Posted on 05/26/2014 6:11:40 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
True story:
Several years ago I drove home from my office and pulled in front of my house. As I was getting out of my car, a local homeless women was standing right behind me, as if she had materialized out of thin air.
Before I could say anything, she stated (in a thick Anglo-Indian accent), "Pardon me sir, can you tell me the name of a dentist whose last name begins with 'Mc'?"
I thought for a moment and replied, "No, I'm sorry, I cannot tell you the name of any dentists whose last name begins with 'Mc'. Can I ask why you need a dentist with a last name that begins with 'Mc'?"
"Well," she replied gravely, "People whose last name begins with 'Mc' are usually Protestant, and I am looking for a Protestant dentist."
This women is very well educated and has a PhD in Mathematics, having once taught at the university level. Unfortunately she is also a textbook example of a paranoid schizophrenic.
"Can I ask why you need a Protestant dentist? Would a Catholic dentist be able to help? I know several Catholic dentists."
Her eyes narrowed and her voice grew grave. "Catholics control the world through the Vatican. If you go to a Catholic dentist they will put microphones in your teeth so the Jesuits can spy on you."
I tried to keep a straight face and calmly replied, "You're kidding?!? I'm a Catholic foot surgeon and I never knew that!"
Her eyes grew huge, she back pedaled quickly and scurried away. I never saw her on our street again.
Sometimes I wonder if she spends time on FR.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3160357/posts
Wouldn’t a dentist whose last name begins with ‘Mc’ most likely be Irish, and therefore...Most likely Catholics?
Scottish. Or Orange. The poor woman was raised in India and educated in England. Who knows the origins of her musings.
Hey, don’t get me started on the Catholic foot surgeons.
My dentist was called Barney McCulley, a daily communicant and member of the Knights of Columbanus, now I understand why I keep on picking up Voice of America on my upper molars.
McDentist?
Personally I think anyone who attempts to stir trouble between Catholics and Protestants should be viewed with suspicion.
LOL!
Story reminds me of an old cartoon, "Mister Bigot," who upon being hit by a car shouted "Quick! Get me to a white protestant doctor!"
You didn't know that? I thought everyone knew about the microphones in the teeth thing. < / sillyness>
Are you able to get any good audio through her toenail microphones?:)
Yep. See the link in my post #1, which triggered the memory of this interesting exchange.
I hear Digger the Dermatophyte was a Jesuit agent.
Both sides need to stop doing it. Every time a Catholic and Protestant fight, a democrat gets his wings.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3160342/posts
Maybe I haven't been logging in so much lately, but it sure seems like there have been a lot of those types of posts this weekend.
Well, I need to go now and get a pair of pliers to pull out my molars. I can't have those Jesuits eavesdropping on me. I should thank the Indian schizoid lady for her helpful tip.
“Personally I think anyone who attempts to stir trouble between Catholics and Protestants should be viewed with suspicion.”
Well said! I’ve never understood the misunderstanding between the two, and I will go a step further and include Mormons. The locals can flame on now......
Whether it’s true or not it has troll like characteristics. So, as a Catholic, you’re supposed to bring up stuff just to cause arguments? Just asking.
Okay. Now I'm worried.
A little more than 8 years ago I underwent surgery on both feet, or as we say technically, Feeties.
Some years later, after what I now know to be an entirely coincidentally related to a trip to the range with highly inadequate ear protection, I developed what I thought was tinnitus.
But it only manifested when I was in bed.
My foot surgeon was a Catholic.
Now I see that my feet were just trying to contact the mother ship.
Strangely, this does not comfort me.
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