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Anonymous  #315975  Tue, 16 Jan 07 04:17 PM
Hi,
I don't understand what refers to John Steinbeck on his "Travels with Charley" when is talking about keeping Charly from hunters:
'The radios warned against carrying a white handkerchief. Too many hunters seeing a flash of white have taken it for the tail of a running deer and CURED A HEAD COLD with a single shot'
Thanks in advance, Jo.
  
Lil' Ruby Rose  #315983  Tue, 16 Jan 07 04:34 PM

He is making a joke.  A radical cure for a head cold (a bad cold) would be being shot dead.
  
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Philip  #315998  Tue, 16 Jan 07 04:59 PM
I'm not sure I'd consider it a "joke", but it certainly is a vivid image and a clever reference to the aforementioned handkerchief!
  
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