Wednesday, June 28, 2006

the difference of the

riding on the L today when a funny thing struck me.

the significance of the word "the".

it's the difference between feeling like "the shit" or "feeling shitty". . two polar opposite ideas.

amazing.

3 comments:

Rockenheimer said...

Oooooo-kay! Time to pass the bong there, V...

v said...

ha ha.

puff puff pass.

no m'dear. . . more like the effect of running on 4-5 hours of sleep for the past few days.

Anonymous said...

no you're right. consider that short story (i think it might be james thurber's "cat bird seat"? anyway), which starts with, "he bought the pack of cigarettes at a store on the corner..." "the" is the most important word in that sentence.

also, don't forget those land rover billboards-- a photo of the car, then in block letters, "NOT 'A'--'THE'"