We had been talking about E.F. Schumacher, the author of Small Is Beautiful. 'You'll be interested to know he is a convert.' Pause. I didn't get it. 'Convert from what to what?' I asked. 'He's a Catholic.' Then I got it. He was talking in code, and did not know that particular code is no longer in use.
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