Posted by Atticus on August 26, 2004, at 14:19:11
In reply to Re: poem ... Bob to Register Three, posted by Jai Narayan on August 26, 2004, at 13:03:01
Actually, your note reminded me of something else about this little ditty that I forgot to talk about with you and Malthus. Bob's role on the checkout line is an allegory for Dr. Bob's role in Psycho-Babble. He comes in to troubleshoot problems (uncivil people, balky tech, redirects) and has to deal with a whole passel of sometimes unruly folks (like me), who are symbolized by the people on line. I was specifically thinking of the Administration page, where he has to work his way through "line" after "line" of typewritten complaints, etc., but it could apply to all of us Babblers, wherever we roost. The irony intended in the last line of the poem is that this hapless alternate-reality Bob at register three thinks all of the crap he has to put up with in the store would go away if he were a doctor. Not bloody likely. Anyway, this is the type of thing that goes whizzing through my head when I'm stuck in a line at a store or on a subway train stopped in a tunnel between stations. I actually came up with a pretty good title for a poem that way this morning. Now I just have to think of a poem to go with it. Beats just standing or sitting there fuming. :) Atticus, swashbuckling rogue who'll entertain you with swordplay or wordplay for a flask of fine Atlantean wine
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