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Message ID: 9
#9, RE: Oh, so that's what happened to the Mill....
Posted by ebony14 on Apr-21-15 at 12:30 PM
In response to message #6
>Think about the chain of decisions involved there. I mean his
>decisions, not his parents'. What would motivate a man named Richard
>Woodcock to a) let people call him Dick and, on top of that, b)
>teach seventh-grade English? Is there a worse job in the
>world for a man called Dick Woodcock than teaching any subject
>to seventh-graders? (Admittedly, it could be argued that, well, is
>there a worse job in the world for anyone called anything than
>teaching any subject to seventh-graders?) It boggles the mind.

There is a urologist in Austin, Texas, that is named Dr. Richard Chopp. The only reason that one doesn't take the prize is that he banks on his name, unlike the lamented Mr. Woodcock. (He's apparently one of the go-to guys for vasectomies.)

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."