Political metaphors aside, I found something serene in this man’s patient efforts to split a 13-ton block of granite with a 2-pound hammer, and the simple joy he takes in the process.
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I kinda like the sound the hammer-blows make, too. Sort of like a rockier version of the Beloved Marvin Suggs’ Muppophone.
How did you break that massive chunk of immovable resistance?
I tapped at it repeatedly, for hours, in a simple but constant motion and effort, until it split in two.
The secret to American politics.
So, we win by hitting them in the crack with a hammer?
I’m game – who do we hit first?
@2 – You actually made me laugh out loud with that. Bacon to you, sir!
Isn’t this why we invented concrete over 2000 years ago?
@4 – I thought that was invented as a way to handle mob snitches?
Yum! Bacon! 🙂