My Love Affair with Apple

[Guest thaiworthy]

This is funny and could apply to a lot of people, not just devoted Apple computer owners:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

 

When you get through with that, here's another funny one about religion, which is not much different than Apple devotion.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion

[Rogie]

The religious one has echoes of Harry Chapin's fine song ...

 

Flowers are Red

 

The little boy went first day of school

He got some crayons and started to draw

He put colors all over the paper

For colors was what he saw

And the teacher said.. What you doin' young man

I'm paintin' flowers he said

She said... It's not the time for art young man

And anyway flowers are green and red

There's a time for everything young man

And a way it should be done

You've got to show concern for everyone else

For you're not the only one

 

And she said...

Flowers are red young man

Green leaves are green

There's no need to see flowers any other way

Than they way they always have been seen

 

But the little boy said...

There are so many colors in the rainbow

So many colors in the morning sun

So many colors in the flower and I see every one

 

Well the teacher said.. You're sassy

There's ways that things should be

And you'll paint flowers the way they are

So repeat after me.....

 

And she said...

Flowers are red young man

Green leaves are green

There's no need to see flowers any other way

Than the way they always have been seen

 

But the little boy said...

There are so many colors in the rainbow

So many colors in the morning sun

So many colors in the flower and I see every one

 

The teacher put him in a corner

She said.. It's for your own good..

And you won't come out 'til you get it right

And are responding like you should

Well finally he got lonely

Frightened thoughts filled his head

And he went up to the teacher

And this is what he said.. and he said

 

Flowers are red, green leaves are green

There's no need to see flowers any other way

Than the way they always have been seen

 

Based purely on those lyrics, one might guess Chapin was an agnostic or atheist, and it seems likely he was.

 

He died in 1981 tragically early, he was only in his late 30's. Here is what's written on his gravestone (courtesy of Harry Chapin wikipedia entry):

 

Oh if a man tried

To take his time on Earth

And prove before he died

What one man's life could be worth

I wonder what would happen

to this world

 

 

 

[KhorTose]

Oh my God Thaiworthy, you really gave me a scare. I just finished reading Koko's comment on the Britishization of American English where he is talking about "chicken plucker" and how he heard it was someone who proclivity was to chickens especially cockerels and then I jump to your topic about your love affair with Apple. I was really scared for a moment to open it. Thank Heavens it is about a great cartoon series. Thanks for the link.