WTF does this mean?

[Racylady]

I have one of those 'thoughts of the day' diary type things and todays is:

'One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste'.

Wtf is that supposed to mean?
or am I just having a particularly thick day today?

[Fluffy]

Got you thinking didn't it?
Did it's job.



No, I haven't a clue either.

[Nuggs]

IIRC is a Goethe quote.

I think it means that one must always hear both side of a story (birds eat cherries and strawberries for survival, and children eat them for enjoyment, therefore their respective experiences will be different).

Or something like that anyway...

[minornut]

I had that one a few days ago on my desktop calendar and I was non-plussed by it.

Today's thought is:

Love all,
trust a few,
do wrong to none (except scameras!)

[z1000]

Sounds to me like staying in touch with reality as we get older , lost innocence and stuff ?

Anyway if the "thought for the day" keeps you thinking all day , its a good one!

[Nuggs]

z1000 said:

Sounds to me like staying in touch with reality as we get older , lost innocence and stuff?

Good call - like your thinking...

[z1000]

Nuggs said:

Good call - like your thinking...

Why , thank you ! And I like your website.

[Iria]

They both savour them fully when eating them, they enjoy them, they make the best of them... we have forgotten how to elicit the best of things by being too hurried and too full of other more complex food / experience / problems. Each little happiness should be a treat.

[Nuggs]

z1000, you're a gent

Iria, I'm sure I'd agree with everything you said but I'm too busy trying to get lobster thermidor down my neck as quickly as possible to have time to read it

[Racylady]

Iria said:

we have forgotten how to elicit the best of things by being too hurried and too full of other more complex food / experience / problems.

Unfortunately, so true for most people I know.

[Nuggs]

anonymous said:

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Fantastic - I just laughed so loudly that it had the 'prarie dog effect'.