Saturday, October 28, 2006

I Do Like Techno



In an AFP article about the challenges of daylight savings time for the Polish proprietors of the Cuckooland Museum, the last third of the article makes an almost complete non sequitur to:

Meanwhile, those who suffer from the winter blues as British Summer Time ends and darkness sets in during the mornings and evenings are being given something to cheer them up.

A telephone helpline of "inspiring" sounds from the mountains and shorelines of the tranquil Lake District in northwest England has been set up to help those feeling depressed as the number of daylight hours dwindles.

It includes a reading of William Wordsworth's poem "Daffodils", the sound of Lake Windermere lapping against a jetty, the crisp crunch of leaves on a country walk, and Cumberland sausage sizzling in a pan.

Is it just a cuckoo-ncidence that:

The ancient Greeks used the narcissus as a symbol of death, because they (daffodils) gave off an evil emanation, producing dullness, madness, and death.