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Every time I read that part of the book I am surprised that there was no actual leopard. Somehow my brain stored that scene that he had to fight a leopard in th
by krisoft 4y ago
Every time I read that part of the book I am surprised that there was no actual leopard. Somehow my brain stored that scene that he had to fight a leopard in the dark basement with no easy way out because of the fallen stairs. Yet clearly the leopard is only on the sign (or is it?)
- seabass-labrax 4y agoMy understanding was that the sign was an entirely bogus but rather worrisome warning, put there as a somewhat deceitful tactic to dissuade people from reading the real notices (about demolition, for instance).
- andybak 4y agoYes. The leopard sign is a non sequitur meant to further emphasise that this is precisely not the place one would expect to look for the item in question. It could have been a sign about anything but the "Beware of the leopard" is perfectly unrelated to the topic. This is the kind of thing Adams had a real genius for.