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Re:Laying off George by zaius on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @03:53AM (#400710)
George is a girl http://www.flickr.com/people/george/
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Re:Laying off George by 3pt14159 on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @06:47AM (#400799)
That explains the crying, etc... Thank you for clearing that up.
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Re:Laying off George by gruseom on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @11:43AM (#401095)
That explains the crying, etc.

I can see this got downmodded into oblivion, yet I don't think it's so far from the mark. I noticed some cognitive dissonance in myself while reading the original post under the assumption that George was a he. It dissipated when I figured out she's a she. Such a clear little "experiment" doesn't come along very often so I think it's worth paying attention to.

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Re:Laying off George by noonespecial on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @03:47PM (#401426)
I knew a French guy in High School named 'Michelle'. He was like a walking sociology experiment. It was highly enlightening.
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Re:Laying off George by gruseom on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @06:13PM (#401584)
I'm assuming you mean "Michel" and it was at an English-speaking school?
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Re:Laying off George by michaelneale on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @08:32PM (#401683)
Hey I am a bit sensitive about my name being "Michelle" in french - or at least pronounced that way ;)
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