Wal, I have found exceptions to the same generality, Jerry; but I have also met many of the prototypes for the paradigm, so to speak, those who embody the worst characteristics.   Of course partly it is an occupational hazard, just as seeing a lot of criminal life makes a cop grow hard, in many cases. The ones who are the exception are saints, IMHO, but it can be fairly said as Peter does, that the bad apples spoil the reputation of the barrel. So don't beat yourself up.

Blonde jokes, now, are an entirely different thing, for which there is NO excuse.


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