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THE SIMPLE SURVIVE

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Which Is All That's Required

February 11, 2007                                          © 2007 JAN COX

Un-called-for Clarification:
The revolutionist "body of knowledge" is no "body,"
but rather a method.

One ole homey part of one man's brain one recent day said,
"If I didn't know you so well I'd think you were up to something."

As a group of people on the corner were waiting for the Number 17 bus, and for the temperature sign to change, a street-corner philosopher spoke up and addressed them thusly, "There is some truth in everything," and a man asked, "Even in saturated fat?" And the speaker replied, "Well, perhaps not, but other than that: There is some truth in everything." And another man asked, "Even in economic forecasting?" And the speaker replied, "Ok, maybe not in that, but there is some truth in everything else." And a third voice in the crowd asked, "Well then, how about in 'everything else'?" And the speaker admitted, "OK, but other than in 'everything else,' there IS SOME truth."
Once it hit fifty-two degrees most of them were outa there.

As the kid stood in the driveway ready to trek off to city life, his ole man said, "Son, anytime you see a bunch of people all together apparently about to act in concert, run for your life and find another evening's entertainment."

Once new thinking begins to produce new, temporary paradigms, suggestions of the future should arise and be accorded some cordiality.

Even if-and-when a revolutionist might ride a bus, he'd still have to go further than the last scheduled stop.
"That's right, son", comforted the ole man, "No matter how far they say they're goin', tell 'em it ain't far enough."

For certain, shall we say,
"unusual" minds,
there is no assurance like knowing
that there is none.

Mid- and Later-life corollary:
The "convinced" die young….(at least they feel like they do….assuming that by then they do still feel).

And a reader favors us: "I'll tell you what's wrong with almost every body's show--people don't like to be annoyed."

One god stood and loudly proclaimed, "It is good for creatures to suffer." And no one there bothered to ask him in which area did his responsibility lie.

Many mornings, whilst squeezing his juice, this one man would say to his cat lying in the kitchen window, "You know Fritz, life has been good to us--maybe too good."

A certain city historian-cum-critic, after some study of those past men apparently involved in some unusual inner quest, came to the verbal conclusion that they could each and every one be described as "failed consumers."

"Hey," said Honey-One to his luscious partner, "Why go anywhere when we have these absolutely delightful and colorful travel brochures?!" To which his partner, as always, added, "Hey--I know all I need to know already, Thank You Life."

Feetnote: You can save a lot of money, being human.

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