Happy Thought for 11 July 2025
Have a Happy Thought: Many of us grew up loving the one-sided confrontations between Roadrunner and Coyote. But did you know there were very specific rules for how these encounters would play out? Warning : as you read these, you may find cartoon scenes playing in your head. Rule 1. The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going "beep-beep!" Rule 2. No outside force can harm the Coyote - only his own ineptitude or the failure of the ACME products. Rule 3. The Coyote could stop anytime - if he were not a fanatic. (repeat: "a fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim.' -George Santayana) Rule 4. No dialogue ever, except "beep-beep!" Rule 5. The Road Runner must stay on the road - otherwise, logically, he would not be called Road Runner. Rule 6. All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters - the Southwest American desert. ...