Ceasefire

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Sue & Rue

Sue: Now, about this ‘ceasefire’, Rue...

Rue: Now, cease talking about it, Sue.

Sue: But why?

Rue: ‘Cos it’s lost all its fire.

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A Win or A Loss?

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Sue & Rue

Sue: When, exactly, is a ‘win-win’?

Rue: When both parties feel they’ve won.

Sue: So a ‘lose-lose’ is…

Rue: ...obviously, when both parties suffer a loss.

Sue: And when is it a ‘win-lose’ situation?

Rue: When there’s a winner and there's a loser.

Sue: And a ‘lose-win’?

Rue: When one wins at a certain cost. Or loses with a consolatory gain.

Sue: Then what would you call this current situation?

Rue: Oh, this is a strange one.

Sue: In which way?

Rue: The winner feels he has lost. The loser feels he has won.

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Left or Right?

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Sue & Rue

Sue:  So what, say, is left thinking?

Rue: That the right is in no way right.

Sue: And what is right thinking?

Rue: That nothing’s left of the left.

Sue: Now I’m left thinking as to what is right.

Rue: Stick to your left if you think it’s still right.

Sue: If not?

Rue: Turn right to stay left.

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Words

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Sue & Rue

Rue: As times change, words take on a different meaning.

Sue: Meaning?

Rue: Often they mean the opposite of what they are supposed to mean.

Sue: Like?

Rue: When you say something went off without incident, it could just mean there was no violence to report.

Sue: But when there really is none to report…

Rue: When you say there was no untoward incident to report, it would just mean nobody reacted or resisted.

Sue: So what do you really mean?

Rue: I mean, when “peace” becomes “lack of war”, “war” would become a “cry for peace”.

Sue: So what would you choose?

Rue: War or peace?

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Bridges

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 Sue & Rue

Sue: Man builds bridges for progress.

Rue: Man burns bridges too for progress.

Sue: What about bridges falling all on their own?

Rue: That’s when he makes no progress.

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Truth or Proof?

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Sue & Rue

Sue: What's truth?

Rue: Fact, reality.

Sue: What's a lie?

Rue: An intentional untruth.

Sue: What's burden of proof?

Rue: The obligation to prove an allegation.

Sue: What if a lie is proved to be the truth?

Rue: Burden of truth.

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Fish for Thought

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Sue: Say, what's benefaction?

Rue: It's like giving poor men fish, thus feeding them for the day.

Sue: What's leadership?

Rue: Like teaching poor men how to fish, thus feeding them for a lifetime.

Sue: So what's politics?

Rue: Like giving poor men fish to keep them eating out of your hands forever.

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Reality

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“What is reopened economy?”

“It’s like a beverage store opened after a prolonged lockdown.”

“What is suspended reality?”

“It’s like a long queue formed in front of it by jobless clientele.”

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Survival

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“What’s a happy life like?”

“It’s like dying happy.”

“What’s a healthy life like?”

“It’s like dying healthy.”

“What's better than a good life?”

“A good death, maybe.”

“And what does it take to die that way?”

“Survival.”

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Teatime

 

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Sue & Rue

“That was a flying lizard.”

“A lizard is not supposed to fly. It glides.”

“But fly it did.”

“And how!”

 “Yes, it stormed. Now that that’s settled, let’s have some tea.”

“Tea?”

Yes. Some jasmine tea. It’s already brewing in the sea-cup.”

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PS:
Tauktae means a gecko (a vocal lizard).
Yaas means jasmine.