Rabbits And Royals

[poliphilo]

We tried to rearrange the rabbits yesterday. We took Trig outside and put him in a pen with Tolkien in the hope that they might- now they've been neutered- become friends again. What happened was they sat as far apart as they could and ignored one another completely ( while Nikisha and Zhaim- from next door- poked bits of dandelion at them). Afterwards we let them out and they took up positions at opposite ends of the yard- Tolkien in the shrubbery and Trig by the back door, as if pleading to be let back in. 

Then we brought Tosh downstairs. We were thinking- now Trig had been removed-  he might like to be in the living room with us. He had other ideas. No sooner had I put him down than he ran back upstairs to "his" bedroom. This is called "voting with one's feet".

 

So, by the end of the day they were all back where they started. Tosh and Trig in the bedroom (where they tolerate one another- its not a friendship) and Tolkien outside. They say rabbits are social animals. I'm really not so sure.

 

The royal wedding is getting hard to ignore. I was flicking through the main channels last night and there were no fewer than four Will and Kate related programmes showing between 8 and 10. I wouldn't say I'm not interested- you can't not be interested in something that says so much about the state of the nation, but I'm not enthused. I want to see the monarchy phased out not perpetuated- and Will and Kate as media constructs (we don't know them as people) are so very, very dull.   

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I believe I saw that item about the shoe-shining. What I want to know is why they don't just issue them with boots made of pvc. Far less trouble. A wipe over with a damp cloth and they're done.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I don't know what they call them over there, but here the shiny artificial leather is called, Corfam. I assume you can buy boots made out of it. In the Navy, Corfam shoes were fairly common and popular, since no one wants to spend all that time polishing shoes that will be scuffed up in minutes on the job. You can tell they're artificial at a glance, though.

The purpose of all that primping and preening is psychological and the act symbolic. The hours spent taking a uniform to a state of perfection is indicative of the level of commitment to perfection generally. And to be honest, I rather enjoyed spit-polishing shoes, myself. It was a peaceful process and the result really was rather pretty.