Wit, tantrums, and kitchen-lore: the quotable Boone

texture · mid-Oct — 11-12 Nov YDAU

• When: Scattered: the Millicent barb is quoted mid-Oct; the impression request is 6 Nov; the brain-fat relay is the night of 11-12 Nov.
• What: Boone circulates through other people's scenes as a quotation. Her verdict on the U.S.S. Millicent Kent's misfired home-perm is a standing citation: "Bridget Boone had said the U.S.S. Millicent Kent's coiffure looked like a missile protruding from its silo in preparation for launch." Her temper is famous enough to be repertoire: in the weight room, where Pemulis is doing faces, a kid's request runs "'Do Bridget having a tantrum! Do Schacht in a stall!'" And she is a retailer of memorable kitchen-lore that lands, in relay, exactly where it hurts: the night Hal frets to Mario that the Bob Hope he smokes is fat-soluble and hides in the body, Mario answers, "'Mrs. Clarke told Bridget the human brain is high in fat, Bridget said.'" (Bare "Bridget" in 055/157 is identified as Boone by context — see Dating notes.)