Comments on: Merrick’s Elephant http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/ Thoughts and observations from a quirky cartoonist and designer. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:57:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mary http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-17159 Mary Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:11:59 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-17159 Hi, Madeline! People really bite, don't they? I'm from a family with a couple of tetchy genes; I look okay, but I'm deaf, so all the "experts" INSISTED that I MUST be retarded! I'm a college level reader, but until recently - and in spite of my emphatic protests - I was folding cardboard jewelry boxes at the "retarded'" table in a sheltered workshop! My advice to you is to advise these maggot-brains to do us all a favor, go find a nice vertical press somewhere and stick their head in it! By the way... 1. I've had a couple of deformed kittens born from my cats; one of them, I swear to God, had an enlarged head just like Joseph's - it was SO cute!!! It didn't live very long, but I loved it on sight! I never learned its sex, but I named it Snowdrop! A tabby-and-white kitten, it was! Is it possible for a cat to have Proteus? Anyone? The other two, Valentine (another tabby) and Little Wing (a black kitten), were born with their insides on the outside; they didn't live, either, but they were adorable all the same, and I loved them! 2. Did you ever see that pix of Joseph where he's posing in the buff for Treves' photographer, facing forward? Look at the relatively normal left side of his face, REALLY look at him...am I the only person in the world who thinks that this man was - in his own unique way - kind of cute? I MEAN - those EYES! He had a nice neck and upper shoulders, too! And, um... Damn pity they were all xenophobes in those days! Oh, well, their loss! Anyway...hang in there, sister!!! (P.S. - be sure to play my "JOSEPH CAREY MERRICK" quiz on Amiwrong!) (P.P.S. - be sure to come and see Niagara Falls - it's awesome!) Hi, Madeline! People really bite, don’t they? I’m from a family with a couple of tetchy genes; I look okay, but I’m deaf, so all the “experts” INSISTED that I MUST be retarded! I’m a college level reader, but until recently - and in spite of my emphatic protests - I was folding cardboard jewelry boxes at the “retarded’” table in a sheltered workshop! My advice to you is to advise these maggot-brains to do us all a favor, go find a nice vertical press somewhere and stick their head in it! By the way…
1. I’ve had a couple of deformed kittens born from my cats; one of them, I swear to God, had an enlarged head just like Joseph’s - it was SO cute!!! It didn’t live very long, but I loved it on sight! I never learned its sex, but I named it Snowdrop! A tabby-and-white kitten, it was! Is it possible for a cat to have Proteus? Anyone? The other two, Valentine (another tabby) and Little Wing (a black kitten), were born with their insides on the outside; they didn’t live, either, but they were adorable all the same, and I loved them!
2. Did you ever see that pix of Joseph where he’s posing in the buff for Treves’ photographer, facing forward? Look at the relatively normal left side of his face, REALLY look at him…am I the only person in the world who thinks that this man was - in his own unique way - kind of cute? I MEAN - those EYES! He had a nice neck and upper shoulders, too! And, um… Damn pity they were all xenophobes in those days! Oh, well, their loss!
Anyway…hang in there, sister!!!
(P.S. - be sure to play my “JOSEPH CAREY MERRICK” quiz on Amiwrong!)
(P.P.S. - be sure to come and see Niagara Falls - it’s awesome!)

]]> By: cory http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-16692 cory Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:47:21 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-16692 [Comment ID #11989 Will Be Quoted Here] dont bother what they say just be your self and rmember dont listen to them [Comment ID #11989 Will Be Quoted Here]

dont bother what they say just be your self and rmember dont listen to them

]]> By: cory http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-16691 cory Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:45:25 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-16691 [Comment ID #11989 Will Be Quoted Here] dont bother what they sayjust be your self [Comment ID #11989 Will Be Quoted Here]

dont bother what they sayjust be your self

]]> By: Madeline Cherluck http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-11989 Madeline Cherluck Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:14:45 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/12/08/merricks-elephant/#comment-11989 Why can't society just leave us alone already? I am so tired of the lack of resect I see everyday. I am physically different, and I don't know how much time I have left. All I know is that I am only 16. Last year a young man in a bus yelled these words to me. "Go home and drink some poisen for me" This happened every day for a whole year. If anyone out there cares about me, please tell me. phreakofghostmusic@yahoo.com Why can’t society just leave us alone already? I am so tired of the lack of resect I see everyday. I am physically different, and I don’t know how much time I have left. All I know is that I am only 16. Last year a young man in a bus yelled these words to me. “Go home and drink some poisen for me” This happened every day for a whole year. If anyone out there cares about me, please tell me.
phreakofghostmusic@yahoo.com

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