back to IVing IV: "What", Doc wondered aloud, "the fuck, is going on here?"

[Joseph Tracy]

On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:17 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> 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".
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> Then realizes Adrian Prussia

Any thoughts from anyone on how the Prussia reference might be being  
used?
> ----yes, groan, a Snidely Whiplash name from P's bag of Country  
> villians---killed Bigfoot's partner. And other cases of
> walking on murder.
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> Uh, What the fuck is going on here????
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> 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).

Gummo (gumshoe) marks way  ?
> 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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