Vienna
 at the turn of the century - memories of Freud. Plucked from the Vienna
 School For Wayward Children ( where we were forced to learn complex 
choral arrangements and how to stuff tiny weenies into small cans) by 
the esteemed Neurologist and Psychiatrist, I was to become an intregal 
cog in the development of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis. I became Dr.
 Freud's guinea pig and at times, whipping boy. At this time, the 
"Talking Cure" as it was initially referred to, was a quite
 new and bold experiment. Upon entering his office for the first time, I
 was told to lay down on his couch. As I did so, he turned to me and 
said, "No, with you - face down." For the first few sessions I told the 
doctor of my reoccurring dream of being viciously shampooed by an alter 
boy named "Toots" while his golden retriever stood on it's hind legs and
 sang "Sweet Betsy From Pike." He claimed it was all very  Oedipal, and 
that I was the only male patient he'd worked with that suffered from 
penis envy. I was then forced to take copious amounts of cocaine with 
the good doctor and perform ( nude, wearing only oven mittens) the last 
act of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" with finger puppets and a clothing 
dummy. I found the procedure humiliating and inane, but Freud became 
visibly aroused. For the next 2 weeks, no matter what I said, Freud's 
response was always a sarcastic, "yeah, right ,dickwad." It was around 
this time that Carl Jung broke all ties with Freud due to the fact that 
the doctor  kept calling him "Puddin'" and intentionally used a hard "J"
 when pronouncing his last name
 
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