robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (07/11/84)
References: One of the (perhaps myriad) possibilities is a reference to "Gilbert Pinfold" (hope I have the name right), the autobiographical hero of Evelyn Waugh's novel in which he examines his own life at its lowest ebb. Since Waugh is one of the greatest English humorists of all time, this is not quite as farfecthed a reference as it might seem. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison