tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post2984892170753393006..comments2023-10-24T16:16:29.095+01:00Comments on Club 166: Be the machineClub 166http://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-25660689710488330572007-03-01T22:05:00.000+00:002007-03-01T22:05:00.000+00:00Oh my, the visual image of toilet training an elep...Oh my, the visual image of toilet training an elephant -- too funny! What an imagination he has!abfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-91701854317161245342007-03-01T01:28:00.000+00:002007-03-01T01:28:00.000+00:00I guess Buddy Boy's on your wavelength, AB. I wal...I guess Buddy Boy's on your wavelength, AB. I walk into the house tonight, and the first words out of his mouth to me are (in a machine like monotone):<BR/><BR/>"I am a robot. I am a robot from outer space".<BR/><BR/>Then a bit later, he reminds me that we did not go to the state fair this past summer (I thought we had, but he's probably right). He loves the rides (they have a chair lift that you can ride over the midway) and the machinery. <BR/>"But I don't like the smells of the pee and poop, Dad". <BR/><BR/>"But I thought you want to be a farmer? How are you going to be a farmer without smelling the smells?" <BR/><BR/>"I'll get used to the smells. I want to plant crops and take care of animals. I'll teach the animals to pee and poop in a toilet. I can speak to animals, you know. Especially elephants (makes elephant sound)". I was cracking up.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-75154349696321924192007-03-01T00:53:00.000+00:002007-03-01T00:53:00.000+00:00Charlie has often imitated the noises of machines ...Charlie has often imitated the noises of machines (the garage door opener) much more readily; unlike the human voice, they do not change...... he is anxious when I wash his blanket, so we've been working on that (it got washed today). He's got a bit of a preference for jazz, too, which referred to me the other day as the music of the industrial age, of cities and urbanity.<BR/><BR/>On a more organic note, your mention of combines and farming brings back strong memories of driving amid fields in the Midwest---I think Charlie would do well, actually, on a farm; he likes the outdoors and being physically active.kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-42367790574309364812007-03-01T00:21:00.000+00:002007-03-01T00:21:00.000+00:00To be, or to be better, that is the question...To be, or to be better, that is the question...Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-90302667250858693162007-02-28T22:13:00.000+00:002007-02-28T22:13:00.000+00:00You may have a budding transhumanist on your hands...You may have a budding transhumanist on your hands. ;-)abfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.com