Despatches from University City Village

Brief posts from the Green Line Zone in the embattled University City Village, West Philadelphia.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The Mysterious East, Part I

Two stoners were strolling on the Hao River bridge.

Zhuangzi said, "The minnows dart in and out of the water, swimming contentedly -- this is fish being happy."


Huizi said, "Dude, you are not a fish; how do you know the fish are happy?"

Zhuangzi said, "You are not I, so how do you know that I do not know the fish are happy?"

Huizi said, "Dude, so true -- I am not you, indeed I don't really know you, so like what am I doing strolling on this bridge with you? Anyhow, you are totally not a fish, so it is like so obvious that you don't know the fish are happy."

Zhuangzi said, "Hold it right there, dude. Let's go back to where we started. When you said quote 'How did you come to know this?' YOU ALREADY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT *I* KNEW THE FISH ARE HAPPY. Only then could you have asked me where I knew it from, know what I'm sayin'? So here's the thing -- I KNEW IT FROM BEING ON THE BRIDGE OVER THE HAO RIVER!!"

Huizi said, "OMG1111 !! You are so witty and amusing, dude!"

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