PLightstar
Part of the furniture
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The other day, whilst reclining in a deck chair in my garden, I was struck by the question "why do water biscuits have little holes in them?"
In fact, the subject had been troubling me for sometime, so I asked a carrot growing in my vegetable patch if he/she/it could shed any light on the matter.
I then remembered that there was no way that he/she/it could could help me as vegetables do not have the gift of speech. At least not in English!!!
I then asked myself "why did God, should he/she/it exist, deem me suitable for the chance to express myself through words but not afford humble vegetables, such as the carrot, the same privilege?"
I then wondered: "is speech a privilege after all or just another tool by way of leading us into moral corruption?" This brought me on to the question "what is moral corruption?". "What if?" I thought "the whole fabric of society as we know it was somehow changed so that the only moral value was 'eat fish'?". "Would everyone follow that code and eat fish?" I wondered. "Or would they still stray from this moral path and indulge in 'mung beans'?"
This lead my to another question " What does 'mung' as in 'mung' beans mean? Is it something spiritual or something of a more materialistic nature? What is materialism after all?" I pondered ponderously. "What is nature?" I pondered again.
Suddenly I heard my wife Bidula calling from the kitchen that my dinner was ready, so I jumped up from my deck chair leaving behind my garden but not the unanswered questions.
It is such a pity, I reflected as I tucked into my beans (baked not mung) on toast. So many questions, so little time.
… Dr Earwing von Kartoffel spent over 50 years as Professor of Philosophy at 'Die Universitat Apfel Strudel in the Black Forest. He is now enjoying his retirement in the leafy north London suburb of Barnet.
But the question is still unanswered.......WHY ARE THERE HOLES IN THE TOP OF BISCUITS!
In fact, the subject had been troubling me for sometime, so I asked a carrot growing in my vegetable patch if he/she/it could shed any light on the matter.
I then remembered that there was no way that he/she/it could could help me as vegetables do not have the gift of speech. At least not in English!!!
I then asked myself "why did God, should he/she/it exist, deem me suitable for the chance to express myself through words but not afford humble vegetables, such as the carrot, the same privilege?"
I then wondered: "is speech a privilege after all or just another tool by way of leading us into moral corruption?" This brought me on to the question "what is moral corruption?". "What if?" I thought "the whole fabric of society as we know it was somehow changed so that the only moral value was 'eat fish'?". "Would everyone follow that code and eat fish?" I wondered. "Or would they still stray from this moral path and indulge in 'mung beans'?"
This lead my to another question " What does 'mung' as in 'mung' beans mean? Is it something spiritual or something of a more materialistic nature? What is materialism after all?" I pondered ponderously. "What is nature?" I pondered again.
Suddenly I heard my wife Bidula calling from the kitchen that my dinner was ready, so I jumped up from my deck chair leaving behind my garden but not the unanswered questions.
It is such a pity, I reflected as I tucked into my beans (baked not mung) on toast. So many questions, so little time.
… Dr Earwing von Kartoffel spent over 50 years as Professor of Philosophy at 'Die Universitat Apfel Strudel in the Black Forest. He is now enjoying his retirement in the leafy north London suburb of Barnet.
But the question is still unanswered.......WHY ARE THERE HOLES IN THE TOP OF BISCUITS!
