or , We're all here, 'cause we're not all there.
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Q. What does the Zen Master say to the hot dog vendor?
A. Make me one with everything.
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How old am I now? How long did it take me to finally clue in? I finally get the joke -- not like an enlightened monk might get it, but now I have an inkling why this is supposed to be funny:
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
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What is the purpose of Life? Why are we here?
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... to get to The Other Side.
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It's absurd.
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Life's absurd.
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So laugh.
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"Life is the flight of a bird that swoops out of the darkness of night into the great fire-lit hall of a castle, until finally he finds a window, then out into the darkness again.
The first darkness is birth, the second is death, and in between -- only for a few moments, and handful of years -- the warmth, the sound of voices, the shadows cast by the fire."
~~ Frederick Beuchner, The Magnificent Defeat
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Life is a road, crossed by a chicken.
~~ Egdar Mousehat, Koan~Operated Satori, or, Put In Your Two Cents and Watch the Penny Drop
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Posted by edgar at May 15, 2003 02:27 PM