---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> I don't know about you but I feel more like Wonko the Sane as the days go by. Just a few of us outside the asylum now, with only the mad scratching from the inmates to distract us from the real world. This is really worth revisiting, especially for those who don't know who Wonko the Sane is: Do you boys often feel like you are fictional characters? I'll begin working on the Diagnosis and Treatment Plan. Wonko the Sane http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Wonko_the_Sane http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Wonko_the_Sane Wonko the Sane http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Wonko_the_Sane John Watson, also known as Wonko the Sane was a marine biologist and scientist who lived in... View on hitchhikers.wikia.com http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Wonko_the_Sane Preview by Yahoo I understand your feelings. My eyes hurt from rolling so much lately, not only here on FFL but on a Rama-related forum that's grown more active lately. If you think FFL is out there, you should hear some of the things *they* believe. :-) I love the concept of "The Asylum" and "The Outside of the Asylum" as Douglas Adams defines them: "The Asylum was set up one day after Watson came across a set of detailed instructions on a set of toothpicks. Watson, distressed and fearing for the world's sanity, built 'The Asylum' to put it in and help it get better. The Asylum is a four-walled house turned inside out. That which one would be inclined to take as the door into the house opens into a lawn with benches and walking paths. This is the area that Watson calls Outside the Asylum. Thus, the inside of the asylum contains the entire world, save for that small area. Within that small 'outside' area, Watson has mounted the instructions for the toothpicks, in order to discourage himself and others from going back into the asylum, i.e. returning to the mad world." It does seem from time to time as if you and Xeno and Curtis and Bhairitu and myself and a few others are trying to create an "Outside the Asylum" space here in the FFL Madhouse.
