If The Dude was not otherwise occupied listening to bowling casettes, Jackie Treenhorn’s goons (the rug pissers) might not have caught The Dude off guard, and t

If The Dude was not otherwise occupied listening to bowling casettes, Jackie Treenhorn’s goons (the rug pissers) might not have caught The Dude off guard, and the case of mistaken identity (which drives the whole plot) might never have occurred.