Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 06, 2014
Transcript:
what's going to happen, probably as more people work longer & odder hours & more services become avail-able 24 hours a day, we'll see society begin to divide along the lines of temporal preference. man 1: i'm a morning person. man 2: i'm a night owl. gradually, inevitably, we'll mutate into two, distinct strains of human being vwip foont the daylight people, or eloi1, will live on the surface, frolicking in sunlit glades & working your basic nine-to-five. bowl haircuts for every-one! healthy skin tone masks a general air-headedness. noisy tie. no more pants. flip-flops. the night people, or morlocks2, will dwell underground in vast caverns & abandoned metro tun-nels, doing society's heavy lifting & most of the creative thinking. big gollumy eyes. dampish. and green. i'll-fitting tire-salesman-style outfit. coffee tremors. webbed fingers. it'll all work out surprisingly well, except when the morlocks get fed up with the elois' insistent sunny disposition and practice a little ritual cannibalism. man 1: mornin' fred! man 2: g'night you grinning drone-burger. 1. cf. "the time machine" by h.g. wells or the movie starring yvette mimieux in a short toga. 2 same.
Ida No almost 11 years ago
I’m a Morlock. Who’s up for a quick bite?
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I see people becoming Alphas, Betas, Gammas, or Deltas, like in Brave New World. To a degree that’s already happening.
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
that was a cool movie, but no sound effects as great as “vwip” and “foont” !! hilarious…
eyebuzz Premium Member almost 11 years ago
This looks really good – but now way I’m going to read all that..man, I’m lazy!
769bryant almost 11 years ago
Yvette Mimieux !
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Yvette Mimieux in a short tunic was one of the thrills of my childhood. I am a Morlock. Look out, Daylight-lover!
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
I think it was “I, Libertine.”