(Note of Warning: This post was NOT written in the adoration
chapel.)
It was difficult to find a radio station this morning not
discussing the recent death of a gorilla.
When I arrived at Panera’s I jokingly asked the barista if coffee was
free today, in memory of the gorilla who died, and the young man responded with
a 5-minute explanation of all his concerns about everyone involved in the
event.
I said in response:”Thank you” --- and I checked outside to
see if flags were at half mast. I
wouldn’t have been surprised.
I have not wasted any thoughts on this episode in the news,
or joined the hundreds of thousands (so it’s reported) commenting on social
media, but one thought did come unbidden to me:
all this hoopla clarifies something else which has puzzled me for a
while: Why are television shows and
movies about zombies so popular today?
In light of the concerns about the gorilla (especially by the young who
wake up wondering what sex they’ll be today), I now realize something about the
zombie lovers: The people being watched on
the screens are not really brain dead, but those are watching them are!
And yes, we really should fear that their numbers are
growing.
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Of course, the coffee shop punsters weighed in on this issue
from a political point of view. One of
them said he heard a rumor that the gorilla had a son, and that the latest
polls would put him only 10 points behind Bernie. Now, of course, if elected he couldn’t rule
from the White House, but from a cage --- where IMHO all these brain dead
people belong!
(Maybe I need another cup of coffee …..)
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