Dick and Jane

So many men spend their lives in quiet desperation. So glad your "Dick" managed to get away. As I mentioned in a previous post, there is a famous German short story about a druggist, an absolute nebbish, who runs off to join the French Foreign Legion. Similarly, I heard a story many years ago from a friend of a friend of a friend once removed about a nerdy fellow Similarly, I heard a story many years ago from a friend of a friend of a friend once removed about a nerdy fellow married to a fishwife who did just that.