People don't send telegrams anymore and you'd think that was mostly because someone invented telephones and then later Instagram.
Most people don't realize that Alexander Graham Bell was on the verge of inventing fragrant telegrams, which would have changed the world as we now know it. But then there was that tragic chlorine accident in his kitchen, changing the course of his inventing career.
Of such vagaries are the fates of nations decided.
Still, it's probably a good thing we don't communicate nowadays with fragrant telegrams. I just got back from a run and as I write this I suspect I smell like old socks.
Fragrant telegrams . . . eh.
No comments:
Post a Comment