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The spiritual economist?

The masseuse was working on my chakra's (or something like that) when she said:

"Has anyone told you that you are great today?  I can tell that you have a lot of loving energy.  You're a very giving person."

"Wow," I replied, "no one has ever said that.  I'm an economist."

"Oh," she replied, pausing slightly, "I guess I was wrong."

Posted by Alex Tabarrok on June 4, 2005 at 07:10 AM in Medicine | Permalink

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