Joan Juliet Buck | 04/03/2009 11:00 am
Joan Juliet Buck: Who Does Bernard Madoff Remind You Of?
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I have been wondering who Bernard Madoff reminds me of. Because, for all his evil deeds, there was something weirdly attractive and reassuring about his demeanor.
I wondered what it was. The flyaway gray hair, the tight line of the mouth — who did he look like? What was this strange, almost historic elegance? Why did his face — dear God! — reassure me? Why did the face of this criminal stranger look so intensely familiar, as if I had seen it every single day?
Oh my God …
Madoff/Dollar Bill © AP/Wikipedia
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Dahlings, on a relevance scale of one to ten (ten being most important), I rate this a .0000001. REALLY, dears. What he looks like is NOT the problem, is it?
Maybe his teeth hurt him, too.
They should only keep hurting him.
OMG that is SO funny! Great observation, thanks. It’s been bothering me too.
Wowowow for sure, maybe it’s no wonder so many people trusted him.
To me he is the poster child for greed. The jerk! We really shouldn’t insult George Washington with the comparison.
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Dear Violet the Buck! Ohmigod. You are so right about bernie Maddof and George Washington. and to think, George is my very own relative. His famous horrible mother was a Ball and my own grandmother MCCall was a Ball descended from her. George disliked his mother intensely although he took very good care of her. She evidently wasn’t a nice woman. Though I
never heard she was a crook. Maybe Bernie resembled her in more ways than one. Joan, what a thrill it is to have you on Wow, our resident intellectual. Love and kisses, LIZ SMITH
I submit herewith something that really cracked me up. Oh, if only…
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/03/30/090330sh_shouts_allen
Thank you, Woodly Allen!