The John A. Hartford Foundation blog

In an early 1970s cartoon, an exchange occurred between two cartoon, Jackie-Mason-sounding anteaters that went something like this:
“You an anteater?”
“Yeah. I’m an anteater. You eat ants?”
“Yeah. I eat ants.”
That little dialogue has been a long-standing metaphor in my house. My husband and I always refer to it when we meet someone who shares a fundamental [...]