Babbie

Matthew Groves · 19 Mar 2009, 18:14 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: matthewalangroves at gmail.com (Matthew Groves)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:14:49 -0500
Subject: (urth) Babbie
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 On Mar 19, 2009, at 9:29 AM, James Wynn wrote:

>> Witz: I really think your theory is interesting, but I think it needs the
>> justification for the Neighbor being a greenbuck.
>
> There are casual hints about this on the level of the one Stuart Hamm
> offered, but I don't think it ever gets any clearer than OBW (HB) pg 272
> "'My name is Horn.' I offered him my hand.
> He took it, and this time I felt his hand and **remembered hard**, and
> seemed to
> be covered with short, stiff hairs. Beyond that I will not say. "
> (emphasis mine)
>
> What he remembers here is being a greenbuck. It doesn't sound like a human
> or a tree or a spider.

It does actually sound insectoid.  Do we have anywhere a description
of greenbuck hair?  What about Babbie's hair?

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