References :- Ken junior's thought processes confound me .
A cold winter is upon us in Kooralya . These days firewood costs more than ducted air conditioning , but we will glean another winter's worth of wood when we demolish Gabbo's old homing pigeon coop . Everybody becomes somewhat testy in the morning chill, even Dog is not the usual enthusiastic dawn riser who greets us with tail wagging .
We were listening to the morning news on the wireless while warming our hands on our mugs of hot tea , and broadcasters were all excited about Mr Zelenskey's mob having blown up 40 Russian aircraft using drones . That cunning attack has certainly raised a few eyebrows . Possibly somebody in Russia has flipped open the lid on the nuclear Armageddon button , although many folk in the West would be too busy cheering to notice .
Anyway , Ken junior said a strange thing .
" Why 40 planes ? Why is everything always 40 ? " , Ken junior said .
" How's that ? " , I said
" 40 planes , 40 beheaded babies , 40 days of Lent , 40 days of precipitation on Noah's Ark ..... and 40 nights , 40 lashes as maximum punishment in the bible , 40 years that the Israelites spent in the desert looking for the promised land back when they had dark complexions . Seems a bit coincidental . " , Ken junior said .
" I guess that a thousand years from now it will seem more poetic when scholars talk about the 40 planes that triggered Armageddon . " I said .
" Good point , and at least all those sets of 40 have something in common . " , Gabbo said .
" What's that ? " , I said .
" They are all made up . " , Gabbo said .
Well that is too much for me to process on a cold morning . I might slip back into bed ..... I could do with another 40 winks .
Your comrade , Ken
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You were 40 once when you were young but it’s all relative. You’ll be 80 in about 10 years. With luck.
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