“Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they’re so frightfully clever. I’m awfully glad I’m a Beta and wear a red hat, because I don’t work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don’t want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They’re too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color … unless it’s a skirt. I’m so glad I’m a Beta and wear a red hat. Have I mentioned that I wear a red hat? I do! … and it’s a very nice red.“
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, Ch. 2
-planetross, bastardizing the classics, Ch. ?
note: a possible Epsilon in our midst!
double note: I’ve put on 2 entries tonight. I’m bored and it’s raining. Okay … I’m not really bored … but it is raining heavily.
… and that “I’ll Be Bark” entry was a bit of a dog.
triple note: Wow! I really got very personal and in-depth with that “double note“! I think I’ve exposed myself! I’m listening to Fleetwood Mac too! … now I’ve done it!
4 responses so far ↓
Doctorate Upholder // July 3, 2009 at 2:48 pm |
Brave New World!
planetross // July 6, 2009 at 2:30 am |
Doctorate Upholder: thanks for stopping by.
razzbuffnik // July 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm |
I’d rather be a beta than a geta!
planetross // July 6, 2009 at 11:17 pm |
razzbuffnik: touché!
I had to look “geta” up: and considering there is a pair of them on my wall about 1 meter above my head … I feel rather foolish. hee hee!