Is this called the "Mean Girls" effect?

david f,

Sounds to me like you're slipping away to Neverland.

Are you sure you're alright? I'm getting very worried about you.

If you do get to Neverland could you send us a selfie of you standing in front of Captain Hook?

Dear David,

Thank You again for sharing your story.

Have you ever considered writing a book?

It would be an interesting story with
vast appeal.

cont'd ...

I can't recall if I ever shared the following with
you - but if I have bear with me. It's about
kids who are different:

Growing pains:

Here's to the kids who are different
The kids who don't always get A's
The kids who have ears
Twice the size of their peers
Or noses that go on for days

Here's to the kids who are different
The kids who are just out of step
The kids they all tease
Who have cuts on their knees
And whose sneakers are constantly wet

Here's to the kids who are different
The kids with a mischievous streak
For when they have grown
As history has shown
It's their difference that makes them unique.

(Digby Wolfe wrote this for The Goldie Hawn TV Special -
back in the 1970s).

Hi David,

A bit above Misop's comprehension level :)

Yes, the wonderful Danny Kaye had red hair and green eyes. Leslie Howard was blonde. Jews are funny like that.

Marx was described as 'swarthy' [in German, 'schwartz']: he was stopped in Spain coming back from a summer holiday in Morocco because they thought he was African. His colleague Engels used to write to him as 'Mohr', which I suppose is a play on the German words for 'moor', 'Moor', and 'marsh'.

Come to think of it, my step-grandfather - I think he was Sephardi North African (he wore a fez on Friday nights), born maybe in the Voivodina or the Banat - was almost black. But he was a nudist, so it was hard to tell.

Happy Rosh Hashanah ! And another thirty of them :)

Warmest regards,

Joe

Dear Joe,

There's quite a few famous actors with red hair
and green eyes. From Drew Barrymore, Emma Stone,
Julianne Moore, Lindsay Lohan, Tilda Swinton,
Gillian Anderson, to the "golden oldies" like
Maureen O'Hara, Ann Margret, and many more.

Didn't Elizabeth I, have red hair and green eyes?

I can't recall. I'll have to look it up.