Tales from the Nuthouse: Lest You Think I have a Really Suck Job - Page 8

limey · 05-16-2008, 03:15 PM

I'm with noboxes here - perhaps you could learn something from these guys?
[by the way -WB Wolf

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wolf · 06-19-2008, 07:07 PM

When a family member comes in to file commitment papers, we make them fill out a demographic information sheet.

I have one in my hands that lists the patient's race as "Afro-Italiano."

lookout123 · 06-19-2008, 07:44 PM

interesting-o

Griff · 06-20-2008, 06:29 AM

Franco Harris finally blew that gasket eh?

Cicero · 06-20-2008, 05:06 PM

Bastard ken of chef boyardee?

There's a demographic for ya!

wolf · 07-12-2008, 12:23 AM

Tonight I was interviewing a young man who came in for an evaluation. He was one of those scary-intense kind of people that make you want to sit with your back to the wall. Instead of leafing through the pile of not terribly stale magazines in our lobby he was reading a book he had brought along.

Catcher in the Rye.

I could not make this stuff up.

BrianR · 07-12-2008, 09:22 AM

and that concerns you...how?

Clodfobble · 07-12-2008, 10:52 AM

Crazy people, especially young men, have a tendency to think that book is the most amazing piece of insightful literature ever.

Sundae · 07-12-2008, 10:53 AM

And it has more of a draw for its notoriety than its actual literature.

skysidhe · 07-12-2008, 11:18 AM

weird

xoxoxoBruce · 07-12-2008, 01:11 PM

I thought it sucked, but maybe that was because it was required reading.

Clodfobble · 07-12-2008, 01:42 PM

I was okay with the character as a flawed character, especially since this point was driven home in the final chapter where he finally starts to show signs of growing up. What I couldn't stand were the people who thought the character was supposed to be a complete protagonist who had all the right ideas. The kid was a tool.

spudcon · 07-13-2008, 12:19 AM

THANK GOD! I thought I was the only one on earth who didn't find that crappy book "delightful."

skysidhe · 07-13-2008, 02:06 AM

Maybe the mental health field should create a new standard for evaluating the mentally ill. Do like they do for chimps and present two literature pieces down on a table and if the person picks up the 'Catcher in the Rye' then we'll know just how disturbed they really are for choosing such a crappy book.

SteveDallas · 07-13-2008, 01:09 PM

I enjoyed it when I read it in freshman high school English class, but I found its charm diminished quickly as I got older.

05-16-2008, 03:15 PM	#106
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I'm with noboxes here - perhaps you could learn something from these guys? [by the way -WB Wolf ] __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

06-19-2008, 07:07 PM	#107
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	When a family member comes in to file commitment papers, we make them fill out a demographic information sheet. I have one in my hands that lists the patient's race as "Afro-Italiano." __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-19-2008, 07:44 PM	#108
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	interesting-o __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-20-2008, 06:29 AM	#109
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Franco Harris finally blew that gasket eh? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-20-2008, 05:06 PM	#110
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Bastard ken of chef boyardee? There's a demographic for ya! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

07-12-2008, 12:23 AM	#111
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Tonight I was interviewing a young man who came in for an evaluation. He was one of those scary-intense kind of people that make you want to sit with your back to the wall. Instead of leafing through the pile of not terribly stale magazines in our lobby he was reading a book he had brought along. Catcher in the Rye. I could not make this stuff up. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-12-2008, 09:22 AM	#112
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	and that concerns you...how?

07-12-2008, 10:52 AM	#113
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Crazy people, especially young men, have a tendency to think that book is the most amazing piece of insightful literature ever. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-12-2008, 10:53 AM	#114
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	And it has more of a draw for its notoriety than its actual literature.

07-12-2008, 11:18 AM	#115
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	weird

07-12-2008, 01:11 PM	#116
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I thought it sucked, but maybe that was because it was required reading. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-12-2008, 01:42 PM	#117
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I was okay with the character as a flawed character, especially since this point was driven home in the final chapter where he finally starts to show signs of growing up. What I couldn't stand were the people who thought the character was supposed to be a complete protagonist who had all the right ideas. The kid was a tool. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-13-2008, 12:19 AM	#118
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	THANK GOD! I thought I was the only one on earth who didn't find that crappy book "delightful." __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-13-2008, 02:06 AM	#119
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Maybe the mental health field should create a new standard for evaluating the mentally ill. Do like they do for chimps and present two literature pieces down on a table and if the person picks up the 'Catcher in the Rye' then we'll know just how disturbed they really are for choosing such a crappy book.

07-13-2008, 01:09 PM	#120
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I enjoyed it when I read it in freshman high school English class, but I found its charm diminished quickly as I got older.

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