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Next cloud over
(Note: I wrote this post Tuesday night and then forgot to hit publish. Was tired.)
Driving to the movies tonight, I spent a good 20 minutes driving in a sunshower… it was hot, the A/C was cranked, the sun visor was down because I was being blinded, and the windshield wipers were at the medium speed setting because it was a goodly amount of precipitation. I tried to see if I was on the leading edge of a storm cloud because all I could espy ahead of me and around me were fluffy clouds with sunlight streaming through them.
In the end, I thought to myself, “The rain must be coming from the next cloud over. The one I can’t see.”
I realize this is usually the case.
No commentsThe divine gift of articulate speech
THE NOTE TAKER [explosively]:
Woman! Cease this detestable boohooing instantly; or else seek the shelter of some other place of worship.
THE FLOWER GIRL [with feeble defiance]:
I’ve a right to be here if I like, same as you.
THE NOTE TAKER:
A woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere–no right to live. Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don’t sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
Pygmalion, Act 1 - George Bernard Shaw
