You hit the proverbial nail on the head, Don. Pulp Fiction engages the notion of "meaning" and how we interpret phenomena or events quite differently. Take, for example, Jules' and Vincent's opposed interpretations of the "miracle." Ultimately, their respective interpretations of the incident either save or destroy them. Jules gets out of the business and (we assume) survives because he doesn't "blow the shit off." Vincent, on the other hand, chooses to interpret the act of poor marksmanship as a freak occurrence. Had he been as insightful regarding the miracle as he was about the implied"meaning" of a foot massage, he may have walked away from the business, too. Scott R. Furtwengler P.O.B. 725 De Soto, IL 62924 [log in to unmask]