punctuum (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} punctuum) wrote,@ 2007-10-03 18:55:00 |
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chute
from denis darzacq - la chute (the fall)
"The parachute weighs fifteen kilograms, it is a very heavy and extremely hard thing to carry, one is really... condemned, one is really... minimised! In a word, it is terrible: one cannot carry it, one cannot walk with it. One is forced to bear it." - perec, the parachute jump
from denis darzacq - la chute (the fall)
"The parachute weighs fifteen kilograms, it is a very heavy and extremely hard thing to carry, one is really... condemned, one is really... minimised! In a word, it is terrible: one cannot carry it, one cannot walk with it. One is forced to bear it." - perec, the parachute jump
- was reading about how perec related the parachute to his memory of the death of his father (killed during the war) because it was like "pere-chute"/"chute-du-pere" (french for fall of the father). somehow i was previously unaware of the etymology or precise meaning of the word. so thats why they call it a rubbish chute? our rubbish in freefall! [ps. can non-singaporean people reading this verify if the phrase "rubbish chute" is actually used in other parts of the world?]
- Qn: If you had to make a parachute jump, how high would you like to get first?
Ans: It should involve at least a couple days of non-stop drinking and excessive smoking. - Qn: If you had to make a parachute jump, how high do you think it would jump?
Ans: ...nevermind
