Where to go and celebrate? Witchdoctor went, booking in advance, to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. He could not resist to see the Universe End, the last curve of Matter Space Time. The restaurant is still there and Douglas Adams, the owner, was there too, because of some strange quantum loop..
He took a panoramic table to watch the surfers surfing the last gravitation waves before the end of the Universe. The sail boats were catching the last photonic winds.
But he wanted to see a bubble passing. Sometimes, just around midnight, there is another Universe Bubble passing by the Restaurant panoramic veranda. He wanted to wave and say hello to the people in the passing bubble with the glasses ready to cheer at the event.
Funny, he thought, the way the Universe is constructed. You are here at the End and can not get over. If you catch the right shuttle, you can see the End and even dine there.. The Earth scientists were a jolly good fellows.That is why Witchdoctor booked at the restaurant at the end. Of the Universe.Of the expanding bollocks?
It was all fine, but as you know, the lines and boundaries of the things were hazy. It was not only the drink, it was that there is no straight line, definite boundary or a definite circle in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, as there is not one in all Universe. One has to adapt, thought Witchdoctor, and poured himself more wine in the glass.
He is astigmatic and used to it anyway .
When you are in the Cul de Sac, you throttle along.
The midnight came, or so it seemed, and the neighbor Bubble passed, everybody was cheering and all was completely hazy as usual in the Universe, but the good times were rolling. There was no need for imaginary straight lines or perfect circles, we were all bending on each other.
The hour was late, but not too late and Witchdoctor checked for the last shuttle back.Where, asked the driver. Back WD said, back. There is no back, the driver said. Well, WD replied, as you asked where, tell me where we are and I will be very happy. Because where is the right thing to ask, not what and how.Where will tell me more than What. You are completely drunk, the driver replied, jut tell me the name of the place, please. Ok, it is the Third Rock near the Sun, WD said.Ok, the driver pushed and Witchdoctor is back from somewhere which is back from nowhere. He came some days before, and is some days younger, but that is of no help. He was back in Cul the Sac. Smaller,somewhat nice but not so cozy.
By the way, Cul de Sac is french for the blind alley or any no exit situation.Hmmm, no exit situation, how can we describe it generally?
Forget it.
But that morning, while browsing the news, there were two things which popped out.
First, General Trump was saying to his rich comrades that he just made them richer than before with some strokes on the paper. The effects of a law. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5210499/President-Trump-told-friends-tax-bill-makes-richer.html
And the next was even stranger. Pope Francis said that the current economic model of development was obsolete,outdated.
Dead and Gone.
But as usual, this news was hard to find, 25.12.2017.
Witchdoctor felt strange. The elected Chief was giving away money to the very rich and the so called conservative, reactionary, traditionalist Catholic Chief was saying things nobody from the left to the right has no guts to pronounce?
It was an upside down comeback, thought Witchdoctor and reached for the wine to smooth away the hazy effect, still persisting. The time is running out and the humanity, which just popped out of utter ignorance some decades ago has already nowhere to go. Before even trying to reach the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the machines exploded. The debt driven collapse model shuttle imploded and the Earth got barren, the alien visitors were preparing an airstrip for landing trash, and….
-Where- was the right question, but the Time has run out.
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“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
Courtesy Douglas Adams”
More Douglas Adams quotes:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4.Douglas_Adams
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