On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Kai Radicke wrote:
> > He did not seem to be surprised. I think he knew that I was viewed by
> > many there as immature. I suppose my youthful looks indicated a
> > predisposition to loud stereos, lowered suspensions, and other un-british
> > qualities.
>
> Geez you nailed it. I am not any of those qualities yet I get labeled with
> them.
I couldn't agree more. People judge you on your looks and age, and they
have no use for you at all. Why, when I try to start a conversation with
a woman half my age, she immediately assumes I am a dirty old man.
Assumes I'm just hoping to get lucky. Pegs me as a geezer with a
hyperactive libido.
Oh, sure, she's right, but it is still wrong to judge books by their
covers.
Ray "my cover is wrinkled because I'm well-read" Gibbons
W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8629
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