Obstacle to ambition
Having long since achieved upward mobility by becoming a member of the leftist Eastern media establishment, exceeding my parents’ social and economic accomplishments, my remaining ambition in life is to become—it’s the Word of the Week this week—a flaneur.
Unfortunately, my means are not commensurate with my aptitude.
On the plus side, I mowed the grass this morning and did not drop dead in the heat. And tomorrow, back to the paragraph factory. More for you.
Comments
Well, darn it, I for one appreciate it!
Posted by: Lawrence | July 25, 2011 1:37 PM
Missed it by THIS much: Mowing the grass is akin to harvesting grain, which in French makes you a glaneur.
Posted by: Brian Throckmorton | July 26, 2011 9:34 AM
Stump speaker: "An Englishman I was born, an Englishman I shall die!"
Heckler: "Man, have ye no ambeetion?"
Posted by: John Cowan | July 26, 2011 11:44 AM