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How good were the good old days really? Would you
actually
prefer to live as a 1200's king or a 2011's peasant? How
well could a king eat back then anyway given the period's
transportation, logistics, and nutrition technology?
This set of measurements wouldn't answer those
questions
but when people of the 31st century come
asking
about these times they would be satisfied.
The idea is a record of various peoples' house size,
number of pets, number of children vs desired number of
children, number of people in the household, this
sentence stuck here to mock those who will read the title
and call baked because they couldn't be bothered to read
the whole idea. quantity of
food versus desired quantity, quality of food versus
desired quality, thoughts about what makes life good,
thoughts about what could make life better, and many
other such things.
These statistics would be
recorded in time capsules for the edification of future
generations.
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Your species calls this "television". |
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//this sentence stuck here to mock those who will
read the title and call baked because they couldn't be
bothered to read the whole idea.//
Baked. Actually, + for effort. |
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//Your species calls this "television"// no, actually we call it "archaeology": "television" is what people want other people to see. |
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there's the census, is that just a US thing? edit: no, it is world wide |
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and every year at the census bureau they have the You'll Never Guess What They Use As Ink contest to tide them over 'til the next one. |
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Tastes change. There's a sentence in Mrs Grieves, written in the 'twenties, which says people can't tolerate cumin because it's so disgusting. As a result, i think this is very hard. |
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Tolerance for cumin has increased significantly since the twenties. |
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//Tolerance for cumin has increased significantly since the twenties//
Howard Carter discovered Toot'n'cumin in 1922. |
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//Howard Carter discovered Toot'n'cumin in 1922.//
But it was only in 1923 after some experimentation that he figured which to put up his nose and which to put in the stew.
I'll get me coat.... |
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You'll need more than your coat, after that one,
['thang]. Better pack a valise. |
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It's the *thoughts* that count. One's thought about something changes it significantly in either direction without changing the subject / object itself in any way...
I like cumin, but not by itself. |
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