The Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 27 days agoRight out of a children's storybooklemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.04Karrow-down1imageRight out of a children's storybooklemmy.worldThe Picard ManeuverM to [email protected] • 27 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•27 days agoFun fact: the monikers used for these children in the book are used in coloquial speech to describe children that misbehave or exhibit behavioral discrepencies: shock headed Peter: an unkempt, filthy child fidgety Philip: ADHS or hyperactive child Johnny-Head-in-the-Air: daydreaming, absent mindedness wicked Frederick: cruelty to animals (sociopathy, lack of empathy often reveal themselves this way early on) Soup Caspar: eating disorder, perhaps etc The original book was written by a medical doctor dealing with children, go figure!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•27 days agoWell that explains why my psychiatrist’s nickname for me is “Peter, Philip, and Johnny in a trenchcoat.”
Fun fact: the monikers used for these children in the book are used in coloquial speech to describe children that misbehave or exhibit behavioral discrepencies:
The original book was written by a medical doctor dealing with children, go figure!
Well that explains why my psychiatrist’s nickname for me is “Peter, Philip, and Johnny in a trenchcoat.”