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I
write. I either write, or I check myself into a mental
institution. There are those who understand that, and those  who
don't . . . are probably fortunate. I sometimes tire of the
conventional way of making my writing available. Although I've
had
several short stories published & won a few awards, getting
things
published is often a slow, ego-crushing non-adventure
requiring a
whole lotta perseverance.
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a parrot joke regarding perseverance: This parrot walks into a bar one
afternoon about 4:30. The parrot hops up onto the bar and asks the
bartender "Got any grapes?"
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The bartender looks at him oddly and replies "Nope!"
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So the parrot hops down and waddles away.
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Next day the parrot waddles into the bar at 4:30 again and hops up onto
the bar and asks the bartender "Got any grapes?"
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The bartender looks at him once again and replies "No! Now go away!
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So the parrot hops down and waddles away.
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The same thing happens at the same time every day for the next week or
so. And once again the parrot waddles in at 4:30, hops up onto the bar
and asks the bartender "Ya got any grapes?"
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The bartender looks at him once again and replies, yelling, "No! I
DON'T have any grapes and if you ask me that again I'll nail your head
to the bar!!!"
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The very next day the parrot waddles into the bar at 4:30 again and
hops up onto the bar and asks the bartender,"Got any nails?"
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The bartender screams, "NOOOO!"
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The parrot asks, "Got any grapes?"
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There's
a level on which life might be perceived as a joke, on which it
literally is a joke, and this bothers a lot of people. The trickster's
function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the
end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of
freedom." (A good
Robbin's site Link...)
--Tom Robbins, NY Times short story
That said,
the function of this page is to break taboos, create mischief, stir
things up...
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