You disappoint me, tswum. The point of THIS thread is that FW (as you call it) is a literary farce or it ain't. I don't have any presumptions about the ability of anyone here deciphering James Joyce. Rather, my presumptions are whether or not the later-day Joyce is worth presuming or not, and I conclude that he ain't.

But as you and others here have poo-pooed the irrelavencies and absurdeties of Joyce, then I must also be rude and challange your stereotypical opinions.

Peace.