#professor abraham 'I'll take the opportunity to appreciate a humor of the moment' van helsing phd d lit etc etc

[origami-trust]

dracula, sept 7: "...the husbandman he pull the ear and rub him between his rough hands, and blow away the green chaff, and say to you: 'Look! he's good corn; he will make good crop when the time comes.'" I did not see the application, and told him so. For reply he reached over and took my ear in his hand and pulled it playfully.

Van Helsing setting himself up to make an 'ear' joke for his own amusement? He's metaphoring about pulling a "ear" of corn that will be fruitful given patience, and when John says he doesn't understand yet, he takes the opportunity to pull his ear :3