?You are old father William.? the young man said,
?And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head?
Do you think at your age, it is right??
?In my youth,? Father William replied to his son,
?I feared I might injure the brain;
But, now that I?m perfectly sure I have none,
Why I do it again and again.”
(two more stanzas)
?I have answered three questions, and that is enough,?
Said his father, ?don?t give yourself airs!?
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off or I?ll kick you downstairs!?
(Nonsense verse by Lewis Carroll)
Lewis Carroll was a mathematician and logician, author of Alice in Wonderland, Alice through the Looking Glass and numerous poems of ?nonsense verse?. A brilliant mind who conveyed hard truths through so called ?nonsense?. In this age of utter nonsense we are living in, his insights could be very helpful!