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--- In , Reinhard Engels 
<beautiful_idiot@y...> wrote:

> Wow, you really must have been fit for nothing! 
Yes, and I can find amusement in the silliest of places...
The amount of imagination which you put into your systems and 
scenarios is very special and I figured that even your "terminated" 

systems would be fun to hear about, especially with *those* names!
As usual, I laughed out loud when I read the application for system 
use. Dishes? They are pretty daunting at times... I like your 
ideas alot though because they are so whimsical. Now the only 
problem left with the dishwasher is "who gets to unload it and put 

the dishes away?"
You have a fantastic sense of humor, and I could see you writing 
ideas for a tv show or something, where the mild mannered computer 
programmer goes through his day in a kind of conventional "computer 

guy" persona, but in his mind there is always some sort of exciting 

battle waging, against these everyday things, which would get played 
out with "fantasy" scenes that are interspersed between his home and 

worker drone, settings....
So Reinhard, I still don't know your age but this reference might be 
lost on you if you are somewhat younger than myself...(Just to place 
you within some sort of perspective, how old are you anyway?)
There was a great BBC show on years ago in the seventies, 
called "The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin"...It utilized these 

types of internal "fantasy" asides, as the main characters running 

commentary...It was hilarious... Have you ever seen it? If not, find 
some way of getting a copy and checking it out. It's a scream. 
This also reminds me of the scene from a favorite movie of mine 
called "Withnail and I" about two out-of-work actors, living in a 

pig stye...I remember one of the roommates, as he is looking at this 
stacked to overflowing sink of dishes, and trying to find a teacup 
that he thinks that there may be "matter" in the sink that is 
moving!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and it was worth waiting for..So 
charming as usual :) Thank you Reinhard, you can really deliver!

Fortunately I am *finally* feeling physically better!!!
Wow, being sick can really throw me totally out of wack.

At some other time I will post some ideas I have about the, always 
present, and ever challenging "mundane" tasks we have to "attack".
And from now on if I have to do some dishes I will try bellowing 
"Die, dishes. Die!" and see if it helps my momentum : )

When I was a kid, my mom took me to Symphony Space to see a 
childrens theater group lead by a wonderfully creative dramatist 
named Judith Martin, called "Paper Bag Players"
I still remember this routine and song they called 
"Dirty Dishes"
The chorus was, "Dirty dishes, dirty dishes...If I had three wishes, 

I'd wish away these dirty dishes"

My ideas on housecleaning, chores, menial "women's work", lol
would be too humor dousing, so I will wait and write about them some 
other time...I'm not sure if they would constitute a "system" 
anyway.
Love,
Deb
ps. hope little baby no s is deliciously enjoyable for you :)