As long as
counter-
intuitive
is a thing,
common
sense
isn’t a thing.
Category: Bon mots
Pastime
Old age is a full time job. Until it isn’t.
Linked out
Hey, I’ve been banned from linkedin after years of extensive posting and commenting. No warning, no explanation, no obvious way to appeal, and certainly no way to let 950 connections know what has happened. Rumours of my physical demise greatly exaggerated, facts of my linkedin demise not so much.
Riddle me this
There are just
two kinds of
people in
the world. Those
who ask the
questions and
those who think
they know all
the answers.
End times capitalism
If the world
was about to
be hit by a
giant asteroid,
which would
smash the planet
into pieces,
destroying all life
except
tardigrades,
there would be
people selling
tickets for the
best vantage point
from where to
see it coming.
Vanishing perspective
Once upon a
time I used to
say “Oh, if only
I was twenty
years younger”.
Now, suddenly
it seems, I
have to say
”Oh, if only
I was fifty
years younger.”
Contrast
Patterns of
light and shade
give structure
to scenes,
and to
our lives.
In the old days
Oh, those old
university
lecturers
of mine. How
ancient
they were, fossils
lecturing
about fossils.
Why they must
have been at
least forty
years old, some
even fifty!
Doctor who?
The shelves of
the World’s
libraries
are filled with
millions of
books by unknown
people who
thought writing
a book would bring
immortality.
Have you heard the one about…
The last stage
of old age
is where you
have run out
of people
who haven’t
heard all your
anecdotes.
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