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TRIG'S BROOM

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We all know the sketch, of course – a scene in the Nag’s Head where Trig is extolling the virtues of his depot broom.  “This old broom has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time”.

Oh, how we laughed.

What is less obvious is the profound metaphysical point he was making.

It’s reckoned that every cell in the human body dies and is replaced within a seven year period.

So just like Trig’s Broom’s conundrum, Trig himself, you and I are entirely different people cellularly from whom we were seven years ago; and before that, and before that…

So a metaphysical, some might even say spiritual question arises, “What, throughout your life, keeps you, you?” 

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John Coopey

Wed 25th Nov 2015 08:40

Indeed Daniel. Where once my interest would have been the Goblin Teasmaid now it is the Night Nurse.

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Ged the Poet

Tue 24th Nov 2015 23:40

Night Nurse and Spurs... and the way they are playing this could be the beginning of another seven year cycle!

I'd like to think that a sense of humour keeps me, me.
(Keep the audios' coming JC).

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John Coopey

Tue 24th Nov 2015 23:33

Yes, MC, Time is a puzzler too.
Harry - You are, in fact, the exception to the rule that we are all ageing.
....and, No, you can't have Harry Kane.

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Harry O'Neill

Tue 24th Nov 2015 21:53


It`s the memory bit that`s truly mystifying.

As Will said John, (that guy said everything !)

`There are more things between heaven and earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy`

The trouble is that the present `philosophy` is scient..ism (as distinct from science).

THFC?... would you be interested in selling Kane to a very deserving club?

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 24th Nov 2015 13:57

Mankind always seems to be asking more questions than
obtaining answers. The very nature of "time" continues
to intrigue us and that is probably encouraged by our
need to control/regulate it via clocks. I have a copy of
one of the American scientific magazines devoted to the
subject and it also provides more questions than
explanations. I certainly get your drift about retention
of memories if body cells are renewed as proposed. That
would be worth a paper from some bright university
bod seeking a degree!
Also - what about muscle/body breakdown and repair to
greater size via progressive weight-training and the one for one replacement/rebuild process over "time"?
My brain hurts - let alone my muscles!!

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John Coopey

Mon 23rd Nov 2015 22:07

Interesting point, MC. If the cells are never more than 7 years old why do we age?
And here's another one; how can we have memories from 40, 50, 60 years ago? Where have they been kept?

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 23rd Nov 2015 15:55

You mean you haven't got your picture up in the loft, JC?

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John Coopey

Mon 23rd Nov 2015 12:49

My hallucinatory drug these days, Graham, is Night Nurse.
THFC - Dare to Believe.

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Graham Sherwood

Mon 23rd Nov 2015 10:39

You've ben on those little pills again haven't you JC?

On a more serious note, working on the seven year renewal principle, shouldn't we have won the cup and league a bot more often??

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