the Zahir...

I went to the train station today and learned that the distance between riel road tracks is always 143.5 centimeters why this absurd measurement I asked my girl friend to find out and this is what she discovered when they built the first train carriages they used the same tools as they had for building horse drawn carriages and why that distance between the wheels on carriages because that was the width of the old roods along witch the carriages had to travel and who decided that the roads should be that width well suddenly we are lunged back into the distance past it was the Romans the first great road builders and why because there war chariots were pulled by two horses and where place side by side the horses they used at the time took up 143.5 centimeters…

Think of your neighbors show them that your happy eat roast beef on Sunday watch television help the community think of the society dress in such a way that every one knows your in perfect harmony never glance to the side someone may be watching and that could bring temptation it could mean divorce crises depression smile in all the photos put the photos in the living room so that every one can see them cut the grass practice a sport -oh yes you must practice a sport in order to stay frozen in time when sport isn't enough have plastic surgery. But never forget these rules were established long ago and must be respected. Who established these rules? That doesn't matter. Don't question them, because they will always apply, even if you don't agree with them.