Comments on: The Cover-up

By: jack

jack — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:05:21 +0000

Jeremy Bentham – there you have it Daryl – the origins of football
a head of s Scotsman was favored – and the head kicked between the uppys
and downy s – that is the folks who lived on the north side and those who lived on the south side of the town – the head was kicked and carried -fought over until it exited one of the town gates – the game lasted a long time with much injury and is still played today in southern Scotland -minus the Englishman’s head – why we brits prefer a more rugged game than the more gently artistically inclined Europeans –
see the surrey regt for a game played during an assault of the German lines – 14-18 war – four balls were tossed above the trenches by the officers – the men played all the way to the German trenches -

more importantly

Cindy – a line which divides and is behind glass – oddly beautiful and has an echo – six clock

jack

By: Cindy Scroggins

Cindy Scroggins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:36:51 +0000

Lest I haven’t been clear enough on this subject, upon my death I wish to be stuffed Bentham-style and placed under glass.

Thank you very much.

By: Daryl Scroggins

Daryl Scroggins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:31:15 +0000

Yes, thank you Jack for this story of the Spanish museum. There were similar displays of Native Americans here, early in the last century, but thankfully laws have been passed that now prevent such things and also mandate the return of pilfered sacred objects. On a side note, certain Native American tribes are the only people allowed to own the feathers of hawks, which are otherwise protected, with possession of such being grounds for jail time and fines.

And then there’s the wonderful story of Jeremy Bentham in GB, who left instructions in his will that his body be stuffed when he died, and his head used for a football–which it was. The head was later recovered and cleaned up a bit, and now rests at the feet of the remaining stuffed portion which sports a wax replica of the original head. Is it Cambridge where this display may be seen? I forget. Kicked in the head a few too many times I guess.

By: Cindy Scroggins

Cindy Scroggins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:08:26 +0000

I’m very much interested in the fine line between preservation of history and disrespect of those who suffered through it. You’ve provided a fine example of this, Jack.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:00:19 +0000

ah Cindy
we have the vet coming to stay in a few weeks – from england – who
works free – on behalf of the neglected cats and dogs of this island – i will ask

poodles i love- closest of all dogs to a wolf – so i am told

but
of things stuffed and behind glass – there is an infamous exhibit in a Spanish museum – simply called – an African man
and it is a stuffed African man from the 1800s –

but the museum are completely without mind to remove it –

strange they never put in a stuffed Aztec or the like
from the genocides committed
i suppose a body or two might not have lasted an Atlantic crossing but who
wants to be reminded -few males survived Spanish onslaught in the new worlds

jack

By: Cindy Scroggins

Cindy Scroggins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:50:01 +0000

Ah, Jack, you have no idea how many things I’m already preserving behind glass.

I don’t suppose you know of any taxidermied poodles to be found around Samos, do you?

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:49:43 +0000

That’s good, Jack. I hope that Daryl and Cindy (and maybe even Mia) follow through on your idea. Either some money might be in it, or — in a more public-spirited vein — a small museum might be set up in situ in the manner of the Sixth Floor Museum.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:20:40 +0000

Caruth Byrd. sold the window from the t.s..b.d on e bay
starting price 100,000 dollars -highest bid 17 million – but may have been a phony bid

there could be money in the boot that launched the rat into the neighbors yard
Cindy – glass box to install the said boot – diagrams point of impact -trajectory
grass from the nearby knoll

a follow up on Daryl’s book to be — as a suggestion
the surprising amount of people who have died around the Clintons -
- one or two catch the eye

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:40:31 +0000

Ssssh, everybody! MGS is back, and he thinks . . . well, what he thought one time before. And — he’s right, Michael is. (Hi, Michael!)

Okay, now, everybody be quiet so the little mousie can sleep.

And Daryl can write.

(Daryl, I have not the words to convey to you how much I like that idea. I want you to do it. I mean it.)

By: Michael Grant Smith

Michael Grant Smith — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:41:32 +0000

He’s not dead. He’s sleeping.