Thursday, February 20, 2014

Musing of one thinking about the Chinese Zillionaire who, on a visit to the U.S., went to the White House and offered to teach President Obama how to run a country.

When one reaches an advanced age perhaps 90, a little frog takes up residence on his vocal cords. When the old guy wants to say something, he first has to clear his throat. This knocks the frog off the vocal cords, and the old guy gets out about five words, before the frog jumps back on and he has to repeat the process. This goes on until he has finished his remark. Alternatively he can ignore the frog and just let the voice be the one of old age, possibly cracked and indistinct. Either way it must be an annoyance to the listener. And that's the way it is.What we need is some way to get rid of the frog. Incidentally, we have been going through this process while writing this.