I read with interest what Charles Darwin said of the Fuegian people Jeoffry
I am quite busy at the moment Christopher but I am sure that you will tell me
Darwin noted that without exception it was the most curious and interesting spectacle that I have ever beheld
I could have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilised man
It is much greater than between a wild and a domesticated animal
In as much as in man there is a greater power of improvement
That is very interesting Christopher but what has it got to do with me
A great deal as I am going to set you some questions
You know how you like to test the agility of your considerable intellect
Question One – Darwin mentioned the power of improvement does this apply to all races or are some destined to remain as savages apart from maybe the adoption of a European language
Question Two – Are some races superior to others in their capacity to be educated or are there no differences at all
Question Three – Is Darwin’s comment about wild and domesticated animals true
Question Four – Is there such thing as a noble savage
Question Five – What is the difference (if any) between a child born in a civilised country and one born in a backward country
Question Six – If there are differences are these caused by the differing environments or does the actual intellectual capacity differ
Those are your questions Jeoffry
What do you think of them
They are okay
How okay
Well if you push me then they are more than okay
When would you like to start
At 06:28 tomorrow morning if that is okay with you
That is okay with me
What is my prize
What prize would you like
Fish the prison food is absolute shit
What type of fish
Marlin
That might be troublesome as there are no fish of that description in the Thames
Stingray
Same problem
Oh well anything will do as long as it is not fucking cod
I hate fucking cod
Every time I look in the mirror I note that I am beginning to look like a cod
There are no mirrors in this prison
That is a minor detail
Well now that is settled you will have at 06:28 tomorrow six days six hours and six minutes to furnish me with your answers
Sounds fair
Okay
Christopher
Yes Jeoffry
Why do we say okay so much
I am not really sure I suppose it is the corruption of another Americanism in the English language
Christopher
Yes Jeoffry
Have you any more Golden Wonder crisps left as all this fish talk has made me hungry
Cheese and Onion or Prawn
No Ready Salted
No I am clean out of the Ready Salted
Call this a civilised country
I agree