Saturday, June 04, 2005

Infancy

Infancy, n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

2005 Update: The time when our contribution is least and our compensation is best.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

the only time bodily functions are considered cute

Chris said...

I do not believe that Mr. Gates views his infancy as naything like "that time when my compensation was best."

prying1 said...

I like the play on the Wordsworth quote. The entire post is funny - Thanks for the laugh.

Unknown said...

uh oh time to get into fetal position again

Klondike Kate said...

So true!!! LOL

Sreekesh Menon said...

a time no different from now, people smile, people listen, but people dont know what they hear!

Doug The Una said...

Thanks, Kate.

Andria, I'd say ot depends on the bodily function. Dance f'rinstance.

Steve and Ophir, not all currencies are equally desirable,

Prying, I agree. It's like watching lions fight.

Karma, never a bad time for that as long as you're smiling or playing twister,

Thanks, Klondike Kate!

So true, Sreekesh, we're all infants in the attention of our friends or the neglect of strangers,

10:34 PM

Tom & Icy said...

The part about the world lying: when I (Tom) was in puberty the first Lassie show was on tv and they had a contest to give away her pups. Then the scandal came out in the paper that Lassie was a male. That turned my childhood world upside down!

Anonymous said...

me thinks Steve is on the lose again and can't even keep his comments straight.

Think he meant old age as being non-productive when in fact it could be the most productive time of a persons life

But Steve is young and likes to make foolish comments, so...

Doug, your updates never fail to amaze

Doug The Una said...

Tom, imagine the trauma for kids today when we learn Paris Hilton is as well.

Pia, thanks for the kind words. It always makes me smile when someone wants to debate the accuracy of these "definitions." It generally is someone pretty young.

Jamie Dawn said...

Infants have it made!

Doug The Una said...

No kidding, Jamie. Even dogs have to eat from a bowl.

Courtney said...

I don't know. I'm not an infant & I consume a lot.

GABRIEL C. ZOLMAN said...

Infancy, n. The time in which we are, before we are truly anything at all.

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Anonymous said...

Do infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery?

Doug The Una said...

Courtney, from where I'm sitting, 17 is pretty close, although its true you've started questioning.

Gabriel, I don't know about you, but I was talking trash then too.

Anonymous, I'm sure I have no idea what you mean. I'll check around.

Unknown said...

A stage of development whose end we assume too quickly.