Re: what is your bananafish?

I enjoyed your post very much, John -- good Salinger anecdote. There
wasn't much to respond to, though, beyond expressing appreciation for
you posting it.

Or Daniel's response :).

Jim

John P Baumgardner wrote:

>Curiously, this witty post is the only response I recieved. It seems
>everyone read this post as an entertaining anecdote with no underlying
>objectives to be investigated. Is this because it was simple, no big words
>or popular psychological concepts? Or because I am not an "author"? Well,
>was it enjoyable? Would it be more enjoyable to dissect it? How about
>trying to interpret any point I was making? Or maybe there is no point and
>I'm only amusing myself by tossing some odd shaped rocks upon the water to
>watch the ripples? What if that is the point? Any ripples out there?
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>What was a 12 year old girl doing in the men's restroom?
>Daniel
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: John P Baumgardner
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>There is a bathroom in my favorite coffee shop in Philly, where the walls
>are painted black and a coffee can full of chalk sits upon the toilet.
>These walls are ever changing, amusing, thought provoking and sometimes
>offensive. One afternoon I took it upon myself to clear the trim over the
>door and write in yellow chalk, "Seymour, what was your bananafish?" A
>week or so later I was thrilled to receive a response, written in blue
>chalk. "Love and squalor."
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