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Quote(s) of the Day: from Another Roadside Attraction May 4, 2008

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“Normally,”

said Marvelous,

“the Institute
concerns itself
with probing
relatively specific
problems
and
situations.”

For example, the State Department
and the Defense Department signed
a joint contract with us for a study of Iceland.

They wanted to know where
Iceland was going in the modern world,
whether she would be likely to constitute
a threat.

Considering her history and her racial character, her current state of economic growth, scientific activity and political ambitions, what should be America’s long-range policy in regards to Iceland?

In our twice-weekly seminars, where
we would pool the results of individual research and think sessions, we dined on fish heads and mead and piped in rímur music, that’s how immersed in Iceland we were.

. We even turned the air conditioner up as high
. as it would go to get the feel of the climate.
.
. The assistant director caught a terrible cold
. and missed ten days.
.
. That study was top secret, naturally,
and I’m violating security by mentioning it,
but what the hell.

You see, generally, what kind of projects we undertook?

“Yes, I see,”
said Amanda.

“It sounds ever so important.”

Was Amanda giggling
or clearing her sinuses?
Marx Marvelous
could not tell which.

“It is necessary
that man extend his vision
beyond the political realities
of the present,”
said Marx,
somewhat defensively.