Heart and Mind
Sunday, 25. August 2002
SYNONS, SUPPOSERS, SEDUCTION.?


With the letter S significant let me take them in order..
Synons? My truncation for those who seek to impress with synonyms(similar meanings, different words). For example would you rather be described as gregarious or as sociable.? Careful now, 'sociable' is well known, widely-used, understood. The 'g' word is literati. [M'dear not socialist nonsense!] Yes, I thought as much, you'd rather be well and widely known and pack the Town Hall for a fatter fee(which after costs maybe donated) than scratch a living out of the lost litterat-errs! Wouldn't you just? Okay, so having been warned that the Synons are out and about - convergence media is to blame I'm sure - you get onto the one who done you wrong the week before last. Send s/he packing back to Thesaurian Arrrzoland.

Saturday morning radio inadvertently revealed supposers when the theologian interviewed pointed out that Papal advisors and scholars all too often read things into a text; yet when challenged for a word or phrase they use to express this supposed meaning from the text they can't and fail. Supposers are usually set in the status quo and sustain it by such means. In the sense of being oblivious to outside advice/influence they may indeed be considered "thought police", as KH suggested, tho some might say "unthought" is more appropriate. Of priests a favoured expression is 'locked behind liturgy'. Which suggests long tradition to such things. But tradition is not what this is about. What this is about is the fun of running supposers into seduction per : -

Suppose a man wants to see the woman he loves. Given opportunity he sets himself to the task. He believes that she wants to see him, too. It might be difficult but he's willing to accept St. John's "joy" of face to face as an outside chance. [shades of shy realist Orwell]. In the course of his task--the very last day before the 'meeting'--a flare up of a longstanding problem from bad surgery renders hope lost.
Seeing him frustrated, depressed, his friend plans an alternative--her friend's birthday party and Professor Scharma's (UK) TV series. He has no TV, no need of one and seldom watches it. But the episode is about Oliver Cromwell and he has interest in OC the megalomaniac or Force Rigeur? Party eats, drinks are out but he will make do alone
Before the Professor a flashy Quiz Show gets under way. Ruby Redhead is the 'star'. She is clever, with words, risque and attitude aplenty. Three pairs - two women, two men and a man/woman couple compete in the first round. Young, cool, collected and a lawyer/teacher combo the couple look set for honours and romp through round one. In the course of which Ruby is appraised the opposite of what she declares, not out of cynicism so much as observation. Her constant question "Is s/he right?" distresses weaker contenders; her targeted rudeness--get it together Shaun!; and spiteful reaction - (Shaun, lawyer, picks the ligature she misses in saying Milan's soccer stadium and no way does he get off that one--"Shaun a woman is looking for Mr Right not Mr Always Right!"(she's sizzling, dammit, after practicing to say it all week!). Still, the show goes on, two brothers making it to the 3rd round money. And here its audience of one flips his stopwatch into view to count as the contestant is seen to count and the prizemoney (Ruby's lost interest in timing) is announced pre-question, and repeatedly lower than counting suggests. Yes, you've got it, Redhead's all about lowering the payout and possibly increasing her own performance bonus thereby. At the end the bros are so relieved to be richer they're up to praying to Ruby for her 'humility' favours and even--you'd have to have seen it to believe it--getting an excruciating finger pinch- 'for saying you'd have me in the back of yr taxi'- as the practised close-out zoomed the camera onto guess who's headshot.
Babe, bright and broke I'd rather be! Forward to history..
Monday's quote from Balzac's "The Physiology of Marriage" bothered a bit: "Man.. if he begins with love and comes round to aversion..". Along with Tillich's "'Personal God' does not mean 'a' person." (harking back to OC) and later a front page banner line: Seduced by Ruby Redhead. And one of those scintillating insights to tell a spirited fellow what if the missed loved one were to read that. If she'd supposed his non-attendance aversion and of all the TV reviews a hack could do [deeming Ruby "cute" is lost plot] and that review making front page then how on earth could he explain any call to preference? Caught Redheaded :-)
Answer: This way. As the shy realist would say: plain and honestly.
PS: Mr TV reviewer, you were right, you were seduced by Ruby Redhead. And if the rest of its audience were then you deserve each other. Mind you, her lovely teeth are enviable aren't they.
PPS: To this man's loved one, J'Adore!
ENDS-Vi-One.

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