It's a big world out there.
Did you know?
In college my genetics professor was explaining how to use the aspirator on the sink to take off the extra liquid after we'd centrifuged our tubes. He was a funny. (He grew up, mostly, in England. Then his family moved to Texas. A very strange accent, I assure you.)
He said to us, "Be careful when you use this! You get too close to your pellet and" he made a sucking noise "it's out in the big world."
If you've ever tried to find something in the big world, you know exactly how big it is. Well, you know exactly how small it isn't.
I lost my keys today. I thought, "I'll play it cool. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and they will show up. Sure they will."
They didn't show up. They couldn't have been in the house.
They must have been in the big world.
I ended up using the key that I've meant to throw away because it's just about the break. That would be bad.
On the way back into the house, though, there they were. I'd dropped them on the ground. Oh sigh! How happy I am!
It's a small world after all.
Posted by dotty at October 11, 2005 12:02 AM