"Something happened to him, but nobody knows what."

[aion]

Randi seemed to have a catch-phrase on yesterday's show:

"Something happened to him, but nobody knows what."

I wonder if it would be considered impolite to ask BarBara how she disciplined her son? Did she shove him in a closet, beat him, or otherwise snap his beautiful mind? Is he suffering from a lilly-white Cirrhosis'd liver? Do both sides of his brain communicate properly? And why won't the media address the obvious symptoms of cacodemonomania or dyshydrosis?

[whistle]

1. "cacodemonomania or dyshydrosis".....what are these?

[babylonsister]

4. New words! New words here!

Main Entry: caco·de·mo·nia
Pronunciation: "kak-&-dE-'mO-nE-&
Variant: or caco·de·mo·no·ma·nia /-"dE-m&-nO-'mA-nE-&/
Function: noun
: insanity in which the patient has the delusion of being possessed by an evil spirit

dys·hi·dro·sis (dsh-drss)
n.

A vesicular eruption that occurs primarily on the hands and feet. Also called cheiropompholyx, pompholyx, .
Any of various disorders of the sweat glands.

[skids]

6. It's dyshidrosis, only one y.

A very itchy skin disease (a.k.a. pompholyx) which is a symptom of unknown origin but which can sometimes be cleared up by eliminating various seemingly unrelated factors like nickel or other metal exposure or stress. The root cause varies greatly from person to person.

It's a very bad disease to have, because dermatologists usually spend about a year worth of time medicating you for the wrong disease before they figure it out, and once they do figure it out they rarely can find a way to fix it -- no known universal cure. Most people who have it think it is garden variety eczema.

But I don't get it... how does dyshidrosis factor in here?

More info on dyshidrosis

http://www.geocities.com/vyera/dyshidrosis/main.html
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/dyshidrosis/

[aion]

8. I spelled it the way I meant it. Please investigate further.

[BrainRants]

2. He has a terminal case of Cranial Rectumitis too. n/t

[ClintonTyree]

3. My guess would be......

repeated blows to the head. Anyone who acts and thinks like that would have to have some brain damage. Of course, it could have been his years of substance abuse. Or a combination of both. :shrug:

[calico1]

5. I think Babs still beats him. n/t

[Contrary1]

12. And he probably enjoys it.

[vptpt]

7. Even if we asked

do you really think she'd tell the truth? Besides, wouldn't he have been raised by a nanny or something?

[aion]

9. With all that money, are you suggesting

With all that money, are you suggesting that she didn't have time enough for her own flesh and blood? Oh dear...

[Raster]

10. no, she preferred to abuse her children herself. I mean, what's the

fun having them if you can't personally traumatize 'em.

[grasswire]

11. the classic narcissistic injury

Look up Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It's caused by an "injury" to a young child when the parent makes him feel concomitantly special AND inferior. Bush's toddler years are the classic setup. And then the years in which he was forced to "cheer up" his depressed mother and be in charge of his siblings, followed by the years in which the family favored Jeb while George couldn't please the folks. The symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder play out in George every day.

Six years ago I said that this is the worst possible personality that could sit in the most powerful seat in the world. A failed and flawed man with strong unresolved Oedipal issues and personality defects, manipulated by devils. It has been worse than I even imagined.

[cyn2]

13. Alcoholism plus entitlement