On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 04:30:20PM -0500, Philip wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 15:03 -0500, Ron Rogers wrote:
> > OK Ben,
> >
> > I'm taking my 11 aircraft carriers and going out to play in the sun.
>
>
> Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having
> little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on
> shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of
> the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating
> the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth;
> whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find
> myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up
> the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos
> [hypochondria] get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong
> moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the
> street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it
> high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for
> pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon
> his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in
> this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or
> other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
[clap-clap-clap] Bravo!
Perhaps this should become the new list methodology for responding to
inflammatory topics: quoting beautiful sea-related writing. I have quite
a lot of Kipling stored in my head; I'm sure that among all of us,
there's a wealth of gorgeous, calming prose that would ease the heart
and lighten the soul. Much more pleasant than political brangling... and
perhaps the people involved will take note and shift to responding in
this way. One can always hope.
Ben
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