Aftermath In The Railroad Yard, Same Man?

[Duncan MacRae]

Aftermath In The Railroad Yard, Same Man?

[Lance Payette]

A "bloodless bullfight" in New Orleans - oh, sure, pal, we know what THAT was code for. You and Shaw discussed a "bloodless bullfight" - I think not, sir. It appears to me that Railroad Yard Guy has a bald spot and thus may be the gunman who Euins saw. Yep, that's it. Bloodless bullfight / Shaw / PO Box / bald spot = case closed.

I actually think these are two different people, but I will concede - wait for it - PROPINQUITY!

[John Corbett]

A "bloodless bullfight" in New Orleans - oh, sure, pal, we know what THAT was code for. You and Shaw discussed a "bloodless bullfight" - I think not, sir. It appears to me that Railroad Yard Guy has a bald spot and thus may be the gunman who Euins saw. Yep, that's it. Bloodless bullfight / Shaw / PO Box / bald spot = case closed.

I actually think these are two different people, but I will concede - wait for it - PROPINQUITY!

Damn it. You made me look up a definition. Cut it out.

[Lance Payette]

Presumably "propinquity"? That was Garrison's big buzzword for anything to which he could make a connection, no matter how far-fetched (both suspected participants in the conspiracy owned Stetson hats and named their daughters Lois = propinquity). I've never heard it used in any other connection, but it's an excellent word that I can picture W. C. Fields using ("Ah, yes, sheer propinquity, my dear, sheer propinquity").

[John Corbett]

Presumably "propinquity"? That was Garrison's big buzzword for anything to which he could make a connection, no matter how far-fetched (both suspected participants in the conspiracy owned Stetson hats and named their daughters Lois = propinquity). I've never heard it used in any other connection, but it's an excellent word that I can picture W. C. Fields using ("Ah, yes, sheer propinquity, my dear, sheer propinquity").

I'm going to try to slip it into a conversation when I want to bore my friends with my vocabulary.