File puptcrit/puptcrit.1004, message 208


From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-verizon.net>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:47:43 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] politically correct again


My dad rode the rails when he was 8.......guess he was kind of a hobo.

Mary
On Apr 20, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Paul Fantini wrote:

> "..they also represented freedom and adventure and  
> resourcefulness..." and
> all the other stuff Ed mentioned.
>
> This would be my first impression of a hobo, not tragedy, although  
> there is
> value in portraying them that way.
>
> Also, the word itself does not mean "HOmeless BOy", but was  
> shortened from
> "Hoe Boy".  Many vagrants that traveled the rails, were field  
> workers and
> would carry their hoe around with them.  Picture here the iconic  
> hobo with
> the red sack carrying all his (or her's...don't want to be less than
> politically correct now!) belongings at the end of along  
> stick...presumably
> his hoe.
>
> More Words Later,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
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Mary
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