An engineer, a psychologist, and a preacher were hunting in northern Canada when they came across an isolated trapper’s cabin. Discovering the door unlocked, they entered. All was normal, except a large cast-iron stove suspended in midair by wires attached to the ceiling beams.
The psychologist: “It’s obvious that this lonely trapper, isolated from humanity, has elevated his stove so he can curl up under it and vicariously experience a return to the womb.”
The engineer: “The man is practicing the laws of thermodynamics. By elevating his stove, he has discovered a way to distribute the heat more evenly throughout the cabin.”
The preacher: “I’m sure that hanging his stove has religious meaning. Fire, lifted up, has been a religious symbol for centuries."
When the trapper returned, they asked why he had hung his stove from the ceiling. His answer was short: “Had plenty of wire and not much stove pipe.”
The moral of the story is simply we see things through our own lenses and tend to analyze them because of our own experiences. But as Jimmy Buffet sings in one of his songs (paraphrased): “Don’t try to describe a KISS concert unless you’ve really seen it, you just might wind up being wrong.”
Best regards to all, and let’s be safe out there.
