Thermuthis and her brother Richard were sharing a bath after a particularly long hike<\/p>\n
They were both exhausted<\/p>\n
It had been the hottest summers for over eighty years and there were worries of a drought<\/p>\n
They shared the bath to be economical with the water that was available<\/p>\n
Richard looked at his sister who was relaxing with her eyes closed<\/p>\n
How many trains did we see today? <\/i><\/p>\n
About five why do you ask? <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you find train travel sensual and erotic? <\/i><\/p>\n
Not really <\/i><\/p>\n
Even when you are on a long journey <\/i><\/p>\n
It is not the first thing that springs to mind <\/i><\/p>\n
Why do you ask? <\/i><\/p>\n
When I was in London I saw a movie by Wong Kar-Wai<\/i><\/p>\n
That’s nice what was it called?<\/i><\/p>\n
2046<\/i><\/p>\n
Have you seen it? <\/i><\/p>\n
No <\/i><\/p>\n
What was it about? <\/i><\/p>\n
Lost love and time travel in a nutshell I suppose <\/i><\/p>\n
Any good <\/i><\/p>\n
Yes it was rather like two hours of chic existentialism <\/i><\/p>\n
But I enjoyed it<\/em><\/p>\n Is existentialism <\/i>chic?<\/i><\/p>\n I suppose so <\/i><\/p>\n At times in his life Sartre was\u00a0considered<\/i> chic so I would think that existentialism<\/i><\/i> could be considered quite chic <\/i><\/p>\n Only quite chic<\/em><\/p>\n The doorbell to Richard’s rented holiday apartment rang quite loudly<\/p>\n Fuck that\u2019s early <\/i><\/p>\n What\u2019s early?<\/i><\/p>\n The fucking pizza I said to deliver it at eight <\/i><\/p>\n It is eight <\/i><\/p>\n Well grab your gown and pay for it <\/i><\/p>\n And close the door as I do want the Domino man to see me here in the bath <\/i><\/p>\n I look and feel like shit <\/i><\/p>\n And I only share shit with my brother<\/em><\/p>\n Within five minutes Richard returned to the bathroom with two quarters of pizza and a can of soft drink<\/p>\n Here have this we can finish the rest when we are dressed <\/i><\/p>\n And do not drop it down you as you normally do <\/i><\/p>\n For a while neither Thermuthis or Richard spoke<\/p>\n I gave the chap one of my beers as he looked exhausted <\/i><\/p>\n Who? <\/i><\/p>\n The Domino man he looked so hot <\/i><\/p>\n The poor fuck will probably crash his motorbike now <\/i><\/p>\n Really Richard you do not think <\/i><\/p>\n And some of your topping has fallen into the bath <\/i><\/p>\n You are such a slut Thermuthis Thermuthis laughed and fished the cheese topping out of the bath water and ate it slowly<\/p>\n You were saying about trains <\/i><\/p>\n There were a number of scenes in the movie which were set on board a very futuristic train <\/i><\/p>\n It was explained that there was a vast railway network all around the world <\/i><\/p>\n It appears that the trains traveled through time <\/i><\/p>\n Was the train full as I would imagine it to be quite exciting travelling through time <\/i><\/p>\n No there is just one passenger a young Japanese chap <\/i><\/p>\n The only other beings if you can call them that were a number of quite attractive androids <\/i><\/p>\n Go on <\/i><\/p>\n Well the Japanese chap falls for one of these androids during the journey and they become very close especially as they pass through the cold zone <\/i><\/p>\n Do they fuck? <\/i><\/p>\n No <\/i><\/p>\n I am not sure if the androids were programmed to fuck <\/i><\/p>\n So what happens?<\/i><\/p>\n Well it poses the question <\/i><\/p>\n Can androids feel love? <\/i><\/p>\n If they were programmed to experience love<\/i><\/p>\n I would expect that they could experience the emotion <\/i><\/p>\n Just as if they were programmed to fuck <\/i><\/p>\n It is a difficult question <\/i><\/p>\n Rather like why do I always drop food down myself?