Seeing Things Differently

It Is An Axiom
That Your Humble Scribe's mind does not work the way others do.  Of course, everyone thinks differently, as otherwise we'd be the Borg, yet there are some whose thought processes are just different.
     Here is a case in point.  Ex-colleague Jason, who knew everything and could do anything, is one for the hearty outdoor life.  He posted a slew of pictures he took whilst off hiking across the hills, at a place called Shutlingsloe.  Art?

Not Jason's picture but close enough

     Once you get to the top of that hill (hilariously called "Cheshire's Matterhorn") you encounter this - Art?

Hay Pesto!

     Conrad's first thought on seeing that track made of flagstones was "Gosh they look heavy".  Then "How did they transport many tons of stone flags up onto trackless moorland and a hilltop?"  Was it all done by hand, or did they have vehicular assistance?  The stones look variable in size, so how did they know how many would be needed?
     All interesting and pertinent questions, to me at least, and O yes the picturesque countryside, too <yawn>     Motley, I want you to wave this flag around!  Don't drop it or you'll break your foot.
Taunt Me!  Taunt Me With What I Cannot Have!O cruel Marketa - and no, I'm not putting her surname or photo up because I do not trust you lot out there to remain platonic and sober - for Lo! we have come to another in her list of 28 unusual Czech words.  Today it is -
"Misat": eating sweets

SO MUCH TAUNTING

     <makes sad face>: yes well not a word you can use of Conrad, is it?  THANK YOU DIABETES THANK YOU SO MUCH.       Anybody out there want a second-hand ice-cream maker? <sobs quietly into gin trough>


And Today's "Captain Scarlet" Item Is -
SIT BACK DOWN!  If you're not careful it'll be my 5,000 word monograph on "Forbidden Planet's Influence On Science Fiction Films" and then you'll be sorry.
     Where was I?  O yes -
     I should explain here that The Mysterons, sworn enemies of Earth, have the pretty awesome power of retro-metabolism, meaning that they can recreate an exact likeness of an object or person.  Pretty cool, hmmmm?
     WRONG!

Mysteron manifestation

     You weren't listening to Captain Blue's warning, were you?  The Mysties have to kill or destroy the original before they can create a duplicate.  They aren't fussy about what happens to said duplicate, which is where today's query comes in.

"Sir!  No smoking indoors!"

     Okay, let us say that the duplicate of <thinks> Adenoid Hinkel is killed in a shoot-out with Spectrum.  Why can't the Mysties just create another duplicate?  The original Adenoid was killed in order to create the duplicate, and he's just been killed again, so - what's the problem?  Is retro-metabolism a one-shot deal?  Surely, if you have the duplication 'blueprints' on file, you can create another one? Thinking about it, this may have been written out as a script option, because otherwise you'd have ten million Captain Blacks destroying civilisation overnight.
     Of course, I could be overthinking this ...

Ooops, Sorry
How careless of me not to explain.  "Axiom" means something that is self-evident and very obviously truthful, deriving from Fifteenth Century Latin, "Axioma", meaning "a principle", itself coming from the Greek "Axios", meaning "Worthy".

They also fear change.

     There we are, glad that's out of the way.  Now, on with the scrivel!

A Little Musical Critique
After the display of arrant nonsense that constitutes the lyrics to "Blinded By The Light", I find it difficult to continue with my patient yet pertinent parsing, as the song's end is a set of repetitions.  Here goes anyway -

She got down but she never got tired

A tribute to clean living and high moral standards

She's gonna make it through the night

But of course.  Why wouldn't she?

She's gonna make it through the night

Are you implying, horror film fashion, that she's going to be dead by dawn?

But mama, that's where the fun is

Hang on - have we changed persons now?
But mama, that's where the fun is

Repetition does not increase the humour level, matey
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun

This is axiomatic
But mama, that's where the fun is

<sigh> I think we need a little chat about what constitues "fun"

     Just to be clear, I have only ever heard the Manfred Mann's Earthband version of this song, and I think it's great, and there should be more bands whose founder and leader is the keyboard player.

CAUTION!  Can cause eye damage*

Further Invective
I think Ol' Jim has an uneasy conscience.
     I refer, of course - O so obviously! - to James Holland and his involvement in the "History" Channel's "Hunting Hitler" program, which ran for three seasons on the lie that Herr Schickelgruber survived the Second Unpleasantness and fled to Wherever.  There is an incredibly scathing review of the series on the Kingston College academic website, where they do not mince words in criticising Ol' Jim for his involvement.  Art?

Thus

     If I may quote from the review:  "Again, in my estimation, any historian worth their salt would not associate themselves with this series, or risk serious damage to their reputation. But, on reflection, such opportunities must be a huge temptation for an author to help generate additional publicity for their books on military history."
     O dear!  However, I have just seen Ol' Jim tweeting that there is absolutely no question that Herr Schickelgruber choked it in the Fuhrerbunker.

SHOCK NEWS!  HITLER STILL DEAD!

     
Finally - 
Well, no intrusion by the Cursor Formatting Error today, hooray!  Now, I'm hungry, the dog needs walking and I intend to pop down into Royton to get some cottage cheese, so - pip pip!





*  An axiom