Frankenstein took it to the extreme and then Young Frankenstein did it in Black and White and made it funny but that is not the path I am thinking.
We have all had that inanimate object that we loved.
I once had a little teddy bear named Sammy, then I had a car and then/now I have Tevo!
The people that amaze me are Ventriloquists!
They can take just about anything and give it a personality and make us believe that this ‘Thing’ is more than just a thing.
Have you ever noticed that most Ventriloquists are men?
I have a theory about this … big surprise right?
Boys grow up and are given little cars because when they get older they will have big cars!
They are given balls, bats, and other sporting gear so they can grow up to play sports!
Boys are given Army Men to hope that they will grow up and are stupid enough to listen to the recruiter and believe what all he tells them so they can be that cool Paratrooper whose, if we all remember, shoot never opened right and sometimes landed in the dog- next-door’s mouth …
Girls are given dolls, and other demeaning and belittling items to teach them their place in the world … I mean because these items make them happy … yea that’s it …
Men, because we are moving along at a rapid speed and have grown from boys to men, also have the power to put blame into other things … such as ‘Jr’.
What do I mean?
Well, when you wake up next to a Coyote you never blame yourself, it is normally ‘Jr’ got stupid … not that ½ bottle of Bourbon you drank?
So, because of this I think that men grow more attached to items than woman do.
Don’t get me wrong women have way more junk that is important to them but men appreciate their few items more intensely I think, but they will never admit it.
In an attempt to prove the point – Tell a man he has a choice, throw away his old freshmen football jersey or give up a child to his X-wife in the divorce … watch what happens.
He will do everything but cry, trying to convince you that it need not happen … then when it is about happen anyway he will do that too!
He might, depending on if he is a Southerner surprise you and choose the child.
Yankees will take the jersey and the Lazy Boy, patting the child on the head saying something like ‘I will see you the weekend after next!’
Back to the point, ok the sub-point, I think men are more inclined to become Ventriloquists for these reasons … woman just put up with enough stupidity from us men, why add to it?
So after we have given these items personality, love and told all of our deepest secrets in the middle of the night after a ¼ bottle of Bourbon … what do we do with them when they are no longer needed?
We put them in a box and put it in the attic?
Give them to a friend or family member?
Sell them at a yard sale?
Throw them away?
How does that make the little item feel?
I fear the picture at the top might be the answer.
So, before you go off and get that new cool thing, remember the older version that has been there with you through the bad times and the poor times.
Ask yourself, what will Sammy think?
Sorry Sammy, Tevo is a must!!!
Can any of you go back to life without it?
I THINK NOT!!!
Here is a little song to help the point get drilled in a little better …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_hpHzEMiE
We have all had that inanimate object that we loved.
I once had a little teddy bear named Sammy, then I had a car and then/now I have Tevo!
The people that amaze me are Ventriloquists!
They can take just about anything and give it a personality and make us believe that this ‘Thing’ is more than just a thing.
Have you ever noticed that most Ventriloquists are men?
I have a theory about this … big surprise right?
Boys grow up and are given little cars because when they get older they will have big cars!
They are given balls, bats, and other sporting gear so they can grow up to play sports!
Boys are given Army Men to hope that they will grow up and are stupid enough to listen to the recruiter and believe what all he tells them so they can be that cool Paratrooper whose, if we all remember, shoot never opened right and sometimes landed in the dog- next-door’s mouth …
Girls are given dolls, and other demeaning and belittling items to teach them their place in the world … I mean because these items make them happy … yea that’s it …
Men, because we are moving along at a rapid speed and have grown from boys to men, also have the power to put blame into other things … such as ‘Jr’.
What do I mean?
Well, when you wake up next to a Coyote you never blame yourself, it is normally ‘Jr’ got stupid … not that ½ bottle of Bourbon you drank?
So, because of this I think that men grow more attached to items than woman do.
Don’t get me wrong women have way more junk that is important to them but men appreciate their few items more intensely I think, but they will never admit it.
In an attempt to prove the point – Tell a man he has a choice, throw away his old freshmen football jersey or give up a child to his X-wife in the divorce … watch what happens.
He will do everything but cry, trying to convince you that it need not happen … then when it is about happen anyway he will do that too!
He might, depending on if he is a Southerner surprise you and choose the child.
Yankees will take the jersey and the Lazy Boy, patting the child on the head saying something like ‘I will see you the weekend after next!’
Back to the point, ok the sub-point, I think men are more inclined to become Ventriloquists for these reasons … woman just put up with enough stupidity from us men, why add to it?
So after we have given these items personality, love and told all of our deepest secrets in the middle of the night after a ¼ bottle of Bourbon … what do we do with them when they are no longer needed?
We put them in a box and put it in the attic?
Give them to a friend or family member?
Sell them at a yard sale?
Throw them away?
How does that make the little item feel?
I fear the picture at the top might be the answer.
So, before you go off and get that new cool thing, remember the older version that has been there with you through the bad times and the poor times.
Ask yourself, what will Sammy think?
Sorry Sammy, Tevo is a must!!!
Can any of you go back to life without it?
I THINK NOT!!!
Here is a little song to help the point get drilled in a little better …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_hpHzEMiE
1 comment:
I am sorry but stuff must go! Yes, it must! And I do not mean it must go into a box in the attic! My rule is: one thing in, one thing out. Does Captain Underpants understand that? No, he does not! For example, I suggest you look in said Captain's closet!!! There is more to this that needs exploring, I believe and I would like to suggest you take on this project. Maybe women can toss things out because we are, usually, the ones doing the cleaning and all that stuff makes us crazy, after picking it up and dusting it ten gazillion times? The bear sitting on the potty? Push him in and flush him! And, this rule works for everything except fine, lovely, pins! :-)
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