Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, today in 1787. It took a few years to get the original 13 states all on board; Rhode Island was the last in 1790.
Delaware is remarkably flat, so there is little to report, topographically. Its highest point is 450 feet above sea level.
It has been a busy and prosperous state, and Rhinos have always liked to spend the summer there, on the beach. Who could blame them?
The question of Rhino Intellect arises from time to time; are We intellectual or no? What are our capacities for comprehension? To what degree are Rhinos philosophical?
Few Rhinos hold academic degrees from human institutions. Should anybody infer that that proves Us simpletons?
We Rhinos think not. And We leave it at that. Although We do like the outfits…
Rhinos like to think of ourselves as insightful and alert, able to analyze things with the best of ’em.
After all, there is a Reason for everything. Things don’t just get out of hand for the heck of it. Rhinos are given our perceptions for the betterment of one and all.
That said, Rhino Experience has proven that though there may be a Reason for what happens, We Rhinos may never know what it is.
Rhinos have always been amused by people’s thinking that We invented the Wheel. In fact, We didn’t, mostly because We had no use for one.
We see today that Wheels are popular, but We still don’t feel the connection with them.
Rhinos are a four-on-the-floor kind of Critter. Ask anybody.
Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818. It is quite a state, and has been for 201 years, which is a manyness. Much agriculture and industry. Many busy folks.
Rhinos are rhythmic vertebrationally, and so We salute the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties, a period of much extremity and sass. Plus shimmying to hot music.
Who could ask for anything more?
It’s not easy for Us Rhinos to always figure out exactly where a Situation becomes a Problem. A Situation goes its merry way, and then, whoops, it proceeds into Problemhood.
Or sometimes it loses interest, and the Problem just retires.
And there We Rhinos stand, wondering just why what went where?
Rhinos are not particular about Time. We do our thing in the present, by and large. Then, when We doze, We check in on that lullaby clock. There Time behaves oddly, fiercely editing itself as it lurches along.
Rhinos can feel nostalgia for the future, no problem.
When Longitude got invented, it was a Rhino sign of hilarity to yell, “How’s your Longitude?”. The answer was always saucy and tasteless, often involving gestures.
To the extent that Longitude means something, We confess it has not impressed Us Rhinos.
Rhinos already know, and knew, where We are without Longitudinal Insinuations, thank you. And no, not Latitudinal ones either.
In late May of 526, Antioch experienced a terrible earthquake. Byzantine Empire, that is. Much destruction and death. However, on November 29, there was another earthquake, from Bad to Worse.
All critters, including Rhinos, did some serious scurrying to get out of the way, where possible.
We mention this to remind our Readers that Nature always has the Ultimate Hand. Rhinos keep our eyes peeled.
Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, We say, in honor of the holiday.
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