the relativity or fatality of disasters

each and every individual has his priorities

this makes sense…

to other individuals these might seem a bit weird, since that person has other priorities

that makes sense as well…

the consequence of these priorities is that there’s a wide range of disasters: from acceptable (losing an inherited piece of jewelry) to ridiculous (broken nail), from hideous (half a village swallowed by the earth after a quake) to “ehm… WHAT???” (pink suit for the chihuahua is sold out)

but let’s look at this subjectively for once

PART I – THE KOI

one of Belgium’s new-made celebrities Astrid B., with her own reality show, experienced a horrible disaster (her own words): one of her koifish died.

now, one could say, don’t be silly, buy a new one, you have more than enough money, consider it a welcome variation to purchasing Louboutins

but let’s not say that for once, let’s enter into her emotions

- first of all financially: it costs a lot of money!!! maybe up to 200€! that’s a lot of money! (this would be my argument, but since I’m not living in Hollywood, it might not count as an argument)

- second argument, a very strong one: after the decease of this particular koi, the bio-diversity of the pool is disturbed! at first we had 7 fish, now 6… that totally destroys the sanctity of the fauna… plus the leftover kois will be confused! since fish tend to have a short time memory (like myself, but that’s totally besides the point) losing one of their friends will be a problem: after having the chance of training their abilities to count to 7 before forgetting what they were doing, losing one of their mates will again cause a decay in memory capacities… cause right before they reach counting nr.7, a problem shows up… where is nr.7? now probably the fish won’t remember what they were doing, but they do remember the feeling of confusion… oh god, confused kois… where will that lead us :s

- thirdly: there might be now a serious decay in trust towards the neighbours’ animal residents… I didn’t mention this before but what if after a thorough crime scene investigation including brushes, dna and finger... sorry finprints and an autopsy points out the Chihuahua was the unsub? imagine the consternation, the loss of faith in the neighbours...  the drama!

… they will have to throw a serious amount of dinner parties to make up for it

what can they serve that’s appropriate… koi on the BBQ?

PS: if den John ever cheats on her, the kois will be involved: [I quote] “I will cut of the wee-wee, feed it to the kois, bake the fish and make him eat it”