The Greyhound
The Consolation Prize told me an interesting factoid when we went for coffee.
Apparently, in greyhound racing, there's an emergency button that gets jabbed if the greyhound looks like it might actually catch the rabbit. Doing so, it seems, makes them complacent and stops them from being the phenomenal running machines that they are. After catching it, they just lope around aimlessly, satisfied with themselves. Given that it's usually the fastest racing dog that's likeliest of catch the rabbit, the risk of losing a valuable racing dog becomes unacceptable and hence the emergency button.
He is my mechanical rabbit.
And I've just discovered that I like to run.
posted by Slinky @ 7:30:00 PM
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-ben commented:
Two-Face: It was your men, your plan!
The Joker: Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just... do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. So, when I say... Ah, come here.
[takes Dent's hand into his own]
The Joker: When I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know that I'm telling the truth. It's the schemers that put you where you are. You were a schemer, you had plans, and look where that got you.
[Dent tries to grab the Joker]
The Joker: I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself. Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. Hmmm? You know... You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan." But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds!
[Joker hands Two-Face a gun and points it at himself]
The Joker: Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair!
Take good care of yourself, Slinky :-)- » July 30, 2009 7:25 PM
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Slinky commented:
-ben: I'm not the best judge, but I like to think I'm prettier than the Joker.
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