Excerpts

Chapter 0.5

Cast into existentialist debates with his own internal monologue, the clock bearer asks himself yet again the similar question, what is the worth of being a man, of what is his role, perfunctory? Superficial? Rooted in routine, he wayslides into deep malfunction, perhaps his senses are working overtime, perhaps he is senseless

This ominous pervasive dread of something yet watching him, an unknowable unknown presence, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, yet uncaring, unfeeling

So where is your lawyer now? Your Jesus?

BOOK EXCERPT

THE LEXICON OF 21st CENTURY SLANG

By Kristof Kiewslowski, Professor of Linguistics, University of Zion, Judea.

(excerpt from page 31)

No one really knew when the oblique new swears began. Some thought that the old vernacular were getting well worn out by common usage. So, some wag thought up some new ones. Here are the origins of some:-

“Trogg” – used to express frustration, the sexual act and an insult if used as a noun. The L.U.A. folk-chamber quartet “Trogglodyte” were famous for two things – their hit single “Ride Me, Baby” and their ‘banter’ just before one particular concert, concentrating on the drummer, who had just had carnal knowledge of both the singer/guitarist’s and bass player’s girlfriend, all in one night. Needless to say, it was peppered with all of the 20th Century’s famous vernacular. A soundman apparently taped everything via an amplified mic.

(other bits edited out)

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MUSINGS OF A BEMUSED WANDERER

“It was the turning point of my life, really. You know, those kind of things which never really had any significance when you first encounter. There she was, and there I was. Thought just what the heck…. Hey, she’s awfully pretty. I nearly crashed into her, meaning the physical exertion of my legs as I headed out the door, but she just looked at me. And then, she was in an anti-gravity chute and our eyes sort of locked in this mesmerising fashion. She started playing with her hair and well, I got a hard-on and I sort of thought, well, that’s that, I mean. None of this really makes much sense. Then I went for a long drag of those smokeless nicotine tubes or death-stick and as I walked in, she stood in the doorway and time stopped. That’s when the blues I was feeling went away, I got out of the GIG and it’s a brand new world.”
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