I have been thinking of a couple of things that I thought were funny at first but find not-so-funny on further reflection.
Have you ever watched this show?
Animal Planet :: The Pet Psychic
When I first started watching it I thought it was a hoot. This lady communicates with animals and they with her via some thought-wave process (as opposed to a real Dr. Dolittlish talking sort of deal).
The more I watched the less funny I thought the show was. It's pretty tender. There are people who miss pets, or are worried about pets, or work in zoo's. All of them love animals. I don't know what her deal is...I think it's a profit thing maybe. Still it's entertaining and pretty touching.
I get confused when she has a conversation with a dog (that people in my birth-culture don't eat) and start thinking what it would be like to talk to a chicken that's being raised to be eaten?
Maybe we can find the answer here Amazon.com: Books: Charlotte's Web
or here Babe - Family Movie Review
One time I was working with some special people and one of them told me crows are good to talk to. I'll buy that.
Carlos Castaneda made a story of that sort of thing
I talk to a lot of animals. I've never gotten any direct info back. My wife likes to kid me about that....and I try to not let too many people see me talking to crows, cats, dogs, seagulls etc.
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A recent news article that seemed funny at first glance and then made me pretty sad was the story about the woman who tried to buy some stuff at Walmart with a 10,000 dollar bill.
The story was that she had a shopping cart of stuff at the checkout and tried to use a 2 dollar gift card to pay. That didn't work so she pulled out a 10,000 dollar souvenir-type bill from her purse. The clerk called the police? and this poor woman was arrested?
This woman was obviously a special person and did not understand the Walmart concept "you pay us real money and we will close every mom and pop local store within a 15 mile radius of our store and hire non-union employees and pay them as little as possible with minimal benefits".
What if that woman had been given those 10,000 dollar bills by a friend who told her they were to be used in case of an emergency? Maybe someone close to her had given them to her and she thought it was her inheritence for God's sake. Who knows?
I don't understand why the clerk/manager at Walmart didn't calmly explain to her, "No you can't buy 1500 dollars worth of stuff with a 2 dollar gift card and no you can't buy that stuff with a 10,000 dollar souvenir bill either. It is a nice bill and has a picture of the Statue of Liberty but we can't accept that as legal tender in Walmart. Would you like a drink of water? or a free balloon?"
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I'm going to watch some B ball and quit thinking for awhile. Maryland and Duke...let's go.
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