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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Hank, can I get a ruling on what we can deduce about Club's ethnicity from this post? I've got a theory, but you invented this so I give you dibs.

How Orwellian of you Atticus....

One day a curious thing happened. Somebody chanced to see a poem
of Gordon's in a magazine, and put it about that they 'had a poet
in the office'. Of course Gordon was laughed at, not ill-
naturedly, by the other clerks. They nicknamed him 'the bard' from
that day forth. But though amused, they were also faintly
contemptuous. It confirmed all their ideas about Gordon. A fellow
who wrote poetry wasn't exactly the type to Make Good. But the
thing had an unexpected sequel. About the time when the clerks
grew tired of chaffing Gordon, Mr Erskine, the managing director,
who had hitherto taken only the minimum notice of him, sent for him and interviewed him.

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
--George Orwell.