Caveat: Telling It Wrong

Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel, and Noam Chomsky walk into a bar. Heisenberg turns to the other two and says, “Clearly this is a joke, but how can we figure out if it’s funny or not?” Gödel replies, “We can’t know that because we’re inside the joke.” Chomsky says, “Of course it’s funny. You’re just telling it wrong.” – See more at: Marginal Revolution

This one of those things I had stockpiled for when I didn't have much to say. Time is really dragging yet I often lack the energy to do anything except cooperate with the nurses, go to the bathroom and take naps. My friend Peter came today, unexpectedy. Just as he arrived, my favorite nurse (my "Korean teacher") said (in Korean, I translate her sense not her exact words), "Oh good a friend came. He was looking a little depressed [실망] and lonely [혼자]." Peter brought a paper newspaper (Korean Herald) which by skimming helps ward off the worst symptoms of internet withdrawal. He is very kind.

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