{"id":5357,"date":"2005-10-17T16:51:55","date_gmt":"2005-10-17T23:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2005-10-17T16:51:55","modified_gmt":"2005-10-17T23:51:55","slug":"my-eighth-brief-conversation-with-the-ghost-of-john-merrick-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=5357","title":{"rendered":"My eighth brief conversation with the ghost of John Merrick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merrick:<\/b> “I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!”\n<\/p>\n

\nMe<\/b>:  “Tell me something:  why does Neapolitan ice cream contain noticeably less strawberry than it does chocolate or vanilla?  Is strawberry more expensive to make?  Is there some color-conscious Neapolitan ice cream aesthetic I’m unaware of?  Or is there something more to it—some kind of ancient and insidious Naples code spelled out in the dessert?”\n<\/p>\n

\nMerrick<\/b>:  “I AM A HUMAN BEING!”\n<\/p>\n

\nMe<\/b>:  “Yeah, I can’t figure it out, either.  Which is why I’ve never been able to bring myself to trust a Wop, I’m sorry to say.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Merrick: “I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!” Me:  “Tell me something:  why does Neapolitan ice cream contain noticeably less strawberry than it does chocolate or vanilla?  Is strawberry more expensive to make?  Is there some color-conscious Neapolitan ice cream aesthetic I’m unaware of?  Or is there something more to it—some kind of ancient and insidious Naples code spelled out in the dessert?” Merrick:  “I AM A HUMAN BEING!” Me:  “Yeah, I<\/p>\n

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