Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 07, 2013
Transcript:
Alice: Butterflies are so pretty. Butterfly: Ah, but appearances can be deceptive. Butterfly: Have you heard of the butterfly effect? Alice: No. Butterfly: What are they teaching kids these days? Butterfly: It's the theory that a thing as small as the beat of a butterfly's wings can influence vast global weather systems. Butterfly: Thus my slightest gesture, my merest lazy twitch, could summon tornadoes, hurricanes, droughts, freak rains of frogs! Alice: Uh. Butterfly: Ha! think go the power! What rough beat flitters in Yon field? It is iI. Bringer of catastro- Alice: Squish. Alice: It was self- defense I swear! Beni: What-
It’s really odd that some folks will believe stories about the “butterfly effect” and not about “global warming”. Sort of like: being willing to swallow a camel but chocking on a gnat!