Then I was a bunny and you were a grasphopper…
Then I was a bandit and you had to catch me…
Then I was a fireman and had to save you from an all devouring hellish fire…
Then you were the Uncaused One, the Almighty King of Kings, and I was your most cherished creation…
Then I was a guard in a death camp and I had to separate the people…
Then I was a prison without inmates, a play without actors, a song without notes, a forest without trees, a poem without words, a…
http://www.theonion.com/articles/existentialist-firefighter-delays-3-deaths,17500/
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/town-of-davenport-iowa-descends-into-hell-followin,19446/
ReplyDeleteI just copied the entire article (as far as Blogger alowed) for re-reading. Wonderful stuff! Imagine a world of people like this. Existentialist butchers, teachers, taxi drivers, politicians, figure skaters...
ReplyDeleteWhat is this "The Onion"? Irony, or just truth brought in a stunning way? Thanks Dave!
SCHAUMBURG, IL—In an ultimately futile act some have described as courageous and others have called a mere postponing of the inevitable, existentialist firefighter James Farber delayed three deaths Monday.
"I'm no hero," Farber said after rescuing the family from a house fire on the 2500 block of West Thacker Street, and prolonging for the time being their slow march toward oblivion. "Like any other man, I am thrown into this world, alone and terrified, to play a meaningless role in an empty life. In my case, that role happens to involve charging through towering blazes to pull helpless individuals from a sea of flames before they suffocate or are burnt alive."
Added Farber, "That hardly makes me a paragon of virtue."
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"I was doing what, at that moment, I was doing," he said. "Tomorrow, if there is another fire, I will do the same. Perhaps in that fire, I will be the one who is killed. Or, on the other hand, perhaps I will not. Either way, there will be anguish and sorrow at some unknown point."
Added Farber, "There always is."
Your second article of The Onion made me realise I had fallen a victim of ironic fiction and was not reading News Written Most Superbly. Still very funny and just though! Thanks, Dave.
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