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Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social |
One of my uncles (an economist) had a really enjoyable conversation with a stranger at Castletown House in Ireland in the late 1960s. After 20 minutes, he asked the stranger his name. "Mick Jagger." Uncle in all innocence: "and what do you do for a living, Mr. Jagger?" 5 minutes after which ...
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Henry Farrell
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my uncle is complaining to a friend about how this conversation ended quite bizarrely with the other guy throwing a drink into his face for no reason my uncle could understand. It tells you something about the uncle (conservative young fogey, even back then) that he's very proud of the story.
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