The bird, knowing that the snake is certainly about to eat it, cannot look away. There is a moment of perfect stillness where neither moves or looks away, as the bird is unable to move quickly enough to escape, and knows it, while the snake is quick enough to snare the bird in a single swift strike, and knows it.
My mother and grandmother used to call the obituary column in the newspaper, the Irish Sports Page, because it was the first thing that the women would read in the paper ( followed by the engagements and nuptials section). The "Irish Sports Page provided fodder for the daily gossip.
Every day I’m not on the Irish Sports Page is a good one !
I’ve seen animals listed on that page. Racehorses, a gorilla that had to be killed after some neglectful parents allowed their toddler to wander into his habitat, that last reproducing mate of a soon-to-be-extinct species, etc.
Wow. Koko the lowland gorilla that learned sign language died. Age 46. I found him listed on that notables page. I’m not sure I would have found out otherwise or this soon. Not that this is earthshaking news, but still…
Notable, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, big name, celebrity, dignitary, famous person, heavyweight, high muckamuck, luminary, mogul, notable, personality, public figure, star, superstar, top banana, worthy, big wig, fat cat, big wheel, big deal, nabob, the big cheese, notorious, bodacious, somebody.
I did not even know there was such a list. Nor does it much matter. When I check out, I won’t be around to see if I made the list. And, be honest, isn’t that what most of us most care about?
Mad-ge Dish Soap about 6 years ago
Wait, please, Frog Applause just turn over! can not even die without read some comic first.
Mad-ge Dish Soap about 6 years ago
Sorry, Nurse told me I was flat lining…
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2018
Should I be relieved or concerned that I’m not on the list?
Mad-ge Dish Soap about 6 years ago
Do not have the complexities in the apt. complex.
Randy B Premium Member about 6 years ago
My story is much too sad to be told,
But practically everything leaves me totally cold.
The exception I know is the gist
When I’m out on a quiet spree,
Fighting vainly the old ennui,
And I suddenly check and refresh that special list.
.
I get no kick from champagne.
Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all.
So tell me why I catch my breath
When I get a kick out of death?
.
Some, they may go for cocaine.
I’m sure that if I took even one sniff
It would bore me terrifically, too.
Unless I could also kill you.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 6 years ago
The bird, knowing that the snake is certainly about to eat it, cannot look away. There is a moment of perfect stillness where neither moves or looks away, as the bird is unable to move quickly enough to escape, and knows it, while the snake is quick enough to snare the bird in a single swift strike, and knows it.
coltish1 about 6 years ago
Neither does life. Don’t defer things, don’t pine for days of yore. This moment is all you have, forever more.
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
-Chevy Chase
Howard'sMyHero about 6 years ago
Death by a thousand Wikipedia “Notable Deaths” lookups ….
Linguist about 6 years ago
My mother and grandmother used to call the obituary column in the newspaper, the Irish Sports Page, because it was the first thing that the women would read in the paper ( followed by the engagements and nuptials section). The "Irish Sports Page provided fodder for the daily gossip.
Every day I’m not on the Irish Sports Page is a good one !
ransomknotts about 6 years ago
I’ve seen animals listed on that page. Racehorses, a gorilla that had to be killed after some neglectful parents allowed their toddler to wander into his habitat, that last reproducing mate of a soon-to-be-extinct species, etc.
weeksfive about 6 years ago
Wow. Koko the lowland gorilla that learned sign language died. Age 46. I found him listed on that notables page. I’m not sure I would have found out otherwise or this soon. Not that this is earthshaking news, but still…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)
6turtle9 about 6 years ago
Notable, big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, big name, celebrity, dignitary, famous person, heavyweight, high muckamuck, luminary, mogul, notable, personality, public figure, star, superstar, top banana, worthy, big wig, fat cat, big wheel, big deal, nabob, the big cheese, notorious, bodacious, somebody.
6turtle9 about 6 years ago
Unnotable, common, familiar, hidden, inconspicuous, infamous, inferior, insignificant, normal, obscure, ordinary, poor, regular, secret, standard, trivial, typical, unextraordinary, unimportant, unimpressive, unknown, unnoticeable, unremarkable, usual, vague, commonplace, inconsequential, negligible, worthless, big zero, casual, dinky, entry level, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, inappreciable, inconsequent, inconsiderable, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, no biggie, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, shoestring, shrimp, skimpy, small, small potatoes, small-time, trifling, two bit, unconsidered, wimpy, lame.
6turtle9 about 6 years ago
The hourglass gets all the attention, while the grains of sand do all the work.
Mad-ge Dish Soap about 6 years ago
An actor or actress will tell you that doing a death scene can be very stimulating.
Radish the wordsmith about 6 years ago
Time waits for no man and it won’t wait for me. Jick Magger
garrodwilbur about 6 years ago
ah too be awake widely till the sun goes down
Sisyphos about 6 years ago
I did not even know there was such a list. Nor does it much matter. When I check out, I won’t be around to see if I made the list. And, be honest, isn’t that what most of us most care about?