http://www.youwannaknowwhat.com/true-stories/otherfwor/ SM Shrake is a storywriter and a performer. He is known as the hardest-working man in the story business. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:03:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.youwannaknowwhat.com/true-stories/otherfwor/comment-page-1/#comment-108 BW Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:25:02 +0000 http://www.youwannaknowwhat.com/?p=1983#comment-108 did you ever check in with George again over the years? I suspect maybe he had the same 'warm feeling' as you did, had no idea how to handle it and, like most teenage boys, decided to call you out instead. And the cab driver. . . jst using the term without thinking and probably would have called anyone that. BUT -- none of that matters. the only times of cruelty i can really remember (and i' sure there were many more, b/c kids do that sh**) were when i was called names. and being a slightly overweight (but frankly, not really!) child with a last name that had Whale in it? . . . sucked. and sticks with me still. did you ever check in with George again over the years? I suspect maybe he had the same ‘warm feeling’ as you did, had no idea how to handle it and, like most teenage boys, decided to call you out instead. And the cab driver. . . jst using the term without thinking and probably would have called anyone that. BUT — none of that matters. the only times of cruelty i can really remember (and i’ sure there were many more, b/c kids do that sh**) were when i was called names. and being a slightly overweight (but frankly, not really!) child with a last name that had Whale in it? . . . sucked. and sticks with me still.

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