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I am not sure that I knew what I'd find looking up this tree. We don't have squirrels or chipmunks here in Australia. There aren't any koalas in Tasmania. A possum would be in bed by now (and probably pee in you face anyway), and there aren't a lot of leaves about at the moment. Maybe I knew that I'd see the sky.

How long do you think that it takes for someone who proposes to talk about thinking about talking about thinking about something to generate a sufficient vacuum of inanity to literally - and of course I mean that in a figurative sense - suck their own head into their own backside?

The other day I saw a fellow do this, and it took approximately seven seconds.
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Priyanka Khot said…
I like the quote and the photo. Got lost somewhere in "to talk about thinking about talking about thinking about something to generate a sufficient vacuum of inanity to literally"... a colleague of mine was saying something and I was pretending to listen to her.
11 August 2009 at 15:42
Unknown said…
Fantastic perspective!
12 August 2009 at 00:25
Roddy said…
I agree, with some people it happens spontaneously. These people are so full of themselves that they are literally inside out. Just a personal observation.
12 August 2009 at 10:29
Kris McCracken said…
Priyanka, that's Ralph Waldo Emerson, always a great source for a quote!
13 August 2009 at 09:52
Kris McCracken said…
JM, I liked this one myself too!
13 August 2009 at 09:52
Kris McCracken said…
Roddy, bloody idiots, people...
13 August 2009 at 09:52
Roddy said…
Only when they are smart enough!
13 August 2009 at 11:16
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