Today Your Inner Rhino salutes Marcel Marceau (b.1922), a famous French mime. His focus was the universal truths of life, illustrated with stylish insight, without Words.
Perhaps Words are fine and useful things, though Rhinos don’t use many of them. We can “read” mime far better than a slathering of words showering down around Us. A telling glance tells Us more, every time.
Shhhhhhhh.
George Orwell’s 1945 book, Animal Farm, is a chilling tale of animals that take over a farm, led by the pigs. In time, the cooperative slogans that united the animals, shift to favor the pigs. Ultimately the worker animals are as badly abused as when the farm was run by humans.
The powerful work to maintain their power. No news there, then or now.
(From time to time, YIR plans to re-post some posts for those who did not memorize them the first time.)
In 1844 Mr. Charles Goodyear took out his first patent on Vulcanization of Rubber, making rubber more useful. One year later, in Britain, Mr. Stephan Perry took out the first patent on the Rubber Band, employing Mr. Goodyear’s process.
Rubber bands were first seen as useful in making bundles of paper. However, it cannot have taken long for the first paper wad to become airborn, via the Rubber Band, whizzing through the air at the unsuspecting.
It is from this missile inauguration that this famous phrase arose: “You’re going to put someone’s eye out that way!” (If that is not a fact, it ought to be, as any Rhino would tell you.)
Wishing all our YIR Readers a merry and demi-sensible Holiday.
Knitting is a fiber artform by which you can make a cardigan or socks or cap. Some of the results are attractive.
The knack is to take sticks and yarn and tweedle them in such a way that they form knots, etc., etc. It turns out Rhinos are not good at it. This may be the result of having only 3 digits per limb. We can usually triumph over such limitations, but knitting confounds Us.
This fact explains why you seldom see a tag inside a sweater saying “Knit by Rhino”.
Today is Your Inner Rhino‘s 1234th post, as you can see. This seems as good a day as any for marking our progress, so why not? Dress up, chow down, and skip about.
“Tra La La” is our YIR insight for today.
Thank you, Gentle Readers, for tuning in.
The average YIR Reader is probably familiar with Calendars. These charts are broken up into daily bits, all adding up to Weeks and Months, theoretically organizing Time. Each bit gets a name ending in ‘day’.
For Rhinos that is no help; We do not use words. The issue is that these “days” don’t Smell. How is anybody going to tell them apart? Right. It can’t be done.
And why bother? Tomorrow, with its own Redolence, is coming anyway, no matter what you call it.
There has been a lengthy debate among Rhinos regarding Grudges and Resentments. The question is: can they actually make Milk go Sour?
The answer is Yes, they can. And have.
Also, Grapes.
Mid-Morning is always a fine time for Brunch. There is something special about it, even if We can’t put our ‘finger’ on it. Bucks Us up, and gets a Rhino ready for Luncheon.
Timing is important when a Rhino plans the day. When a Rhino does plan the day. Whenever that is…
Rhinos can sometimes be misled into thinking We are distinct from the rest of Nature, or the Wild. We smirk at our independence and capacity.
Obviously, no critter is detached from Nature, however hypnotic the ego trip. We are part of it and are made up of it, Nature.
Rhinos can be Disorganized, but not Disconnected. Ask anybody.
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