Re: A very unimportant subject
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:20 pm
Nice work, David.
I was going to say, "It's irrelevant", but then I remembered the deathless words of Flanders (or was it Swann?):
"It's not irrelevant, it's a hippopotamus."
So that's what it must be.
Of course, the elephant in the room is a metaphorical elephant, isn't it. It might be illegal to put an elephant in a room, but it's not illegal to put a metaphorical elephant in a room. The laws aren't quite so strict for metaphorical elephants, apparently. I don't know exactly why. The reasons are lost in history (and that's a terrible place to get lost).
Metaphorical elephants come under the auspices of the Bureau of Metaphorology, naturally enough. They issue warnings such as: "There is a strong elephant warning between Wilsons Promontory and Gabo Island". I wouldn't want to meet a strong elephant off Gabo Island, even if it was metaphorical.
I think I'd rather meet a great white at the Skerries. Wouldn't you?
I was going to say, "It's irrelevant", but then I remembered the deathless words of Flanders (or was it Swann?):
"It's not irrelevant, it's a hippopotamus."
So that's what it must be.
Of course, the elephant in the room is a metaphorical elephant, isn't it. It might be illegal to put an elephant in a room, but it's not illegal to put a metaphorical elephant in a room. The laws aren't quite so strict for metaphorical elephants, apparently. I don't know exactly why. The reasons are lost in history (and that's a terrible place to get lost).
Metaphorical elephants come under the auspices of the Bureau of Metaphorology, naturally enough. They issue warnings such as: "There is a strong elephant warning between Wilsons Promontory and Gabo Island". I wouldn't want to meet a strong elephant off Gabo Island, even if it was metaphorical.
I think I'd rather meet a great white at the Skerries. Wouldn't you?