Jan 29, 2007 14:27
"A man walks out of his apartment, it is raining, he's got no umbrella. He starts running beneath the awnings, trying to save his suit. Trying to keep dry, but it's no good. When he gets to the crowded subway platform, he takes off both of his shoes. He steps right into somebody's fat loogie, and everyone who sees him says, "ew." But he doesn't care, because last night he got a visit from the Ghost of Corporate Future. The ghost said, "take off both your shoes whatever chances you get, especially when they're wet." He also said: "Imagine you go away on a business trip one day. And when you come back home, your children have grown, and you never made your wife moan. People make you nervous, you'd think the world is ending. Everybody's features have somehow started blending. Everything is plastic, everyone's sarcastic. And all your food is frozen, it needs to be defrosted. You'd think the world was ending, you'd think the world was ending right now. Well maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee, and never ever watch the ten o'clock news. Maybe you should kiss someone nice, or lick a rock, or both. Maybe you should cut your own hair because that can be so funny, it doesn't cost any money. It always grows back, hair grows even after you're dead! People are just people, they shouldn't make you nervous. The world is everlasting, it's coming and it's going. If you don't toss your plastic, the streets won't be so plastic. And if you kiss somebody, then both of you'll get practice. The world is everlasting, put dirtballs in your pocket, and take off both your shoes. Because people are just people, people are just people like you. The world is everlasting, it's coming and it's going."