May 12, 2020
A SUGGESTIVE JOKE
I was too busy today to take a long ramble. First we had to drive to New York City to get some Japanese cocktail crackers (and a few score other needed supplies.) Then, I visited a storage facility where I will move the contents of my studio at the end of June. (Milton Glaser has sold the building where I have played for the last 30 years.) Plus a visit to the post office. About four miles on foot in the city, properly masked and gloved. Anyway, I do have a joke, possibly relevant - at least I see some potentially larger meaning in it. It's a classic from Ausbel's Treasury of Jewish Folklore.
In the days when matchmakers arranged things, an inexperienced man was being given instructions about his first meeting with a woman, - how to conduct himself after they met in her home and were left alone on the couch in the parlor. "Start by talking about food," suggested the matchmaker, "that's an easy subject with which to open a conversation. Then you can move on to the subject of family as a way to become more serious. Finally, to show her you have real depth, you can talk about philosophy."
The man repeated, "food, family and philosophy."
Seated on the couch with the woman, after introductions, a heavy silence settled on the room.
"Do you have a brother?" asked the man.
"No," said the woman.
Silence...
Do you like noodles?" asked the man.
"No," said the woman.
Longer silence.....
Finally, the man asks, "If you had a brother, do you think he would like noodles?
It occurred to me that this joke might give some insight into how I should proceed in introducing LUCKISM® to the public. There might be a clue in the sequence of food, family and philosophy. In fact, I have somewhat started with food in my discussion of potatoes and water vs. soda. Perhaps I should work on some family applications of LUCKISM® before getting into the heavy-duty philosophy of applying it to the military-industrial complex et al.That's all folks! Good night and good luck.
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