rocks in this and the prior quote are callbacks to [[Ulysses/Calypso]] (Chapter 4), where Molly asks Leopold about the word "Metempsychosis"''		''Note: The O Rocks in this and the prior quote are callbacks to [[Ulysses/Calypso]] (Chapter 4), where Molly asks Leopold about the word "Metempsychosis"''

	~~See [[Ulysses/Words/Metempsychosis]]~~

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	Aware of their greed and cunning he shook the powdery crumb from his hands. They never expected that. Manna. Live on fish, fishy flesh they have, all seabirds, gulls, seagoose.		Aware of their greed and cunning he shook the powdery crumb from his hands. They never expected that. Manna. Live on fish, fishy flesh they have, all seabirds, gulls, seagoose.
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			Manna is a reference to Exodus 16, when the Israelites are wandering the desert, and God sends manna (a miraculous bread) to feed them.

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	''Note: The O Rocks in this and the prior quote are callbacks to [[Ulysses/Calypso]] (Chapter 4), where Molly asks Leopold about the word "Metempsychosis"''		''Note: The O Rocks in this and the prior quote are callbacks to [[Ulysses/Calypso]] (Chapter 4), where Molly asks Leopold about the word "Metempsychosis"''

			See [[Ulysses/Words/Metempsychosis]]

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	Pineapple rock, lemon platt, butter scotch. A sugarsticky girl shovelling scoopfuls of creams for a christian brother. Some school treat. Bad for their tummies. Lozenge and comfit manufacturer to His Majesty the King. God. Save. Our. Sitting on his throne sucking red jujubes white.		Pineapple rock, lemon platt, butter scotch. A sugarsticky girl shovelling scoopfuls of creams for a christian brother. Some school treat. Bad for their tummies. Lozenge and comfit manufacturer to His Majesty the King. God. Save. Our. Sitting on his throne sucking red jujubes white.
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			Lemon platt is a candy made from barley sugar and lemon flavoring, and it has a plaited (braided?) texture.

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	Where was that ad some Birmingham firm the luminous crucifix. Our Saviour. Wake up in the dead of night and see him on the wall, hanging. Pepper’s ghost idea. Iron Nails Ran In.		Where was that ad some Birmingham firm the luminous crucifix. Our Saviour. Wake up in the dead of night and see him on the wall, hanging. Pepper’s ghost idea. Iron Nails Ran In.
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			Pepper's Ghost is an illusion effect that uses mirrors to make a ghost-like projection appear. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper's_ghost

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	See [[Ulysses/Words/Elijah]] - callback to the name he saw on a poster at the beginning of the chapter.		See [[Ulysses/Words/Elijah]] - callback to the name he saw on a poster at the beginning of the chapter.

	Bloom throws a crumpled paper ball into the river, and watches it fall, thinking "thirtytwo feet per sec" - short for thirty two feet per second per second, the acceleration of an object due to gravity. "The ball bobbed unheeded" means the gulls knew, when he threw it, that it wasn't food. "Live by their wits".		Bloom throws a crumpled paper ball into the river, and watches it fall, thinking "thirtytwo feet per sec" - short for thirty two feet per second per second, the acceleration of an object due to gravity. "The ball bobbed unheeded" means the gulls knew, when he threw it, that it wasn't food. "Live by their wits" - their ability to differentiate food from not-food.

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	See [[Ulysses/Words/Elijah]] - callback to the name he saw on a poster at the beginning of the chapter.		See [[Ulysses/Words/Elijah]] - callback to the name he saw on a poster at the beginning of the chapter.

			Bloom throws a crumpled paper ball into the river, and watches it fall, thinking "thirtytwo feet per sec" - short for thirty two feet per second per second, the acceleration of an object due to gravity. "The ball bobbed unheeded" means the gulls knew, when he threw it, that it wasn't food. "Live by their wits".

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	He threw down among them a crumpled paper ball. Elijah thirtytwo feet per sec is com. Not a bit. The ball bobbed unheeded on the wake of swells, floated under by the bridgepiers. Not such damn fools. Also the day I threw that stale cake out of the Erin’s King picked it up in the wake fifty yards astern. Live by their wits. They wheeled, flapping.		He threw down among them a crumpled paper ball. Elijah thirtytwo feet per sec is com. Not a bit. The ball bobbed unheeded on the wake of swells, floated under by the bridgepiers. Not such damn fools. Also the day I threw that stale cake out of the Erin’s King picked it up in the wake fifty yards astern. Live by their wits. They wheeled, flapping.
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			See [[Ulysses/Words/Elijah]] - callback to the name he saw on a poster at the beginning of the chapter.

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	As he set foot on O’Connell bridge a puffball of smoke plumed up from the parapet. Brewery barge with export stout. England. Sea air sours it, I heard. Be interesting some day get a pass through Hancock to see the brewery. Regular world in itself. Vats of porter wonderful. Rats get in too. Drink themselves bloated as big as a collie floating. Dead drunk on the porter. Drink till they puke again like christians. Imagine drinking that! Rats: vats. Well, of course, if we knew all the things.		As he set foot on O’Connell bridge a puffball of smoke plumed up from the parapet. Brewery barge with export stout. England. Sea air sours it, I heard. Be interesting some day get a pass through Hancock to see the brewery. Regular world in itself. Vats of porter wonderful. Rats get in too. Drink themselves bloated as big as a collie floating. Dead drunk on the porter. Drink till they puke again like christians. Imagine drinking that! Rats: vats. Well, of course, if we knew all the things.
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			Bloom is crosing the River Liffey via the O'Connell Bridge, and passing by Trinity College on his way to The Burton and Davey Byrne's (before he gets to the National Library at the conclusion of the chapter).

			''Puke like a Christian'' is slang for not backing down from holding your own with other heavy drinkers.

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