O.T.: O What a Revolution!
TheSecretGoldfish (lime6@rocketmail.com)
Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:04:24 -0700 (PDT)
It is remarkable but it is no less painful for that,
how rarely people make an effort not to understand
"things." They start well.
Children say "Why doesn't granpa grow no beard like a
cow huh?" and they're told "Because he doesn't have
to, that's why." or "Why is the grass always the
color of engine oil and conjugations of cigarette?"
-- "Because your papa's a sloppy, ill-tempered
bastard and I'd shoot him in a minute if my
particular brand of sex had any appeal for the
insurance man."
Children don't want "to know," they want to increase
their enjoyment of not knowing. But people will go on
Thursdaying on Wednesdays.
What precisely is "a tree"? What *does* the grass
"mean"? Why *are* snowflakes snowflakes? Why do
animals have "*faces*"?
These are not casual questions. Think about them.
Then tell me what conclusion you reach. To the first
person sending in a satisfactory answer to any or all
of these questions, I will pay the sum of one million
dollars. So think them over, won't you?
-kenneth patchen.
i didn't want to hog that million all by myself.
happy birthday.
paul.
"...if the dirt won't sift, step on it, or smash it
with a rock...bake outside where nothing is dripping"
from _The Mud Book (how to make pies and cakes)_ by
john cage and lois long.
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