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May
2004 - eNewsletter
by Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Thing are a very
pleasant and successful couple. At least, that is the verdict of
most people who tend to measure success with a "thingometer." When
the "thingometer" is put to work in the
life of Mr. and Mrs. Thing, the result is startling. There
he is sitting down on a luxurious and very expensive
thing, almost hidden by a large number of other
things. Things to sit on, things to sit at,
things to cook on, things to eat from, all shining
and new.
Things, things, things. Things
to clean with and things to wash with and things
to clean and things to wash. And things to
amuse, and things to give pleasure and things to
watch and things to play. Things for the
long, hot summer, and things for the short cold
winter. Things for the big thing in which
they live and things for the garden and things
for the lounge and things for the kitchen and things
for the bedroom. And things on four wheels
and things on two wheels and things to put on top
of the four wheels and things to pull behind the
four wheels and things to add to the interior of
the things on four wheels. Things, things,
things. And there in the middle are Mr. and
Mrs. Thing smiling and pleased pink with things,
thinking of more things to add to their things. Secure
in their castle of things.
Well Mr. Thing,
I have some bad news for you. Oh, you say
you cannot hear me because the things are in the
way? Well, I just want you to know that your
things cannot last. They are going to pass. There's
going to be an end to them. Oh, maybe an
error in judgment, maybe a temporary loss of concentration,
or maybe you'll just pass them off to the secondhand
thing dealer. Or maybe they'll wind up a
mass of mangled metal being towed off to the thing
yard. And what about all the things in your
house?
Well, it's time for bed. Put
out the cat, make sure you lock the door, to make
sure some thing taker doesn't come and take your
things. And that is the way life goes, doesn't
it? And some day, when you die, they only
put one thing in the box. You.
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