The origin and functions of the horizontal redoximorphic tiger stripes in Calhoun's B horizons is a topic Ryan Fimmen took into the literature and the subject of future biogeochemical studies. Here, to emphasize a point Markewitz uses a 25-lb piece of granitic gneiss to describe his bedrock-inheritance hypothesis of the origin of the baffling tiger stripes found a depth in many Calhoun profiles.