THOSE SLIGHTLY RAMBUNCTIOUS FEMALES

Nelson supposes his toeses are roses, but Nelson supposes erroneously.

Topics in this episode include Barcelona, revisiting James Joyce’s Guinness ad, the history of Nelson’s pillar, Horatio Nelson, the final resting place of Nelson’s head, possible replacements for Nelson atop the former pillar, failed attempts to raise the wind, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or The Parable of the Plums, Mt. Pisgah, the 17th century origin of the title of Stephen’s parable, the Eucharist, the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, Fumbally’s Lane and the Liberties, bitterness and deflation, bathos, Antisthenes and cynicism, Penelope’s beauty in comparison to Helen’s, paralysis, Moses, sean bhean bhocht, Parnell’s monument, plumtrees, plumstones, plums in general, Nelson as a poor reciprocator of oral sex, Stephen’s misogyny, hypostasis, and PEN IS CHAMP.

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