<\/i><\/p>\n That is easily answered <\/i><\/p>\n Is it? <\/i><\/p>\n You are just careless Thermuthis<\/i><\/p>\n It is a basic question <\/i><\/p>\n Why am I careless and why are you such a prick <\/i><\/p>\n Let\u2019s get back to the android<\/i><\/p>\n The Japanese passenger waits for the android to replicate his emotion but she does not <\/i><\/p>\n She just perches in the vestibule and watches the endless tunnels flash by <\/i><\/p>\n I told you she was not programmed to show emotion <\/i><\/p>\n That is where you are wrong <\/i><\/p>\n Why? <\/i><\/p>\n The android can feel love but she loves another<\/i><\/p>\n But knows that she will not see him for a very long time <\/i><\/p>\n It sounds like a sad movie <\/i><\/p>\n To some extent it is <\/i><\/p>\n So because of this you think long train journeys are erotic<\/i><\/p>\n No I have thought it for many years <\/i><\/p>\n Some people might think that a brother and sister sharing a bath is erotic <\/i><\/p>\n It is natural <\/i><\/p>\n Yes to us but to other people it may seem erotic <\/i><\/p>\n There was not enough water for two baths to share was quite sensible <\/i><\/p>\n Erotic <\/i><\/p>\n No <\/i><\/p>\n I am naked <\/i><\/p>\n I know <\/i><\/p>\n Some might think that is erotic <\/i><\/p>\n I agree that your body is quite erotic <\/i><\/p>\n But not to me <\/i><\/p>\n I am your brother <\/i><\/p>\n I see you naked quite frequently <\/i><\/p>\n Do you like what you see? <\/i><\/p>\n You are my sister <\/i><\/p>\n Was he fat? <\/i><\/p>\n Who?<\/em><\/p>\n The Domino man<\/em><\/p>\n Yes <\/i><\/p>\n Yuk <\/i><\/p>\n If I invited the Domino man to share the bath with you then perhaps I would see it as erotic<\/i><\/p>\n Not by me you know<\/em><\/p>\n So train travel can be considered erotic?<\/i><\/p>\n In a sense and that is what the movie tries to explain <\/i><\/p>\n That any long distance train travel can be sensed as erotic <\/i><\/p>\n In your head Ricky I cannot say that my knickers were that wet when we travelled to Penzance last month <\/i><\/p>\n They were totally unstained if I remember <\/i><\/p>\n Unlike your tee shirt <\/i><\/p>\n But you are missing the point <\/i><\/p>\n It is a feeling that one has as they experience endless journeys <\/i><\/p>\n One is in transit <\/i><\/p>\n You have a destination but that is an abstract <\/i><\/p>\n Your journey is the only reality <\/i><\/p>\n You will not start the same journey again <\/i><\/p>\n You might repeat it but you will never start the same journey again <\/i><\/p>\n Well I am getting out of the bath <\/i><\/p>\n If you get off on that then run some more hot <\/i><\/p>\n Oh that is wicked of me <\/i><\/p>\n If you get off on that then lie in this decaying bath and get a horn <\/i><\/p>\n I will heat up the pizza again <\/i><\/p>\n It is still hot <\/i><\/p>\n I placed in the oven on a low gas <\/i><\/p>\n You are so fucking smart Ricky <\/i><\/p>\n No just practical <\/i><\/p>\n Well we have another long day tomorrow and I am going to eat drink and then turn in quite soon What time is it?<\/i><\/p>\n Thermuthis looked at her mobile<\/p>\n Guess<\/i><\/p>\n Half eight <\/i><\/p>\n No later <\/i><\/p>\n Nine <\/i><\/p>\n No a little less <\/i><\/p>\n I give up <\/i><\/p>\n Well if you must know it is exactly 2046 <\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thermuthis and her brother Richard were sharing a bath after a particularly long hike They were both exhausted It had been the hottest summers for over eighty years and there were worries of a drought They shared the bath to be economical with the water that was available Richard looked at his sister who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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