Talk:Milo Minderbinder
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What about the eggs from Sicily? That was a major plot point about how Milo sold them for less than he bought them, and yet made a profit. 203.26.177.2 16:17, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
The man's name is Milo, so how is it "Milo for short"? It's just his name, not an abbreviation! BobThePirate 18:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
THe book goes into great detail of Milo's operations about how he bought the eggs for 7cents and sold them for 5 at a two cents profit. There are considerable explanations about him 'cutting out the middle man' etc to somehow manage the incredible feat of producing a profit given the counterintuitive logic of the sale.
Yes, if i remember the way it worked was he would buy them with army dollars for 7 cents from himself, since he was the governor of whatever town he purchased from, and then sell it back to the army for 5 cents, so he'd profit two cents by overcharging the army. Thats the best job my memory can do, if anyone can correct that great.
- Yeah, that's it! I had been wondering that myself for a while. 68.168.80.4 22:27, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Nately's Death
Hmmmm, I'm pretty sure Nately didn't die when Milo bombed Pianosa.
[edit] "What's good for...."
I added a segment about how Milo's catch-phrase, "What's good for M&M enterprises is good for the country", which ironically mirrors a phrase Mussolini used a lot, "What's good for Fiat is good for Italy". Might just be me, but there is definetly a link between the two, especially since the squadron is in Italy during World War 2...
[edit] Milo's admiration for Yossarian
His admiration for Yossarian is first based on a letter that Yossarian has from Doc Daneeka;
And Yossarian also did not understand why Milo needed so desparately to invest in the letter from Doc Daneeka, which came right to the point. ‘Give Yossarian all the dried fruits and fruit juices he wants,’ Doc Daneeka had written. ‘He says he has a liver condition.’
‘A letter like this,’ Milo mumbled despondently, ‘could ruin any mess officer in the world.’ Milo had come to Yossarian’s tent just to read the letter again, following his carton of lost provisions across the squadron like a mourner. ‘I have to give you as much as you ask for. Why, the letter doesn’t even day you have to eat all of it yourself.’
‘And it’s a good thing it doesn’t,’ Yossarian told him, ‘because I never eat any of it. I have a liver conidtion.’
[edit] Many Errors
There are several errors on this page including:
- In Catch-22 Milo did not replace the life vests with shares in M & M but actually replaced the CO2 cylinders used to inflate the vests. He did not replace the cylinders with shares but with notes.
- In Catch-22 Milo was not given a court-martial.
