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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Barry, Dave
In a tree. He's a homeless man who lives in a tree and works at a local bar.
Jolly Jackal. The lights in the 'Jackal' part of the bar sign read 'ACKAL' due to the fact that the one of the lights went out.
Russian. Their real names are Ivan and Leonid and they are experts at smuggling weapons.
Roger. He keeps growling angrily at some South American bullfrog that keeps eating his food everyday.
Home entertainment system. The two of them were handcuffed, by criminals, to a home entertainment system.
A Kia. He drove a Kia, which his son wanted to borrow in order to go to the mall.
| What were Eddie and Snake trying to smuggle past the metal detectors at the MIA (Miami International Airport)? | Dave Barry's 'Big Trouble'
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A gun. They were also trying to sneak a suitcase supposedly full of money past the detectors as well. Turns out that the suitcase held a bomb instead.
Squirt her with a water gun. It was a game he and his friends were playing where Matt had to 'kill' Jenny by squirting her with a water gun.
A fluid emitted from a toad. He was trying to get himself free from being handcuffed to the home entertainment system and ended up falling on the floor with his face in Roger's food dish. Naturally, the South American frog, toad, or whatever, secreted some fluid into Arthur's face, causing him to hallucinate.
A python. He was trying to convince the flight employees that his 13-foot snake, Daphne, was harmless. Despite his efforts, neither he nor his python made it on to the plane.
Sleep with her. He wanted to sleep with her and start a relationship since his marriage was on the rocks.
Journalism. He was fired from journalism when he got mad at his editor and kicked his computer monitor.
The lawyers smoking cigars at the table next to him. He got into an argument with them because their cigar smoke was floating over to their table. One of the four lawyers at the table ended up having to represent him in court at the end of the book.
Puggy. She was the maid for the Herks, who couldn't speak English very well.
Kill him. Due to Arthur's illegal money-making actions in his company, Henry and Leonard were hired to kill him.
Jack. He was some kind of cop-wannabe who (while under the influence) thought Matt was going to kill someone.
They were deported to their native country. They were deported to Russia where they opened up a Starbucks.
Elizabeth Dole. After coming in contact with fluid from a South American frog, Arthur went delusional and thought his dog, Roger, was Liz Dole.
Male dancer. He joined a club for women called 'Thrust' and took the stage name, Buck Lance.
October 8. This makes history much easier. Everything happened on October 8, even July Fourth.
Take Me Out to the Ballgame. This was an "Interesting Historical Footnote." Of course, the real answer should be "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Organize soldiers to make slogans like "Go Brits!". This practice made them vulnerable to the powerful musket-swinging tactics of the Americans. When the Hessians entered the war, this problem became even worse because they wrote in German.
THE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF. Dave Barry just can't stop writing THE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF! I don't believe he knows what it means, but that's okay.
Israel. This is one of the major functions of the United Nations. I would not at all be surprised if this was in the real-life UN Charter.
"Dust, Despair and Death: Those were the Days". This false title is actually from "Our Dumb Century", a book published by the satirical newspaper, "The Onion."
he forgot the ink. "Aren't you supposed to dip the pen in the ink?" the Congress asked him. He was also a lanky, red-haired Virginian, but that isn't the direct reason.
Whatever you do, don't press the red button. I think this would be a good one, though.
The Earth did not crash into the sun. In other words, nothing at all happened.
Gompers. This one should be obvious, even if you didn't read the book.
| The bulk of Dave's dog columns were about two dogs he owned at the same time. What was the name of his large main dog? | Dave Barry's Dogs
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Earnest. The "Famous People's Dogs" website tentatively identifies Earnest as a Golden Retriever.
Zippy. Sometimes Dave referred to Zippy as his "emergency backup dog." "Famous People's Dogs" doesn't even guess what sort of small dog Zippy might be.
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