The Other Capital City
Things in Toronto are really bad.
Maybe I shouldn't be so eager to study in a city where people flush floss.
What the Philosophers say about reality is often as deceptive as when you see a sign in a second-hand store that reads: Pressing Done Here. If you went in with your clothes to have them pressed you would be fooled; the sign is for sale.
— Søren Kierkegaard, “Diapsalmata” from Either/Or.
Things in Toronto are really bad.
Maybe I shouldn't be so eager to study in a city where people flush floss.
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The Clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.
— Søren Kierkegaard, “Diapsalmata” from Either/Or.
2 comments:
wierd - flushing floss - I've never heard of that before. Maybe all the Torontonians should move to Kazakhstan for a bit, where EVERYTHING has to be thrown out in the garbage (yup, toilet paper in a garbage - maybe with a lid that has to be picked up by hand - very sanitary. . . ) or else all the plumbing systems will do something catastrophic (and probably worse than a bit of contamination - probably more like cause big time plumming loss to huge amounts of people for an indefinate amount of time). Anyway, after moving to Kaz for a bit, then all those folks who normally flush stuff like floss would be so traumatized by their experience, that they wouln't flush it anymore! Voila
Or, alternately, maybe the answer is just to shut down the plumbing systems completely in Toronto for a few days. . . hmm no sewage = good lesson.
If there's anything that'll teach Toronto a lesson, that might be it.
If I end up at the CMS, I'll do my best to disable the plumbing.
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