Sunday, December 2, 2007

Monty Python -- Ugh?

I am not at all a fan of Monty Python or at least I wasn't until I watched the clip "the funniest joke in the world" I guess I was introduce to Monty Python at an age when I could not appreciate it. Anyway, I though the clip was hysterical particulary when John Cleese discusses how they had to go about translating the joke into German in "joke-proof" conditions. What I got from this clip is that if you truly created the funniest joke in the world there would be know why someone could live through the laughter. So developing or finding the ultimate answer to anything would be too much for anyone to handle. So if there was this one and only answer to the meaning of life it would be too much for us to handle too overwhelming for us to manage. I think its much safer for us to realized the meaning of life in small does. This is why , as I wrote in my DB post, that the meaning of life is perpetually being defined. As we age and mature we develop knowledge and wisdom that help us to see more clearly (mostly because of the benefit of hindsight and experience)what we are here to accomplish and strive for. We are just mere mortals incapable to mastering the super powers required to 1) know the meaning of life and 2) ever hear the funniest joke in the world. :-)