 What is the origin of the name Joe on Venus?
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. For example, he could have chosen a Second Looie for the job on Venus. "And this man is on Venus now?" "This man is on Venus." 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? They'll ask a native to do something and they'll call him Joe. In fact, he looked as if he were responsible for having put Venus in the heavens in the first place.
 Terrans use the term “Joe” to refer to each other. The Venusians took the idiom literally and adopted it in earnest as the global name.
 The Venusians use “Joe” as an idiom, referring to friends and family as Joe, even though that is not their given Venusian name.  Terrans use the term “Joe” to refer to each other. The Venusians took the idiom literally and adopted it in earnest as the global name.  There is a Venusian hero named Joe, prompting all Venusians to take the name.  Venusians are required by Terrans to use the name as a sign of enslavement.