Tuesday, February 03, 2004
The day the music died
Daphne is inconsolable. I tried showing her that amazing list (yeah, I know, another list ... but I thought it would cheer her up) of the 213 things that 'Specialist Schwarz' wasn't allowed to do while on active duty in the Balkans. I especially like No. 31: "Not allowed to let sock puppets take responsibility for any of my actions". I can never read the thing without getting an uncontrollable burst of the giggles at one stage or another.
But no, doing that was entirely counter-productive: she blurted out, '45 years ago today! Richie was the youngest and he was only 17. Big Bopper was 29 and Buddy 22. If they'd gone to the Balkans instead of Mason City, they'd be in their 60s and 70s today. Why was 'Specialist Schwarz' so lucky?'
Some types of logic just don't warrant scrutiny! Some types of scrutiny are positively dangerous!
But no, doing that was entirely counter-productive: she blurted out, '45 years ago today! Richie was the youngest and he was only 17. Big Bopper was 29 and Buddy 22. If they'd gone to the Balkans instead of Mason City, they'd be in their 60s and 70s today. Why was 'Specialist Schwarz' so lucky?'
Some types of logic just don't warrant scrutiny! Some types of scrutiny are positively dangerous!
# posted by Bob Bunyip @ 7:41 AM 
