Dolphin Address 20
July 25th 2006
I slept in my van last night as close to Dusty’s hide out as I could and in the evening something very peculiar happened. I was checking for internet access by a possible wireless network and I don’t recall exactly what I did, but suddenly shreds of communications appeared on my screen which I managed to save. Apparently Dusty was in some sort of telepathic contact with her colleague ambassador Fungi in Dingle and I tried to make sense of the content of their chat.
Here’s the quintessence I reconstructed from their issue:
Hey Dusty, you’re well? How’s life treating you? Can you manage on mackerel or will you be hungry until the sprat comes home? Like to take you out so we can have a feast together.
Hiya Fungi, I’m not too bad, thank you, and yourself?
You know me, I get by fine, though it does take a lot of sand eel to put a salmon together.
Same here. Lately there’s been quite an invasion of jellyfish and they’re kind of crowding me in an emotional way. Never liked them and they rather put a fear into my visitors. Just some of them are kind of nice as they cosy up the aqua sphere with their lamp shade appearance, but enough is enough.
Yeah, know what you mean, I spin them around with my fluke to discourage their presence, but these quantities make them suicidal and even death does not disarm their nasty stings.
So do I, but they are like midgets and they keep on coming in.
But I have a more serious matter on my mind.
Okay baby, spit it out.
Well, you see, it’s these landlubbers. We’re supposed to bring joy and enlightenment, right? You used to tell me about your lot at Sladeen and how they shared you unconditionally and cheered the ones you gave a good swim. I just can’t seem to get it right. On the one hand they are aware of my being able to monitor their mind, but on the other they do not seem to realise I’m sensitive to negative thinking as well. We are supposed to show them to be sharing, even be meek, so they can inherit the earth, but I feel a lot of possessiveness and tricky behaviour to isolate me from the others, I sometimes feel like I am the source of competition and ego exposure rather than unconditional love and sharing.
Know what you mean, baby. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. I used to ignore those individuals, sometimes completely left my territory for a day or two, giving them the gift of missing me, be the enemy of their taken for granted expectations. Works like a charm. For me, but likewise for them amongst themselves, drives them into a closer knit so to speak.
Hey you fun guy, that’s genius, well worth a try. I do notice a revival of interest each time I come back from powdering my nose, but I just did not have the heart to leave them for longer.
Oh well, they’re a resilient lot, no need to pamper them, just look what they do to one another. How can they learn from their mistakes if they are not shown?
But then there are those who mean to protect me by keeping me to themselves.
Again, know what you mean, they’re a silly lot indeed. They indulge in joys themselves they mean to keep others from. It’s the hallmark of egoism. I used to ignore them. This has nothing to do with us, dolphins, it is plain disrespectful behaviour amongst themselves. All I want to say more about this is, if you can’t join them, beat them. Since I found out I can use these tourist boats to coral fish for me I’ve come to peace with my mission. They have their mystical magic and I have my meal ticket. The trick is to practically wed your need to their silly endeavour. One day you’ll get to be my age and you’ll see the wisdom to put a salmon aside for a rainy day.
Gee Fungi, thanks for great advice. Got to go now, somebody’s kitting up on the rocks.
(muttering) Never try to teach a woman to think like a man.
So much for the message. If you find it hard to believe then don’t until you practise it.
Jan Ploeg, Dolphin Address, July 25th 2006
Thanks to Jean-Pierre Rivalain and Vincent Amouroux of Mona Lisa Productions
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