Snowshoe logic
“What do you want me to do with these decrepit old snowshoes?”
“Are they still useful?”
“No. They’re really old, made out of wood, rope, and leather. Completely obsolete. Rotting. Should I throw them out?”
“No, don’t do that.”
“But they’re useless.”
“If they’re useless, you have to mount them to the wall.”
“Why?”
“That’s what we do with old snowshoes. It gets everyone into an old-timey cozy winter mood.”
“But they’re rotten and ugly.”
“Trust me. Once they’re up on the wall, they’ll be transformed into art.”
“Okay.”
“It’s called ski area logic. Don’t question it. I don’t make the rules.”
“You guys are weird. Must be altitude sickness.”
“If you ever get snowed in, you’ll thank me.”
“Right. Riiiiight.” Heavy sigh.
Soon enough, thanks to global warming, kids will be saying: “what are these things you call ‘snow shoes’ used for? You used to have snow?”
This doesn’t sound like you. Is this some kind of fable and we’re supposed to get the meaning? Or a kind of in-joke, a satire on the clear writing you espouse quite eloquently, at times? Did you show this to anyone before posting it? Perhaps I’m a minority of one, but I don’t get it, Josh. Forgive me, but it sounds, to me, at least, like a piece of bullshit you put up for no reason I can possibly fathom. Please enlighten. Shlomo
Josh,
You have described ski house decoration style to a “t”. I have seen this in 98% of the ski houses we have stayed in. This style also includes ski related artwork (mostly posters from over 60 years ago). Makes no sense to me. Perhaps it’s another example of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder’?