Tug-o-War

Dump and Go?

Not quite. That simple.

Baggage has a way of ball and chaining you to the past.

A result of your own “doing”. Or not doing.

Sorry.

Even if an when you hide behind cousin A, B, or C.

That is a fantasy land may be best for you to reject, to awaken from.

Have an awakening of sorts.

It may be too late for you.

Thank goodness you connect via Facebook, huh.?

Your life blood.

Good for you.

And all the best, too.

Enter the tug.

Enter the war.

Enter the tug,

of,

all wars.

Just when you assumed we were not looking.

You assumed incorrectly.

My apologies.

For your behavior.

Now you must live with your behavioral ramifications without projections.

Must feel, well, “yucky”.

Again.

My apologies.

There were many, many times you could have chosen the alternative.

Did that even cross your mind?

When passing your fork over the plate of your so called “cousin”.

I didn’t think so.

Now you are at the end of your rope.

However, we are not on the other end of your “rope”.

We decided to untie ourselves and tie our lives into a four square knot of true knot of truth and consequence. Of our own truth and consequences. A nautical knot of life. Thank you.

And. Not yours.

Yours, your knot of familial deceit cut off our circulation. And we gasped for air. Almost died even.

Ours, our knit, gave us life and the choice to move ahead anew.

Let me tell you a thing or two.

About knots.

A knot is an intentional complication in cordage (yarns, plies, strands, braiding into larger and stronger forms) which may be practical or decorative, or both. (wk)

Practical knots are classified by function.

Including: hitches (no not marriage, sorry) bends, loop knots and splices.

A hitch fastens a rope to another object.

A bend fastens two ends of a rope to each other.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A TUG-O-WAR—Reminder, we chose consciously to NOT play your game with you.

A loop knot is any knot creating a loop.

A splice denotes any multi strand knot, including bends and loops.

A knot may also refer, in the strictest sense, to a stopper or knob at the end of a rope to keep that end from slipping through a grommet or eye.

Just call it “Grommet the Dragon”. If you still live in Fantasy Land. Which we do not live there with you anymore. Reminder.

Knots CAN be beautiful.

They can be difficult to “maneuver” if you have lessened fine motor skills. But if you still have strength,

You are good.

The sheepshank knot originates from 1627 while the Western Union splice originates from the beginning of telegraphy. (wk)

What the heck is telegraphy?

Glad you asked.

Because signals are important.

As important as virtue signaling.

But ya gotta know what you are looking for.

Or.

Looking at.

At the end of your rope of your tug-o-war in your fantasy land.

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages.

Indeed.

The sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.

Indeed. Again.

The message. The messenger.

To continue:

The flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. 😵‍💫🐔🐧🐦🐤🐣🐥🦆🦅🦉😵

Attention all texters:

Ancient signaling systems, although sometimes quite extensive and sophisticated as in China,

(THERE IT IS……)

were generally not capable of transmitting arbitrary text messages.

That occurs in your Fantasy Land.

Not ours.

Why?

Glad you asked.

You see, it has to do with honesty. And in the case of the arbitrary messaging, possible messages were fixed and predetermined and such systems are thus not true telegraphs.

Phew.

More relief that we left, abandoned even your tug-o-war fantasy-land game long ago.

Too. Much too confusing.

For our likes.

Can you say snail mail?

In your fantasy world?

I didn’t think so.

Did you know?

Initially, the telegraph was expensive, but it had an enormous (almost dragon-like effect maybe) on THREE industries:

Finance

Newspapers

Railways.

Imagine that. Hmmmmmm. Coincidence?

Maybe in your Fantasy Land Tug-o-war land of Fantasy.

To continue:

Telegraphy facilitated the growth of organizations

(No. Not the growth of organisms)

However.

That IS debatable.

Telegraphy facilitated the growth of organizations “in the railroads, consolidated financial and commodity markets, and reduced information costs within and between firms.” (wk)

In whose fantasy land?

Yours?

Good luck with that.

What’s the point?

Language. Language Matters.

Huh?

As messages began to travel far and wide.

(Our personal texting fine motor capabilities aside…..)

A war broke out. Another war broke out.

The Mexican-American War broke out in 1846. News agencies were formed, such as the Associated Press for purposes of reporting news by telegraph. Messages and information would now travel far and wide, and the telegraph demanded a language “stripped of the local, the regional, and colloquial, to better facilitate a worldwide media language. (wk)

Huh?

No more:

The cat in the hat.

The dog and a bone.

I ran the zoo.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

The Butter Battle Book.

What is this Language? This “new” language? In your Fantasy Land? What is this language in your Fantasy Land intended to do?

Teach?

Learn?

Facilitate?

Promote ignorance?

Promote notti-ness and naughtiness?

Problems? Jams? Mires? Quagmires? Flies in ointment🪰? Pitfalls? Muddles? Gremlins? Hiccups? Groups? Crowds? Cliques? Squads? Clumps? Clusters? Dollops? Chunks😳? Clots? Predicaments? Headaches🤕? Upset? Botheration?

Is the fantastical name of your Fantasy Land district called “Botheration”.

Complication? Double binds? Challenges? Trouble? Grievances? Issues? Worriments? Abutments?

Ha. ha. ha Ha. A “but”- ments.😃😂🤣😅

Snarls? Labyrinths? Entanglements? Nettings? Webbings?

Webbings.

Not.

Weddings.

Lest you get too excited.

Too soon.

Too fast.

Leave it all on the field.😳

We are sorry your Land of Fantasy may include too much manure for you to be able to “handle”. We pity your attack on the resolution, your resolution. Your choice to grab the rope even harder and work against yourself.💩

We wish you many years of sharing cousin-ly plates of remnants and memories. In your tug-o-war-rope-of-end-of-your-rope-knots and snots.🤧

Gesunheidt!