Blind Men
The other day, walking to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit [the train]) I came across two blind men. Both had those long feeling sticks (anyone know what those are officially called?) and the one behind was grasping the arm of the one in front, just above the elbow. They were having a conversation and feeling their way through the exit of the BART station. Literally the blind leading the blind.
In other news: a couple of terms I'd like to add to the lexicon.
Cougar= an older woman dressed up at the bar preying on younger men. There are all kinds of classifications of cougar, all of which can be found by clicking on the link attached to this post. I obviously didn't make this one up and am one of the last to know but I think it's hilarious; check it out if you've got a moment.
The Mohawk Quotient: This is the phenomenon of former indigenous people's customs being integrated into modern western culture, first through the underground and then into the main stream. Named after the Mohawk haircut, first used by the warriors of the Mohawk tribe in North America, then a hundred years later or so employed by punkers all over the world, then 20 years later embraced by modern fashion slightly altered (the faux-hawk). NZ had a very high Mohawk Quotient as they've only recently taken to actively preserve the Maori culture/language and now all the young Kiwis are walking around with greenstone fish hooks around their necks and many with Maori tattoos as well.
I did make up the Mohawk Quotient and there's probably a better way to describe the phenomena I'm talking about but I haven't figured it out yet. You all will of course be the first to know.
posted by jts @ 1:04 PM
3 Comments:
ha ha ha. Cave people.
My first guesses were "tapper" and "third arm" for the name of the blind man's stick. But I googled "blind tap stick" and got this very strange article, "Uses of The Long Cane." So long cane it is.
Jon,
Liked the Mohawk quotient. Could also be submaination.
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