[lit-ideas] Sunday Twofer (Adjusted)
- From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:46:51 -0700
> After considerable reflection Snow White decided to reorganize. Twelve
> dwarves was without a doubt a good number at the outset, and the mining
> business in good times was well good..., but retrenchment and structural
> change and falling prices for whatever it was they were mining, all this
> meant that after a while a trip to the drawing board and ultimately fewer
> miners seemed like the best notion. Snow was elected C.E.O. and two Dopey
> and Sleepy formed the new governing board. To afford their salaries, five
> workers were pink slipped. The remaining five were promised increased
> benefits of an ill-defined nature. This is how it goes. The fired five
> eventually found other jobs, mostly in service industries. They did not
> prosper with fries and such. One had a stroke. Two started gardens and did
> well at farmer's markets. Two blew their brains out, which is an unusually
> high number for dwarves, who don't do that kind of thing.
> What are we to make of Arab springs? Dictators ousted, surely that's good?
> We have a new mattress, top of the line, but bought too cheaply. It creaks.
David Ritchie,
counting chickens in
Portland, Oregon
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