Originally Posted By: Perry M. Kissam
In answer to someone's question about the double in Romancing the Stone, I always thought that was a Howda(sp?) Double Barreled Pistol, a gun used for repelling attacking tigers attempting to dine on the occupants of the wicker "chairs" atop elephants.

Howda" is how they say Houdini in Timbuktoo. A "Howda' gun makes the jungle beasties vanish like Houdini on a Halloween night. Possible that Ithaca patterened their "Auto_Burglar" sawed-off wrist breaker on the "Howda"-- concept--


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..