Rhinos are not a suspicious crowd, usually. We do not seek distress or random misgivings.
But We do enjoy sneaking around, looking like We have secret data at our disposal, available if We can come to terms.
We also like the drawings of Edward Gorey. What greater praise is there than emulation?
Happy Father’s Day, all you Dads out there. We at ‘Your Inner Rhino’ salute you.
Song: The Arkansas Traveler (with partially amended lyrics.)
Oh once upon a time in Arkansas, A Rhino sat at his little cabin door
And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear, A jolly old tune that he played by ear.
It was raining hard but the fiddler didn’t care. He sawed away at the popular air.
Though his rooftop leaked like a waterfall, That didn’t seem to bother the Rhino at all.*
A catchy old backwoods song from Arkansas, the Natural State. What nickname could recommend a state more highly?
*FYI:There are more excellent verses: http://www.bluegrasslyrics.com/song/arkansas-traveler/
The Blue Bird of Happiness is a symbol of joy, more than an actual critter with feathers. A Literary Conceit.
Rhinos don’t say these birds don’t exist, and never did… just that they do not appear in books of Ornithology.
Today is National Egg Roll Day, among other things.
‘Your Inner Rhino’ brings you this one, by Special Delivery.
Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796. It was the 16th State.
Rhinos are not alone in appreciating Mr. Elvis Presley, ‘The King of Rock and Roll’, who lived near Memphis, Tennessee. That is where his home, Graceland, can be visited, if you’re in the neighborhood.
Rhinos like impersonating famous folk, just for fun. We are seldom mistaken for the original, We admit it. Every member of every species is, after all, Unique.
Today is National Macaroon Day, though you may not have needed Us Rhinos to tell you that.
Mmm-Mmmmmmmmmmmm-Mm.
Dear Readers-
Will be back soon, like, oh say, Monday.
Oh ho ho,
The Your Inner Rhino Staff, one and all
On May 2, 1335 Otto, Duke of Austria, ascended the throne of Carinthia, becoming Duke of Carinthia, as you might expect.
What strikes Us Rhinos as interesting is that History recalls him as ‘Otto the Merry’. We can only suppose his court was a frolicsome place, at least by medieval standards (which were flexible.)
IF Rhinos had names like our Readers, We would investigate this idea. Thus one’s name would not simply be Jerry; it could be ‘Jerry the Misguided’, or ‘Jerry the Impatient’, or ‘Jerry the Lopsided’. This may be an idea whose time has come.
Today has been National Mother Goose Day. Mother Goose is held responsible for a large collection of folk tales and bits of poetry, created to entertain the young.
The popular version is that Mother Goose is herself a fictitious character, but Rhinos feel pretty certain that she is too substantial to be counted as fiction. We are always on the lookout to make her acquaintance. Gives Us something to do.
Also, today is May Day, celebrated by making floral offerings to those We cherish. What could be nicer?
Your Inner Rhino 