Lawrence Weschler at Wondercabinet:
You all probably know the one about the guy who goes to a shrink and says, “Doctor, doctor, you gotta help me, I’ve got…” and the Doctor says, “Wait, wait, don’t tell me, let’s just do this little test and I’ll be able to tell you what your problem is,” at which point the shrink pulls out a pile of cards and tells the guy to relate his first associations with regard to each of the coming sequence of images, for instance this one here (two parallel vertical lines), at which point the guy blanches: “Oh my god, that’s two people kissing and it’s completely disgusting.” Hmm, responds the shrink, scribbling a note to himself, before continuing, And how about this one? (two parallel horizontal lines): “Oh my god,” gasps the guy, “that’s two people and they are having, ick, sex and it’s really disgusting.” Hmmm, scribbled note, next up (two lines crossing in an X), at which point the guy veritably screams, “Oh my god!” Whereupon the shrink summarily suspends the test and simply pronounces, “We don’t need to do any more, I can tell you what your problem is: you have a pathologically dirty mind!”
“I’ve got a dirty mind!?” retorts the patient—“You’re the one showing me the dirty pictures!”
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