"I wanted the world to make sense so we'd all be happy instead of tense, so I made up lies that fit real nice and made this sad world paradise. Nice, very nice. Such different people in the same device."
-from the Wind Up Dolls segment of YDRS*. The original idea of this quote came from Kurt Vonnegut from "Cats Cradle:"
Oh, a sleeping drunkard
Up in Central Park,
And a lion-hunter
In the jungle dark,
And a Chinese dentist,
And a British queen -
All fit together
In the same machine.
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice;
Nice, nice, very nice -
So many different people
In the same device.
I guess you can read into the message of these things whatever you want. But to me, it's about religion. Or control. Hah! Same thing.
*The Yard Dogs Road Show put on a great show yesterday. I really loved it. It was magical. The fashion made me swoon, and the music was great. And who can resist burlesque, sword-swallowers, and men wearing eye makeup? Thanks, sis, for telling me we couldn't miss this.
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