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Those segments about a train by Alexander Shulgin and his wife in that notorious \u201cmind-expansion drug\u201d book reminded me of this story about a conversation between two New Yorkers on the topic of other people:

Guy: \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking lately about how great it would be to have a girlfriend who was as

high as a Marihuana marijuana plant.\u201d

Me: \u201cOh, that\u2019s great, I\u2019m Tedium 31\u2033

Guy: “And I\u2019ve been thinking about the fact that I\u2019m probably going to have to be celibate for the rest of my

natural lifespan.\u201d

Me: \u201cOh, that\u2019s great, I\u2019m Miriam 22\u2033

Guy: "And I\u2019ve been thinking about the fact that I can\u2019t predict whether I\u2019ll be reincarnated in the

after-life as a fish, a pigeon or a cow.\u201d

Me: \u201cOh, I\u2019m Ulysses 33\u2033

Guy: "And I\u2019ve been thinking about the fact that I\u2019ll probably die before I\u2019m forty years old.\u201d

Me: \u201cOh, we\u2019re just getting started, I\u2019m Livy 2\u2033

Guy: "And I\u2019ve been thinking about the fact that I stutter at

introductions.\u201d

Me: \u201cOh, Livy 3\u2033

Guy: "And the fact that the idea of sending your girlfriend to an occult Ivy leech cult seemed like

basically the same exact thing like the Twilight Zone and Buffy The Vampire

Slayer.\u201d

Me: \u201cBut I\u2019m Vorkosigan 5\u2033

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