Subject: re: feet? (and tattoo)
From: Robbie (vasudeva@pacbell.net)
Date: Sun May 28 2000 - 17:10:39 GMT
Scout said:
<< I've got to thinking though about the "god damned tattoo" which he
didn't have (he didn't want people looking at his _body_ and so he wore
a robe to the beach) >>
I can't be so certain that he did not, in fact, have a tattoo. The
following is the only mention of it:
"You know Seymour," said the girl, and crossed her legs
again. "He says he doesn't want a lot of fools looking at
at his tattoo."
"He doesn't have any tattoo! Did he get one in the Army?"
"No, Mother. No, dear," said the girl, and stood up.
"Listen, I'll call you tomorrow, maybe."
If you imagine the "No, Mother. No, dear," in a rapid, perhaps slightly
sarcastic
Christ,-what-did-I-just-say?-I-should-have-known-she'd-overreact sort of
tone, it makes perfect sense. She immediately stands up and tries to
end the conversation; just imagine her rolling her eyes as she says "No,
Mother. No dear," and begins standing. That's how I have always read
it, anyway, and it doesn't necessarily require that Seymour is without a
tattoo. I remember distinctly that on my first reading, having no
knowledge of Seymour, I assumed that he did have a tattoo.
Regarding feet, I must parrot Matt's suggestion that you search the
archives. APDFB is not the only story wherein Seymour has some
preoccupation or relationship with feet. We had quite a list, I think,
a while back. From the girl on the radio show who would step on his
feet when he had a good answer (and he liked it), to his insistence that
Zooey shine his shoes, to his habit of wearing two pairs of socks, to
Buddy telling the the Matron of Honor that Seymour was a chiropodist;
Seymour and feet go hand-in-hand (hah).
-robbie
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