Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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News of a New Mystery
Hello. I recently received the below email and have begun steps to solve the two mysteries it puts forth. As always, assistance in these matters would be most welcome!
The email:
Dear Literary Dick,
When I was a kid, I read every single book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. That was a shitload, too. 24 Tarzan books. 12 John Carter of Mars books.Plus Carson Napier of Venus, and many others. I was a real ERB-ophile. Hethought his first story was so outrageous and feared people might think hewas crazy. So he published it under a pseudonym of "Normal Bean." Nokidding.
But my literary mystery questions are simple: When and how did Tarzan learnv to wipe his ass? His ape mother, Kala, wouldn't have taught him to do so. And how did John Carter know that Dejah Thoris was "the most beautiful womanon two planets?"
Sincerely,Chris O.
News of a New Mystery
Hello. I recently received the below email and have begun steps to solve the two mysteries it puts forth. As always, assistance in these matters would be most welcome!
The email:
Dear Literary Dick,
When I was a kid, I read every single book written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. That was a shitload, too. 24 Tarzan books. 12 John Carter of Mars books.Plus Carson Napier of Venus, and many others. I was a real ERB-ophile. Hethought his first story was so outrageous and feared people might think hewas crazy. So he published it under a pseudonym of "Normal Bean." Nokidding.
But my literary mystery questions are simple: When and how did Tarzan learnv to wipe his ass? His ape mother, Kala, wouldn't have taught him to do so. And how did John Carter know that Dejah Thoris was "the most beautiful womanon two planets?"
Sincerely,Chris O.
