Quote by Les Dawson

I was sat at the bottom of the garden a week ago, smoking a reflective cheroot, thinking about this and that - mostly that, and I just happened to glance at the night sky and I marvelled at the millions of stars glistening like pieces of quicksilver thrown carelessly onto black velvet. In awe I watched the waxen moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an amber chariot towards the void of infinite space wherein the tethered bolts of Jupiter and Mars hang forever in their orbital majesty; and as I looked at all this, I thought, 'I must put a roof on this lavatory.'

I was sat at the bottom of the garden a week ago, smoking a

Summary

This quote humorously highlights the contrast between the narrator's deep contemplation of the universe's grandeur and the mundane task of putting a roof on a lavatory. It emphasizes the absurdity of human concerns when faced with the vastness of the cosmos, highlighting the inherent triviality of certain aspects of life.

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By Les Dawson

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