so would you rather

go to your bosom: knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know

Saturday, July 16, 2005

be limited to speaking 50 words a day forever (no rollover)
or
turn suddenly illiterate for 7 years

At 1:25 PM, jessica said…

first off, i commend you for continuing your blogging duties over the weekend.

i have a couple of questions:
1. does this mean you would be illiterate in all languages or just english?
2. can you still be just as smart/clever/witty, just unable to read or write?
3. is the 50 word limit like a "vow of silence", whereas you commence to speak after counting 50 words, or do you lose your voice completely?

in the absence of this information, i will venture a decision. i think we all know that i could never shut the hell up after 50 words, and being illiterate means that i can still watch tv, so i choose illiterate. i'll just have to ask for volunteers to read to me and take dictation when i need to have something written out. that actually doesn't sound half bad. lazy, but not bad.
At 7:37 PM, Unknown said…

1. all languages please
2. i was imagining a situation where after 50 words you would try to speak but no words would come out. you could still scream if someone was mugging you though.
At 9:49 AM, jessica said…

ok thanks for clearing that up. also thanks for ignoring the errors i made in my post. obviously i mean "cease to speak" not commence.
in light of the new information i still choose illiterate.
At 1:06 PM, galipette said…

50 words. as long as i can shake my head, shrug my shoulders and mime 'feed me' as needed.
At 3:34 PM, johanna said…

illiterate.