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Re: Neurotic necessity
Posted By: Howard, on host 205.184.139.60
Date: Friday, August 6, 1999, at 17:03:15
In Reply To: Neurotic necessity posted by Wolfspirit on Friday, August 6, 1999, at 05:36:37:

> > I've been thinking you were a shrink, Wolfspirit.
> > Now I'm almost positive. (Please excuse American slang. I'm sure I can't spell psychologist or sighchiatruss. See!)
> > Howard
>
> Sorry to disappoint you Howard, but shrinkitry is not one of my current professions :) However, I do have training in both chemistry and the neurosciences, so to the extent that these fields overlap with psychiatry (in terms of normal-brain pharmacology, neurolinguistics, etc.), I am conversant with some psych stuff.
>
> Why, Howard... am I broadcasting a demeanor that says "I work with crazy people"? :-) :-)
>
> Wolfspirit

Well, you have to admit that you communicate with some real crazies.

Let me tell you a story about Julian Murrill, my father, who was born in 1909 and spent a major portion of his 74 years in the clothing business. As you probably know, a large number of the people in the clothing business are Jewish. My father was not. He was the son of a Methodist preacher and was 100% gentile. But he looked Jewish. He was a handsome man, tall and lean with a Clark Gable mustashe and wavy black hair. (I inherited the black hair, but little else.) And he ran a clothing store on Main Street in Hazard, Kentucky.
To make a long story a little less long, a friend of his overheard two women discussing his store.
One asked the other if she knew that Mr. Murrill was a Jew. The other assured her that indeed he was NOT a Jew.
"Oh yes he is!" she insisted. "His name's Jewian, isn't it?"

So I'm not the only one to jump to a conclusion about Julian.
Howard

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