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