Friday, February 06, 2009

It was a simpler time.


A time when humanity's problems were going to be solved by Norman Borlaug, Esperanto and the metric system.

And some of them were.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As a modern Esperanto speaker I would say: forget euphoria, get down to reality!

In this respect you might like to see http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670

Anonymous said...

And, just think ...

Today William Shatner speaks not Esperanto, but bug-in-ear sound bytes for Priceline, into the willing ears of Henny Penny-Pecked Hubbies to use on their wives.

Can we go to Disneyland. Please, Mummy? I'm only talking this way, Love Bunny, cuz I wuv you. And, these are the lines Bill Shatner in my head is feeding me. Honey Bun.

Reminds me of that scene in "Sneakers" with sex-obsessed assistants -- and a snarky ex-CIA operative -- whispering sweet nothings and sexy nonsense in Robert Redford's ear. Tripping him up in a multi-channel-input way with the Commie Eastern Bloc mathematician ... Woman Scorned.

sigh. It WAS a simpler time. Illicit Nookie was the big deal then; Not War, Death, Imperial Destroyers and Torturers.

Beam me up, Scottie. Got to get the eff outta this time/space continuum.

Anonymous said...

Saluton, Driftglass kaj dankon.

joe frantic