back to IVing IV: "What", Doc wondered aloud, "the fuck, is going on here?"
Mark Kohut
markekohut at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 2 19:17:05 CST 2009
p. 283 Doc's 'first thought' was for Penny's safety after looking at this
folder. Doc is presented as a tender-hearted type---outside of a one-on-one with some Badasses--once again. P shows us steady thoughts of others, especially his women "friends".
Then realizes Adrian Prussia----yes, groan, a Snidely Whiplash name from P's bag of Country villians---killed Bigfoot's partner. And other cases of
walking on murder.
Uh, What the fuck is going on here????
GUMMO MARX WAY.....the brother who had a theatrical agency which failed.
Gummo was given his nickname because he had a tendency to be sneaky backstage, and creep up on others without them knowing (like a gumshoe). Another explanation cited by biographers and family members is that Milton, being the sickliest of the brothers, often wore rubber overshoes, also called "gumshoes," to protect himself from taking sick in inclement weather.
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