750 Theory
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cgroom
07 May 2002
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The bottle of wine is the perfect unit of measure.
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Three friends can share a bottle of wine, and each may get a little silly.
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Four friends can share a bottle of wine, and each gets a generous glass.
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Five friends can share a bottle of wine, and each gets a proper glass.
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If there are six friends, buy two bottles of wine and see (3).
Counting up, we see that it scales for any number.
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A bottle earns two old friends slap-happiness or lends nervous lovers courage.
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And for the solitary...
well, milliliter 749 Lethes sorrows, while the lack of milliliter 751 prevents indiscretions.
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cgroom:
Yes, I'm verbing a Greek noun. (Bracing self for scathing attack). |
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brantley:
It's good but confusing. I stared at it for a little while. Perhaps something metaphorical instead of active? Nepenthe is another forgetfulness-inducing drinkof which (the word, I mean) I'm particularly fond. |
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tasha:
Yah, dude - the piece is so dedicated to such a (literally ; ]) humanized measurement system that this obscure verb really threw me. Using something that is the "intellectual peer" of 'indiscretions' would be good, maybe. |
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samira:
I like it. It is really apt. |
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tasha:
This sounds like my measurement of twin-size beds (the sometime bane of college life) - 'just big enough for two (sleeping) people to take turns falling off the edge.' Methinks I need to put some time into researching this theorem of yours, sir ; ]. |
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