STetc ch 24 not a clue

[Mike Weaver]

First there was 'jay' meaning a rube, a greenhorn, then there were 
jay-drivers - early motorists who drove on the wrong side of the road, 
then a little later, the US auto industry, wanting to shift the blame 
for accidents from cars to pedestrians, promoted laws banning 
jay-walking. But that aside and back to the beginning a jay expression 
would presumably be guileless - Slide wanting to give the appearance of 
utter innocence as he spins a line?

Cheers Mike
(is that worth a dollar, Michael?)


> Slide: "so here it is straight up—" with a jay facial expression it's taken him years to perfect.
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> Does anyone anywhere have any idea what a "jay facial expression" might look like?
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> So, chapter 24 follows Hicks from Praediger's office at Interpol, down to the lobby (via the paternoster) where he finds Terike -
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> what's Terike doing at Interpol?
> "...emerging from her latest run-in with the authorities over her motorcycle, a 500 cc Guzzi Sport 15."
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> And it looks like this (but hers is faded from vigorous usage)
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moto_Guzzi_Sport_15_500_cc_1931.jpg
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