I laughed hardily this morning as a local comedian posted a hysterical line on social media. It was about the now, perhaps becoming disgraced, elected, Long Island official George Santos.
“Bizarre things happen in Long Island.” I said to our twenty-year-old
this morning as she got ready for work.
“What do you mean Mom?” She decried.
I explained,
“George Santos…”
“Who?”
I laughed as I explained how even
the Democrats let this guy fly under the radar.
“…Funny, I would have never thought of lying even a little
bit, to a point where I was told by a psychologist, well-known in her own right…
Who wanted me to be an activist for a man running for office years ago. She
said, ‘Don’t ever get the idea you could be a politician. You’re just too
honest. And not like anyone else I’ve ever known’.”
Then I explained to our twenty-year-old
daughter the Amityville Horror story, the Long Island Loliita story,
just to name two more after the now George Santos story.
“Yes, there are others. But those are the ones currently stuck in my
mind. You should look him up. Then look
them up. They are at the very least entertaining.” I added.
I took a quote from a client who
was one of many a New York Lawyer years ago that I’d treated.
“Everything bizarre happens in Long Island first.” She stated
one day.
Yep, most bizarre things happen in
Long Island first. This New York lawyer explained on my treatment table many
years ago. As I queried her. Thinking
that was a bizarre thing to say.
“Really? Long Island invents bizarre happenings?”
“Yep.” The New York lawyer volleyed back with total
assuredness.
Then she began to name bizarre stories
and people. We laughed together that day, as she’d convinced me of her truth. Evidently,
at the time she was correct. Which was stalled only a little bit in Virginia by
the Lorena Bobbitt case.---Jody-Lynn Reicher
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