Bob You must really like the Survivor series! Don Sent from Don's iPhone 3GS...
On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: > ENTS, > > Back when I was younger, before my hair turned gray and starting > falling out, I imagined how I might recognize the onset of decline > into old age with its attendant feelings of powerlessness and the > eventual oblivion? > > This morning I think I discovered the metric needed, while waiting > for my car to be serviced at the local Buick dealer. It was a little > too raw to go outside and wander around looking at trees, so I stuck > it out in the waiting room, which meant I was exposed to the T.V. > set. Game shows. Horror of horrors. Two little old ladies had copped > the set were glued to the wins and losses. They discouraged any > thoughts of channel changing with piercing looks. I audibly mumbled > my displeasure, but wasn't about to chance getting swatted by an old > lady's purse. I sullenly set through the hoopla. > > Game shows. What better measure of mental decline than a tally of > the number of hours spent watching giddy contestants alternately > scream and bawl and confirm our addiction to materialism. Where do > we cast our ballots for euthanasia? > > Bob > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
