Homo Sum:
humani nil a me alienum puto

(”Mr. X” is an alias, since I don’t actually have permission from the other party to identify him. If you want to be identified, you can speak up in the comments.)

[10:18] “Doc” McLaren: Orphans are a wise investment in a turbulent economy.
[10:18] Mr. X: Yeah, they give you a lot of options
[10:19] “Doc” McLaren: The irony is that I can also sell them as meat.
[10:19] “Doc” McLaren: The circle of life is complete.
[10:20] Mr. X: They would probably go good with garlic mashed potatoes… as long as there wasn’t some sort of problem with potatoes…
[10:20] “Doc” McLaren: Isn’t it great how garlic makes everything better?

Except chocolate.
[10:22] “Doc” McLaren: I actually had a garlic-chocolate cake once. It was… um… interesting.
[10:22] Mr. X: I would have to pass on that
[10:23] “Doc” McLaren: It was part of an all garlic menu at a restaurant, during a garlic festival.

Everything else was yummy. The cake was… not yummy.

Garlic ice cream, on the other hand, which I had at the all-garlic restaurant in San Francisco, is definitely yummy. It would go nicely with orphan shank.
[10:24] Mr. X: Yeah, I tried garlic ice cream somewhere too and it was ok
[10:24] Mr. X: Never tried orphan shank though
[10:24] Mr. X: just to be clear

[10:25] “Doc” McLaren: So, you’ve met the parents of everything you’ve eaten? Man, country manners really are different than city manners.
[10:27] Mr. X: It could be that I ate the parents of everything I’ve eaten
[10:27] “Doc” McLaren: So long as you did it in the right order, you could avoid eating orphans.
[10:27] “Doc” McLaren: That’s a lot of logistics, though.
[10:27] Mr. X: Afterall, eating is one of my favorite leisure time activities
[10:28] “Doc” McLaren: And we all know that leisure is very important.
[10:28] “Doc” McLaren: Hell, there should probably be more of it.
[10:28] Mr. X: Yes. Speaking of the right order. If I did do it right, I could make sure I only ate orphans. Probably more humane if you think about it
[10:29] “Doc” McLaren: Yes. It’s a tragedy when a parent outlives his child.
[10:34] Mr. X: So, whats with the ‘Doc’?
[10:34] “Doc” McLaren: The Rules:

#1. Never eat a restaurant called “Mom’s”
#2. Never play poker with man called “Doc”.
#3. Never sleep with a woman with more troubles than you.
[10:35] Mr. X: Ahh

[10:37] Mr. X: What about #4. Never sleep with your mom
[10:37] “Doc” McLaren: I think it goes without saying that people should avoid sleeping with my mom. She’s very emotionally needy.

People always ask me how I manage to work at home along all day and not see anyone. Well, I can still have this sort of conversation, even out here in the woods. You can see how this keeps me sane.

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