Dunno, I still think that jokeās funnier when Rorschach tells it. Maybe āfunnierā isnāt the right word.
Totally misses the point, but what kind of doctor accepts a patient without knowing his name?
The same kind of sketchy quack who charges money to advise you to go to the circus.
In my first-time-through misread, I thought the analyst was Grock. Adds a whole 'nother layer of reaction.
Patch Adams is accepting of everyone.
I have to wonder if the story is autobiographical. After all, he was the worldās funniest clown, at least in the 30s.
Just change it to, āWhat seems to be the matter?ā
I canāt believe this!! Talk about missing the point. Re-read the story, but change āGrockā to āMorkā. Gee Whiz.
Doctor! Doctor! I think Iām a pair of curtains!
with shaking hands the doctor pours himself another whiskey
āItās okā¦ itās okā¦ theyāre not realā¦ curtains canāt really talkā¦ Iāve just been working too hardā¦ maybe if I swap them out for some Venetian blinds, theyāll shut upā¦ā
mmm , many people work under an alias , or use a stage name ~
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow itās mirth, but has trouble enough of its own.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Grock was a stage name. His real name was Charles Adrien Wettach.
I wonder if the āI am Grimaldiā version of this joke is the oldest, or if there is one older?
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