{"id":8432,"date":"2021-09-04T11:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2021-09-04T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:28:04","slug":"conversations-with-my-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/04\/conversations-with-my-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with my Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read with interest what Charles Darwin said of the Fuegian people Jeoffry<\/em><\/p>\n

I am quite busy at the moment Christopher but I am sure that you will tell me<\/em><\/p>\n

Darwin noted that without exception it was the most curious and interesting spectacle that I have ever beheld<\/em><\/p>\n

I could have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilised man<\/em><\/p>\n

It is much greater than between a wild and a domesticated animal<\/em><\/p>\n

In as much as in man there is a greater power of improvement<\/em><\/p>\n

That is very interesting Christopher but what has it got to do with me<\/em><\/p>\n

A great deal as I am going to set you some questions<\/em><\/p>\n

You know how you like to test the agility of your considerable intellect<\/em><\/p>\n

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Question One – Darwin mentioned the power of improvement does this apply to all races or are some destined to remain as savages apart from maybe the adoption of a European language<\/p>\n

Question Two – Are some races superior to others in their capacity to be educated or are there no differences at all<\/p>\n

Question Three – Is Darwin’s comment about wild and domesticated animals true<\/p>\n

Question Four – Is there such thing as a noble savage<\/p>\n

Question Five – What is the difference (if any) between a child born in a civilised country and one born in a backward country<\/p>\n

Question Six – If there are differences are these caused by the differing environments or does the actual intellectual capacity differ<\/p>\n

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Those are your questions Jeoffry<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you think of them<\/em><\/p>\n

They are okay<\/em><\/p>\n

How okay<\/em><\/p>\n

Well if you push me then they are more than okay<\/em><\/p>\n

When would you like to start<\/em><\/p>\n

At 06:28 tomorrow morning if that is okay with you<\/em><\/p>\n

That is okay with me<\/em><\/p>\n

What is my prize<\/em><\/p>\n

What prize would you like<\/em><\/p>\n

Fish the prison food is absolute shit<\/em><\/p>\n

What type of fish<\/em><\/p>\n

Marlin<\/em><\/p>\n

That might be troublesome as there are no fish of that description in the Thames<\/em><\/p>\n

Stingray<\/em><\/p>\n

Same problem<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh well anything will do as long as it is not fucking cod<\/em><\/p>\n

I hate fucking cod<\/em><\/p>\n

Every time I look in the mirror I note that I am beginning to look like a cod<\/em><\/p>\n

There are no mirrors in this prison<\/em><\/p>\n

That is a minor detail<\/em><\/p>\n

Well now that is settled you will have at 06:28 tomorrow six days six hours and six minutes to furnish me with your answers<\/em><\/p>\n

Sounds fair<\/em><\/p>\n

Okay<\/em><\/p>\n

Christopher<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes Jeoffry<\/em><\/p>\n

Why do we say okay so much<\/em><\/p>\n

I am not really sure I suppose it is the corruption of another Americanism in the English language<\/em><\/p>\n

Christopher<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes Jeoffry<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you any more Golden Wonder crisps left as all this fish talk has made me hungry<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheese and Onion or Prawn<\/em><\/p>\n

No Ready Salted<\/em><\/p>\n

No I am clean out of the Ready Salted<\/em><\/p>\n

Call this a civilised country<\/em><\/p>\n

I agree<\/em><\/p>\n

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