Monday, 11 March 2013

Reincarnation - Woody Allen's Lobsters 2

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I don't believe in reincarnation. Woody Allen seems to or, at least, he was interested enough to write a humour feature about it, published in the New Yorker Magazine. Many theosophists sprang up like wild weeds, especially after Allen's funny story appeared. When in a snob party Allen was asked what or whom he would most like to be reincarnated into, he said: "Finger tips of Warren Beatty.". Surely not today any more, but Beatty has certainly had quite a reputation for being a notorious womaniser. Reputation deservedly earned and well documented in all tabloid media I believe.

The sarcastic and funny story he published about Bernard Madoff's victims reincarnated into lobsters, and the way 2 lobsters had schemed to take their revenge on Madoff is hilarious. When the heartless villain escaped from his home arrest and sneaked out to dine in the seafood restaurant where 2 of his victims, Moscowitz and Silverman, reincarnated into lobsters, were kept in the fish-tank. He chose them to be cooked for his dinner. Mos lamented that even as lobster he couldn't save his fate of ending up in butter sauce; "what kind of universe is this?" he cried and his friend said: "Abe, the kind of universe where people like Madoff always have knife and fork, while types like us would always be cooked, in a plate. Those, like the directives of AIG, those of Merrill Lynch or the ones of Royal Bank of Scotland, would bathe in golden pensions after the collapse of their companies.

Okay. But what about Madoff? What would he be reincarnated into? Maybe protected species like lynx or magpie, a natural thief. If there's a God of Vengeance, he ought to be turned into a 3rd class rogue that spends more time in jail than in his make shift abode. If I could be reincarnated, I want to be a butterfly as I had said before. The life of a butterfly is very short, but during it's brief existence, it adds beauty to the world and always makes people happy.

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