Minding The Mimes
The strangest things come to me at the strangest times.....
....like yesterday in the shower. I was soaping up when I started thinking of the word mind, and all the ways in which we use - and misuse - it.
According to my dictionary, the origin of the word is from the Old English gemynd, and the definitions (of the word as a noun) are as follows:
1. The human consciousness that originates in the brain & is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination.
2. Intelligence; intellect.
3. A person of great mental ability.
4. Memory; recollection.
5. Opinion or sentiment.
6. Sanity.
When used as a verb, the definitions are:
1. To obey.
2. To attend to; heed.
3. To be careful about.
4. To care or be concerned about.
5. To object (to); dislike.
So, we can have great minds or little minds. Sometimes our minds are closed, and sometimes they're open. Sometimes we only have half a mind to do things, and sometimes we are of a full mind to do things. Sometimes we lose our minds. This is not surprising, as our minds often like to travel; unfortunately, this mind travel is too often backwards in time. We can mind those who are authority figures, or mind our children. Sometimes we don't mind at all, and at other times, we mind with great sarcasm. On some occasions our minds must hurt, because some people enjoy trying to become mindless or do mindless things. (Unfortunately, many of these same mindless folks enjoy driving in that condition!) The anti-drugggies would like you to know that "a mind is a terrible thing to waste."
Now, just for the fun of it, try changing the spelling a bit, so the word becomes mime.
So, we can have great mimes or little mimes. Sometimes our mimes are closed, and sometimes they're open. Sometimes we only have half a mime to do things, and sometimes we are of a full mime to do things. Sometimes we lose our mimes. This is not surprising, as our mimes often like to travel; unfortunately, this mime travel is too often backwards in time. We can mime those who are authority figures, or mime our children. Sometimes we don't mime at all, and at other times, we mime with great sarcasm. On some occasions our mimes must hurt, because some people enjoy trying to become mimeless or do mimeless things. (Unfortunately, many of these same mimeless folks enjoy driving in that condition!) The anti-drugggies would like you to know that "a mime is a terrible thing to waste."
Makes a funny but significant difference, doesn't it?!?
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
---Dan Quayle
"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?"
---Steven Wright
....like yesterday in the shower. I was soaping up when I started thinking of the word mind, and all the ways in which we use - and misuse - it.
According to my dictionary, the origin of the word is from the Old English gemynd, and the definitions (of the word as a noun) are as follows:
1. The human consciousness that originates in the brain & is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination.
2. Intelligence; intellect.
3. A person of great mental ability.
4. Memory; recollection.
5. Opinion or sentiment.
6. Sanity.
When used as a verb, the definitions are:
1. To obey.
2. To attend to; heed.
3. To be careful about.
4. To care or be concerned about.
5. To object (to); dislike.
So, we can have great minds or little minds. Sometimes our minds are closed, and sometimes they're open. Sometimes we only have half a mind to do things, and sometimes we are of a full mind to do things. Sometimes we lose our minds. This is not surprising, as our minds often like to travel; unfortunately, this mind travel is too often backwards in time. We can mind those who are authority figures, or mind our children. Sometimes we don't mind at all, and at other times, we mind with great sarcasm. On some occasions our minds must hurt, because some people enjoy trying to become mindless or do mindless things. (Unfortunately, many of these same mindless folks enjoy driving in that condition!) The anti-drugggies would like you to know that "a mind is a terrible thing to waste."
Now, just for the fun of it, try changing the spelling a bit, so the word becomes mime.
So, we can have great mimes or little mimes. Sometimes our mimes are closed, and sometimes they're open. Sometimes we only have half a mime to do things, and sometimes we are of a full mime to do things. Sometimes we lose our mimes. This is not surprising, as our mimes often like to travel; unfortunately, this mime travel is too often backwards in time. We can mime those who are authority figures, or mime our children. Sometimes we don't mime at all, and at other times, we mime with great sarcasm. On some occasions our mimes must hurt, because some people enjoy trying to become mimeless or do mimeless things. (Unfortunately, many of these same mimeless folks enjoy driving in that condition!) The anti-drugggies would like you to know that "a mime is a terrible thing to waste."
Makes a funny but significant difference, doesn't it?!?
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
---Dan Quayle
"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?"
---Steven Wright