Marcus, 

 

I once had a British friend who had a dog.  We were invited over one evening
to try out my friend's sumptuous new lounge chair, and as soon as I sat in
it and lounged backward, the dog, a sort of blondish, short haired thing
with a square jaw, started to take a very active interest in me.  I asked,
what was her interest.  Oh, my friend said.  She wants to climb up and
lounge with you.  Invite her up.  

 

So I did.  At my prompting the dog eagerly jumped up in my lab and spread
herself out on my chest with her head under my chin, and after a few moments
began licking lovingly at my jugular vein.  

 

"Oh", I said.  "What a sweet dog.  What kind of dog is it? "

 

"We call them American Staffordshire Terriers."

 

"Oh", I said. " I didn't know there was a Staffordshire in America." 

 

"There probably isn't," my friend said.  "I believe you call them Pit
Bulls."

 

I lay very still on the lounger.  

 

From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcus G.
Daniels
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Privacy vs Open Public Data

 

On 1/16/13 9:59 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:

Where is it you said you live?  

A form of public information known as the phone book..
Also in the household is my pit bull.   Shadow _her_ and you'll be in for a
vicious demand for a belly rub. 

Marcus

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