Archie directs "a Bronx cheer" at the gumshoe at the bottom of the steps, and I looked it up and that means blowing a raspberry. I.e. ARCHIE IS MAYBE TWELVE. AT MOST. AHAHAHA.
NOW I AM DYING! DYING! For some inexplicable reason I assumed "Bronx Cheer" referred to the gesture you get when you fling up a fist with your right arm while slapping your bicep with the palm of your left hand. A Raspberry is so much less dignified. Now I have to reset that entire scene in my head.
I suspect the Shaking Down Trouser legs thing has to do with how mens clothes used to be cut. If you watch old episodes of Man from UNCLE (circa 1960s) they have to shake their trouser legs down when they stand up because, when seated, the hem climbs halfway to the knee. This shows up especially when a man sits with his right ankle on his left knee - I think Archie might mention sitting this way once or twice when he has to balance his notebook on his leg for notetaking. Guh. It makes me a bit sad that I never see men sitting like that except on old tv shows. It's actually rather graceful and sexy.
Archie reading the dictionary and saving up all the big words to use on Wolfe! I'd put money on the dictionary reading, but he comes right out and admits that he saves up new words to try out on Wolfe in Too Many Cooks!
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Date: 2010-04-24 03:15 pm (UTC)NOW I AM DYING! DYING! For some inexplicable reason I assumed "Bronx Cheer" referred to the gesture you get when you fling up a fist with your right arm while slapping your bicep with the palm of your left hand. A Raspberry is so much less dignified. Now I have to reset that entire scene in my head.
I suspect the Shaking Down Trouser legs thing has to do with how mens clothes used to be cut. If you watch old episodes of Man from UNCLE (circa 1960s) they have to shake their trouser legs down when they stand up because, when seated, the hem climbs halfway to the knee. This shows up especially when a man sits with his right ankle on his left knee - I think Archie might mention sitting this way once or twice when he has to balance his notebook on his leg for notetaking. Guh. It makes me a bit sad that I never see men sitting like that except on old tv shows. It's actually rather graceful and sexy.
Archie reading the dictionary and saving up all the big words to use on Wolfe! I'd put money on the dictionary reading, but he comes right out and admits that he saves up new words to try out on Wolfe in Too Many Cooks!