More Clueless People

[dr_phil_physics]

An Oh Too Familiar Refrain

I get to the office about 8:40am for my 9am class. The message light on my phone is lit. There is just enough time to check to see what Important Message is in my voice mail box.

Alas & Sigh. The caller wanted to let Dr. Phil know that regarding the twins on heroin, that the mother should lose custody of those children.

Right. We'll get right on that. As soon as I lose my sanity and start hosting a psychology self-help television show. And do a piece on twins on heroin.

Where do these people get this telephone number from? Any place on my university website where I have the number, there's a link about that Other Dr. Phil fellow. You know, the one who knows Oprah and is rich and has a television show where they just did a piece about twins on heroin and their worthless mother?

Anyway, I'm not that guy. Don't call me and leave me a message about the TV show on my Physics Dept. phone voice mail.

And don't be one of those hit-and-run cowards who goes to all the trouble to dig through the Internet to find The Secret Actual Phone Number for Dr. Phil, expresses Extreme Disapproval -- and then doesn't bother to give a name. (evil grin)

Dr. Phil

Comments

[jlapp.livejournal.com]

Maybe by "twins", he was talking about super symmetry, and by "heroine" he meant the sterile neutrino, and by "custody", he meant that the Standard Model might no longer by valid?

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

"heroine" not equal to "heroin" (grin)

And sadly, the Other Dr. Phil is NOT a Dr. Phil (Physics). (double-symmetry-grin)

Dr. Phil

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

Poor Dr. Phil. Maybe the real Dr. Phil should do a show about people who share his name - you could use it to promote your fiction.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

In a word... No.

Dr. Phil

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

My apologies, dear sir, I meant to put quotation marks around "real" Dr. Phil.

Mea culpa.

[dr-phil-physics.livejournal.com]

Actually, I figure that going on the Other Dr. Phil's show isn't going to promote my SF very well. Remember, his audience can't even figure out his office phone number -- or office mailing address! (grin)

Dr. Phil