Anna there is a rhinoceros under this table

Do not be absurd Anna

I tell you there is a rhinoceros under this table

I repeat that is an absurdity

Why

Because there is not enough room under the table

How do you know that

Because hippos are large creatures

Again I ask you how do you know that

Because I have seen a fucking rhinoceros at the zoo

 

If I said that you dad was under the table

Would you accept that

No

Why

Because my father is in Canterbury

Your father would fit under this table

How do you know that your father is in Canterbury

He told me so

At this very moment

Yes

Your father might be in Dover

That would be totally out of character

If I said that a character or a soul was under the table

Would you dispute this with me

No

Why

Because I do not know what a character in your context or a soul looks like

So you are saying that you know that there is not a hippo under this table because of the empirical

Based on concerned with or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

What did you say Anna

Nothing

You spoke to me

No I did not

Then who spoke to me

A crab maybe

A crab

Crabs do not speak

They do and I believe that they are understood language in their own world

I do not understand their world so I do not understand their language

The crabs to do not understand our world so they do not understand our language

If I said to a crab that I was going to catch it next Wednesday would it understand me

Why

Because it has no understanding of the days of the week and no conceptions of freedom or capture

Again I tell you that crabs gave no conceptions of our language

 

Anna if I said that your dad was under this table would you agree with me if indeed your dad was under this table

I suppose that I would

I would tell you that you were wrong

the state of being bewildered or unclear in one’s mind about something

Anna did you speak to me

No

I suppose that it was a crab

Going back to my dad why am I wrong

Because Dads do not exist

 

Anna I am going to throw this table and these chairs into the sea

Why

So there would not be a rhinoceros under this table

Go ahead

But while you are doing this please consider this question

Think of two posters

The first one is red with the word orange written on it

The second one is orange with the word red written on it

If there was a third poster what colour would it be and what would be written on it

Yellow and the word Wilson would be written on it

How did you know that Anna

existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

Coffee

Please