Thursday, April 12, 2007
Travels and Travails part duex
To be read very quickly and enthusiastically:
And the door opens! Here they come! It's Businessman followed by Harried Family and African Clergyman! Right behind them are Crying Baby and Guy Who Did Sudoku the Whole Time! There is a pileup at the gate, but College Student bursts through! The gap is fifteen lengths but he is gaining on them! He weaves through oncoming traffic dodging left and right! He hits the accelerator in stride but does not let it to the work for him! Aaaand he bursts into the middle of the pack, driving them apart, giving himself elbow room! He pauses to check his bearings and to rest his heaving flanks. And he is off again! Sprinting onward to the far corner, to the finish line! He has closed into second behind Harried Family! But Harried Family noses out College Student at the gate!!!
The masses are silent. There is no applause, barely a grudging notice of the feat itself. Both entrants did reach their destination in time, but one can only wonder if the other arrived as unwholly as he did.
If you did what I did, then you know exactly what is going on here. If not, then use your imagination.
And the door opens! Here they come! It's Businessman followed by Harried Family and African Clergyman! Right behind them are Crying Baby and Guy Who Did Sudoku the Whole Time! There is a pileup at the gate, but College Student bursts through! The gap is fifteen lengths but he is gaining on them! He weaves through oncoming traffic dodging left and right! He hits the accelerator in stride but does not let it to the work for him! Aaaand he bursts into the middle of the pack, driving them apart, giving himself elbow room! He pauses to check his bearings and to rest his heaving flanks. And he is off again! Sprinting onward to the far corner, to the finish line! He has closed into second behind Harried Family! But Harried Family noses out College Student at the gate!!!
The masses are silent. There is no applause, barely a grudging notice of the feat itself. Both entrants did reach their destination in time, but one can only wonder if the other arrived as unwholly as he did.
If you did what I did, then you know exactly what is going on here. If not, then use your imagination.
# posted by Daniel @ 9:52 PM 
