 What is the first clue that hints at how Venusian culture has absorbed the name Joe?
There were more Joes on Venus than you could shake a ray-gun at. Perhaps there was method in Colonel Walsh's madness—murder-madness—when he ordered Major Polk to scan the planet for a guy named Joe. [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories November 1952. For example, he could have chosen a Second Looie for the job on Venus. We were somewhere in Area Two on Earth, takeoff point for any operations in Space II. "It will involve finding one man, a Venusian native." "I always figured Venus was under the jurisdiction of Space III, sir. It so happens this Venusian is the one man who can help us understand just what's happening on Mars." If Walsh really wanted to know the reasons for the revolt, I could give them to him in one word: Walsh. It had been going on for six months now and we'd lost at least a thousand men from Space II. "And this man is on Venus now?" "This man is on Venus." "Well, physically he's like any of the other Venusians, so I can't give you much help there. The trip to Venus came off without a hitch. Venus was hotter than I'd expected it to be. "You are Joe, aren't you? "Where's the Officer's Club?" I asked the Venusian. I started to pick up my bag as another Venusian entered.
 The first Joe who Major Polk meets knows the Terran idiom, “you’ve got the wrong number.”
 The first Joe who Major Polk meets knows the Terran idiom, “stabbed in the back.”  The first Joe who Major Polk meets knows the Terran idiom, “you’ve got the wrong number.”  The first Joe who Major Polk meets knows the Terran idiom, “bite the bullet.”  The first Joe who Major Polk meets knows the Terran idiom, “Joe,” as a way of causally referring to others.