tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post2778742105235090268..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: The Future Is OrangeThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-17304645678295270652013-10-20T16:38:22.958+01:002013-10-20T16:38:22.958+01:00PS The rhyme — perhaps not!PS The rhyme — perhaps not!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-74396392273463683142013-10-20T11:49:18.923+01:002013-10-20T11:49:18.923+01:00Thanks for your interesting comment, Dominic. You ...Thanks for your interesting comment, Dominic. You made me think of 'tangelo', which could rhyme with 'bungalow'.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44286547814865000752013-10-18T14:36:49.718+01:002013-10-18T14:36:49.718+01:00Perhaps if oranges were the only fruit we would (l...Perhaps if oranges were the only fruit we would (like it is said inhabitants of the Arctic circle have 40 words for snow - though, sadly, I heard this is apocryphal) have 40 words for oranges. Hopefully, the rhyme-pool would benefit.<br /><br />Come to think of it - tangerines, mandarins, I don't know... How many words are there already?<br /><br />As for the future, I often reflect on the fact that it's said birds are descendants of the dinosaurs. It makes you wonder what the distant future has in store for us. I always imagine ugly little squeaky hairless (stress-)monkeys living high in the trees (or whatever pass for trees by then). Future intelligent life might then reflect - "You know those horrible little monkeys that bite you if you try to stroke them? You'd never believe it, but..."Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-52349157214462244092013-10-17T20:34:57.936+01:002013-10-17T20:34:57.936+01:00Bankers too, Pat?
Well, the poem was kind of faux...Bankers too, Pat?<br /><br />Well, the poem was kind of faux-naif and satirical, and I hope you were being jocular too. Farmers (the future is green!) and their families are statistically some of the most long-lived people, so you have many decades to go yet! The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-22935667245698988382013-10-17T19:50:20.448+01:002013-10-17T19:50:20.448+01:00estate agents and politicians? Glad I am getting ...estate agents and politicians? Glad I am getting to the end of my life is that is the future Robert.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com