Me: Remember that time you took me to the faculty club?
Henry: Yeah?
Me: What were you drinking? I didn't really like cocktails then.
Henry: Martini. Extra dry
Me: Gin or vodka?
Henry: That's like asking me: English or Western?
Me: I'll never forget when you said 'look, over there! -- that's Milton Friedman!'
I wish darcy would show up here and give us her dirty martini recipe.
ReplyDeleteLe Post -- C'est Moi!
ReplyDeleteWow you saw Milton Friedman? With Henry being more of a liberal, what was his opinion at the time (if he mentioned it)?
ReplyDeleteHeya, sorry for my blog post yesterday, I was trying to construct an incredibly dry - martini dry - inside joke, with Candle as the foil. Hope there's no hard feelings? I still drop by here and read from time to time but I am an infrequent poster.
@Candle: He just pointed him out to me. My back was turned away from Friedman, so I turned and looked. They knew each other from U. of Chicago days & they were both Nobel laureates of course. But you're right, they were night and day politically. That line I threw out here was really his: "We can either build schools or prisons." That about sums up Henry's political philosophy. We didn't discuss his and MF's differences.
ReplyDeleteAnd hey, no apologies! I hope there are other people besides me checking back there.
I love it, you can either build schools or prisons. I would have replied, "Or you can let brave people risk it all and build businesses that hire people."
ReplyDeleteI just saw Atlas Shrugged. I've never read the book, though I've read Fountainhead. Wow - it moved me (the movie). I thought it was incredibly well done and I can't wait for the second part.
May 4, 2011 6:26 PM