Pigeon

 

Useless

“Imagine if there was a sun, but all it gave off was darkness and cold.”

“Not brightness and warmth?”

“No.”

“That would be useless. It might as well not be there at all.”

“But mightn’t it satisfy our yearning for symmetry? And wouldn’t it balance things?”

“What kind of balance would that be? And who’d need it?”

Deserving

 Pope Francis has described Satan as “misunderstood”, and deserving of our compassion and respect. “When he tempted Jesus in the desert, he was only trying to have a conversation and become friends,” claims the Pope. “We shouldn’t be too quick to judge. We are all trying our best to achieve the same things - happiness and longevity.”

waLl

 

grEen

 

wet ground

early night

 

nearby lane, bridge

Err

For the leaders of this people cause them to err,

And those who are led by them are destroyed.

Isaiah

Moon, Pope

 The Vatican has announced it is embarking on a mission to land a manned spacecraft on the moon. Pope Francis will himself command the mission, thus if successful becoming most likely the first head of the church to step foot on the lunar surface. 

The purpose of the mission is of course to defeat climate change, while, on a side note, Pope Francis has seemingly also long cherished the dream of being the first pope to plant a Pride flag on the moon. This is most likely his only chance to make this dream a reality. We all have our dreams.

The Vatican is eager that Greta Thunberg be on board both the project and the craft, firstly for the extra media attention her presence should afford, but also for her heavyweight scientific understanding which would no doubt considerably enhance the project’s chances of success.

While the Vatican admit Pope Francis at 87 years of age is getting on a bit, they argue in today’s terms he is still in near peak condition, and is well able physically, mentally and even spiritually to meet the demands of the mission ahead.

“We are running out of time,” declared a Vatican spokesperson, “and the success or failure of this mission could be the tipping point that determines our salvation or our damnation as a species. We have no choice but to try to get the Pope to the moon.”

There is apparently little to no truth for now in the rumors Joe Biden may also be on board. Incidentally, regarding such a scenario, one commentator has suggested it could be unwise or even dangerous for three figures of such stature to be simultaneously absent from the earth’s atmosphere, particularly in these turbulent times. “We simply don’t know what the consequences might be,” he opined.

Plant

“What do you think is the most important thing to do with a plant?”

“Get it into the earth.”

Skincare

Surprising news just in that George Soros, the oldest man in the world, is to be the face of L’Oréal Paris’ new Skincare range. Mr Soros, who identifies as younger than he looks, was apparently flattered by the approach, and is very excited by what lies ahead.

iMage

Something which I think has unexpectedly improved an awful lot from the way it was before I went at it earlier tonight to see if anything could be done with it. 

German

 “I have heard there are people who believe the Germans are not a very funny people. What do you think? This is ridiculous, is it not?”

“Well of course you’re going to get amusing people in every culture, but maybe in terms of general traits, or at least an international impression of these traits or characteristics, the Germans might’nt be considered the most funny of peoples.”

“What!? This is nonsense! Who are these Germans you are talking about who are not funny?! Produce them!”

“I’m just talking about general impressions. Every nation or people will be subject to stereotypes, but even if unfair or distorted, there will still tend to be some degree of truth within those stereotypes. And I suppose the mental picture perhaps most people would tend to form of the Germans, in terms anyway of a stereotype, would be of a tendency perhaps towards excessive rationality, efficiency and even authoritarianism rather than, say, being light-hearted and amusing. And so for instance you could argue it’s no coincidence someone like Marx was German.”

“I do not accept any of this. I think the Germans are probably the most funny people and you all realize this but you do not like it. So see if you can prove it to me. Prove we are not funny.”

“What do you mean prove it?”

“You already realize in your inner mechanism that this cannot be done. See if you can form a cohesive, well-structured argument with at least five main points detailing how the Germans are not a funny people. You may compare and contrast with other peoples if you wish. You may even include a bibliography. We both know you will not be able to do it, the idea will collapse of itself, and then . . .”

“Then what?”

“The German people will be vindicated and the Germanic idea will be victorious!”

“Fair enough.”

paTh

 

What Do You Think About Propaganda?

“What do you think about propaganda?”

“I’m not always in the mood for it. Sometimes I wake up and I say, ok, no propaganda for me today. But then other times - I don’t know why, maybe it’s just loneliness or something - I get up and I say, ‘Here I am! Give me your best propaganda.’  And so I turn on the radio or the television, and I let it all wash over me. To be honest, I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Thankful

“You know how the flu, even though it had been around forever, it just disappeared when Covid came along?”

“Yeah, I thought that was the one good thing about Covid. It got rid of the flu.”

“That was a great side effect.”

“It just shows you side effects aren’t always bad.”

“We should have been thankful.”

Wall, Back

Some people have quiet and peaceful thoughts, whereas others are not satisfied with that, so they go overboard and sometimes must run into a wall in order to go back to the straight path!

Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

Without the wall nothing might slow us down. From this book below, which I think I had to get through eBay:

drops

 

Non Stop

“I see they’re after Trump again. It seems to be non-stop. I don’t seem to remember them hounding a lying war-criminal like George Bush at all. In fact the moment Trump came on the political scene, the war-mongering fascists like Bush and the neo-cons all joined up seamlessly with the Democrats against Trump. It’s very strange. So why do you think the status quo keeps going after Trump but never after themselves?”

“Because presumably he’s not one of them.”

The Great Thing About Ideology

“You know what the great thing is about ideology?”

“No. What?”

“You can just make it up.”

“Oh. So it doesn’t have to have any connection with reality?”

“No. Just look at the word: Ideology. Idea-ology. It’s just ideas, thoughts in someone’s head. And then you try to get other people to believe in these thoughts as well. And then after a while if you’ve been pretty successful and there’s enough of you, you can then start trying to force people to believe in them.”

“The ideas?”

“Yeah.”

Leaves

 

Trees

 

From earlier today.