What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?
Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Monday, November 04, 2002
A forward from Kelly:
Work VS Prison
> Just in case you ever got the two mixed up, this should make things a bit clearer:
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> IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell.
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> AT WORK... you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle.
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> IN PRISON...you get three meals a day.
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> AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it.
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> IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior.
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> AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior.
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> IN PRISON...the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
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> AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors
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> for yourself.
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> IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games.
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> AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
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> IN PRISON...you get your own toilet.
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> AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat.
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> IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit.
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> AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family.
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> IN PRISON...all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required.
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> AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they
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> deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
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> IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
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> AT WORK...you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside
bars.
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> IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens.
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> AT WORK...they are called managers.