Today marks the One Thousandth posting, art and text, for Your Inner Rhino.com! If this landmark takes you by surprise, imagine what it does for the Staff!
Thanks to all you Readers, without whom the whole business would be mighty hollow.
And many affectionate thanks to Elias, Liz, friends and family for the support and encouragement. It keeps the Staff cheery.
On May 29, 1953 Mr. Edmund Hillary (b.1919) and Mr. Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the first people to do it. Many had tried and failed, so it was a Big Deal.
Everest (aka Chomolunga, Sagarmatha, Zhumalangma Fegn) is treacherous because of weather, terrain, formidable winds, and thin air at the top. It’s not a climb for the faint-hearted. Or for most Rhinos either.
(see: May 24, 2017 Your Inner Rhino)
Today is National Peach Ice Cream Day, which suggests an instant course of action, Rhino or otherwise.
Visit the store before the supplies run out, say We.
Given the astounding expertise of this French Mime, it seems unnecessary to point out that this is a performance of the Fall of the Bastille, a notorious Parisian prison. It fell in 1789, kicking off the French Revolution, which was a really big mess.
Still, the French people celebrate Bastille Day annually as a day of national pride, and although Rhinos don’t quite grasp the idea, We don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade.
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite from Your Inner Rhino, you French people. (We do not know how to add accents, so don’t complain, s’il vous plait.)
Today, in 1405, Zheng He led a mighty Armada of 300 ships and 62 Treasure Ships off to sail around Asia, as shown. It took 7 separate trips, but he logged lots of nautical miles over the next 28 years. Why he went is a bit hazy to this day.
His ship was 1.5 football fields long (450 feet) and 60 yards wide. Nine masts, and housing 1,000. This presented ideal circumstances for Rhino stowaways, since We blend into crowds with ease. Cagey, that’s Us.
Rhinos are not natural sailors, so We would get off and walk, whenever possible. Sumatra and Java are always R party countries.
Rhinos generally appear even-tempered, as Readers must realize. Nature has a system to guarantee an upbeat demeanor. It is called Aromatherapeutics.
Whichever way We turn, Rhinos (even disgruntled Rhinos) are greeted by stimuli and energies, bouquets of scent delivered by the breeze. How could We stay ornery when there are riches galore, tickling our fancies and priming our pumps?
Being grumpy is not a viable Rhinoption.
Some critters don’t belong in a Kitchen, like, say, Rhinos for instance. We are not meant by Nature to cook, within the conventional definition.
Yes, We like to eat, Bigtime. Lots and lots. But We would snarf up all the ingredients long before any other kitchen-y process got underway.
Why wait around?
If We Rhinos were quite sure what a Summer Solstice was, We’d probably have been ready yesterday.
Fortunately, We are just as full of hot air today as yesterday.
Rhinos are a consistent species.
We at YIR wish all you Dads a fine day, full of Adventure and Nonsense.
What could top that?!
Your Inner Rhino 