The neighbor is supposed to offer the juicy bit of gossip himself, but sometimes his imagination fails him, or his egotism overcomes him, and it is up to the victim pointed at to use his own imagination. Therefore it is not unusual to have the following information shouted out by an excited victim who fears a place in the center: My right-hand neighbor's name is The Minister; his occupation is ministering and he has been in jail four times!

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