Column Chronicles: More things I think

More things I think

Frank Cotolo
April 29, 2021

My mind is always working. I am given to so many thoughts about so many things that as hard as I try I am unable to document them all. I decided that this year, over the course of a few blog posts, I will document some of the things I think and share them with readers.

I have only been to a circus once in my life. I do not mean a circus like they call it in Great Britain. I went to Piccadilly Circus many times when in London. I mean the circus with elephants and clowns and tightrope walkers and all that. Nowadays no one can go to a circus with elephants and clowns and tightrope walkers and all that because they all went out of business. What's next, rodeos?

Even as a kind I did not like jigsaw puzzles. They are a total waste of time. What is the thrill of putting pieces of a picture together to form a picture? It's as stupid as painting by the numbers, though that's faster. Come to think of it I hate both those stupid pastimes.

I often wonder, whom was the person that decided green meant go and red meant stop? And what was with yellow meaning "proceed with caution"?

A sign in my doctor's examination room reads: NO VIDEOS ARE ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN IN THIS ROOM. Someone must have taken a video in that room and bad things happened, forcing the doctor to prohibit people from taking videos there. No one will tell me what happened that forced the doctor to prohibit people from taking videos there. All I know is I have been in that examination room many times and never once thought, "I would love to take some video of this room".

I ponder a situation where centuries ago some teenager sat under a tree looking at the sky, bored to tears, and out of nowhere he thought, "It would be great if there was a device I could have that showed pictures and words and showed cats playing the piano."

You know, 12 a.m. is not truly the middle of the night, so I do not know why they also call it midnight.

Is there such a thing as a blind mouse, no less three blind mice that hang out together?

I often wonder how many people invented the wheel before it became truly popular, don't you?

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.