Finnegans Wake p. 341-360

p. 341

"Buckily buckily, blodestained boyne! Bimbambombumb."

Bombs create bloodstains?

p. 342 (nothin')

p. 343

"I was bibbering with vear a few versets"

That's how I understand this this book. "Bibbering" to understand a few verses.

p. 344

"Weepon, weeponder, song of sorrowmon!"

Weep on, song of songs, o' song of Solomon.

p. 345

"he whipedoff's his chimbley phot, as lips lovecurling to the tongueopener"

I never want to hear chamber pot, lips, and tongue in the same sentence ever again.

p. 346

"Fruzian Creamtartery is loading off heavy furses"

Freudian commentary is a load of heavy feces. Nice.

p. 347

"Be the why it was me who haw haw."

But was it me who laughed?

p. 348

"I've a boodle full of maimeries in me buzzim"

Memories in my heart, and "mammories" on my chest?

p. 349

"countmortial or gonorrhal stab?"

I don't know, both sound really painful.

p. 350

"Yet still in all, spit for spat, like we chantied on Sunda schoon,"

Tit for tat, eye for an eye, just like we learned in Sunday school.

p. 351

"fun I had in that fanagan's week."

Lots of fun at Finnegans Wake! Also, could the "week" be a dream?

p. 352 (nothin')

p. 353

"In sobber sooth and in souber civiles? And to the dirtiment of the curtailment of his all of man? Notshoh?"

In sober truth, and sober civility? No, I must remain drunk for my men! Sounds like some kind of crazy general.

p. 354

"cococancancacacanotioun"

Ca ca. Scatology is a big part of FW (duh), Beckett parodies it/pays homage in Waiting for Godot (the "cacademy").

p. 355

"We all, for whole men is lepers, have been nobbut wonterers in that chill childerness"

We are all noble lepers wandering in the cold. I like thinking of humans like this.

p. 356

"reading in a (suppresses) book...pastureuration"

Is he making a reference to the suppression/sterilization of literature by different groups?

p. 357

"Culpo de Dido! Ars we say in the classies."

Play on carpe diem?

p. 358

"fesces and frithstool"

poop.

p. 359

"Attention! Stand at!! Ease!!!"

Reminds me of a drill sargent. Those guys always use too many exclamation points.

p. 360

"jemcrow"

A reference to the Jim Crow laws in the United States?