SAY CHEESE!
”Now we can see the otter very well as he’s swimming there.” //
”Now, if you look at the otter’s face closely, what can you see growing around his muzzle?” ”…” //
”A smile!” //
… //
”I was looking for ’whiskers’ but you are not wrong!”
IF YOU CAN’T CATCH A WAVE THEN YOU’RE NEVER GONNA RIDE IT
”It’s awesome to watch Spirit again!” ”Yeah, proper childhood nostalgia! Here we go!” //
30 seconds later… ”Boo-hoo!” ”There, there, cry all you want…” //
”– And it is this manner of small thinking that would say this horse could never be broken.” //
”Discipline, time, and patience –” //
”– are the three great levelers.” ”Shut up, Colonel!” //
”Spirit’s gonna show you where you can shove your discipline, time and patience!” ”Right! Because Spirit is not patient, he’s undisciplined and he’s timeless!”
Spirit – Stallion of the Cimarron by DreamWorks
IN CASE OF RAIN THE REVOLUTION WILL BE HELD INDOORS
”I’m gonna save the world today!” //
”…” //
”I’m gonna save the world tomorrow…”
Otsikko on napattu jostain lapusta, joka kaverillani Julialla on ollut seinällä iän päivää.
The title of this post is from some poster my friend Julia has had on her wall forever.
GUIDE QUALITIES
”Hello, we had booked a guided tour for our preschool group. I think we’re a bit early, though.” ”Welcome!” //
”Your guide Annie will be here in just a minute. You can wait here at the playground.” ”All right, thank you.” //
”Who’s Annie?” ”Annie is a guide, she’s going to give you the tour.” //
”Is this Annie pretty?” ”What? Well, yeah. Why?” //
”OK.” ”?”
FIRST SNOW
ONE MAN’S CEILING IS ANOTHER MAN’S FLOOR
…mutta päteekö tämä myös Himalajalla eli maailman katolla?
…but does this apply also in the Himalayas, the of the world?
”If a snow leopard has lived a good life and it dies, what would a snow leopard’s heaven be like?” ”Well…” //
…probably high, snowy mountains… //
…with lots of markhor goats to hunt! //
”But the markhor wouldn’t think it’s a heaven, would it?” ”No, it definitely wouldn’t.” //
A markhor’s heaven would also be one with high, snowy mountains, where it could live in peace with its herd… //
…and no snow leopards in sight! //
”So, actually, snow leopard’s heaven is markhor’s hell?” ”…and bad markhors go to heaven, too, just not their own?” //
”A fool’s heaven is a wise man’s hell.” ”Or here, of course, a predator’s heaven is a prey animal’s hell.”
MONSTER
Huvitti piirtää hirviö. Se on ehkä jonkin sortin minotauri.
I felt like drawing a monster. It looks like a minotaur of some sort.
CAMOUFLAGE
A Saturday night: ”Would you have a cigarette to give to me?” ”Nope.” ”What about you?” ”Sorry, no.” ”…I wonder if he’ll ask me?” //
”…” //
”Could you spare me a cigarette?” ”No.” //
”Hah, this book was the perfect camouflage!” ”How about you?” ”No.”
Mitä kirjaa luen? Peter Godfrey-Smithin mustekalakirjaa Other Minds. Mutta tämä on viimeinen postaus siitä aiheesta. Ainakin toistaiseksi.
What’s the book I’m reading? The octopus book Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith. But this is the last post about this topic. For now at least.
OF FLAT MATES AND OCTOPUSES
”Lately, I’ve been reading a book about octopuses.” (Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith) //
”And cephalopods just are the best creatures in so many ways! Like, they can change the color and surface structure of their skin to almost anything!” //
And thus they can hide pretty much perfectly. //
”For animals this colorful octopuses have one really peculiar characteristic: they are color blind.” //
”Apparently they can sense color through their skin somehow. But what it feels like to them is a complete mystery.” //
”Good luck with thinking about this.” //
Most people: ”Huh?” ”What?” ”Why are you telling us this?” //
My flat mates: ”Wow! Please tell more!” ”That’s so cool! Octopuses are awesome!”
No, aika moni muukin on ollut sitä mieltä, että mustekalat on siistejä.
Well, quite a few other people agree that octopuses are cool.