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It had to happen. After weeks of talking uneducated rubbish into
the small hours, the household has taken a turn for the better
and is now talking educated rubbish into the small hours. And
largely without the aid of alcohol.
Fate, the meaning of life, religion and the confines of space
were all covered in the discussion and Mel made it very much her
ground for debate. "I have nothing to suggest that I have a
purpose here, other than to sit around talking shit to
you," she announced, doubting humanities qualified
existence.
"That could be screaming right now," Claire said of
the tobacco Mel was puffing on. Mel agreed, profoundly adding
that to another higher species, humans may be seen merely as
plant matter.
Mel continued, "We have an ability to understand,
conceive and relate to certain things, but I think there is
something beyond us - a different species that will evolve, that
will understand more than us and in that respect, will
understand that we didn't have a purpose. Like elaborate
plants."
"The same with us and those plants over there?"
Anna said, perhaps in jest of Mel's serious tones. The wise one
agreed.
Claire's said the meaning of life isn't something to worry
about and whatever time we have on Earth should be spent having
fun.
"But I can't do that," Mel said. "I have a
moral standard that I must adhere to."
Anna, who said the convent and religion broadened her outlook
on the world, added "There isn't an answer. There is an
answer for me and there's an answer for you and they're both
very valid."
The intellectual topic caused the group to one-by-one drop
off to bed and when Mel eventually retired, the remaining few
span the conversation back into safer ground: austere topics
such as The First Time I Was Drunk, and Toe-Sucking: Fun or
Hygiene Risk?
Credit: Big Brother is a Bazal production for Channel 4.
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Watching
my tape last night from Ch4 Tuesday I came across this little
oddity.