[Hazel Crosby's] obsession with Hoosiers around the world was a textbook example of a false karass, of a… — Kurt Vonnegut
[Hazel Crosby's] obsession with Hoosiers around the world was a textbook example of a false karass, of a seeming team that was meaningless in terms of the ways God gets things done, a textbook example of what Bokonon calls a granfalloon. Other examples are the Communist party, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Electric Company, the International Order of Odd Fellows - and any nation, anytime, anywhere.As Bokonon invites us to sing along with him:If you wish to study a granfalloon
Just remove the skin of a toy balloon.
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