CL wrote:
> Michael Cash wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:17:58 +0900, CL <flothru@yahoo.com> brought
>> down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>
>>> Eventually this
>>> red-faced Super Protestant dickhead handed me back the bills and ordered
>>> me to get out of "his" bank immediately or face the consequences.
>>
>>
>> That's a very interesting anecdote.
>>
>> I'm curious how you discerned his religious affiliation and what
>> effect it had on your encounter, if you don't mind elaborating upon
>> that part of the story.
> 
> 
> I didn't.  On the planet where I grew up, the Protestants owned and ran 
> the banks.  It was one of the rules.  Banker = Protestant.  Catholics 
> and Jews had other official roles for touching money.

What planet was that?

> As for that particular individual, there were the little things like the 
> standard Banker uniform: The Haircut, The grey check suit, The banker's 
> wing tip shoes, the guy looks like he plays tennis, has an Ivy League / 
> Pac 8 sports nickname like "Chad," the red face like a little kid when 
> he gets angry ... stuff like that.

You know, I've never been the Ueno Zoo.  Do they have Protestants there? 
  There's obviously a lot I never noticed about them before.

-- 
Curt Fischer