Elton John sang “Sorry seems to be the hardest word”. I would say that it runs in tandem with Thank You seems to be the most underrated word.
Thank you are merely two monosyllabic words and it would spring from the kindred words, Love You. That goes to prove what any psychologist would attest to – that every human action or reaction is associated.
It’s just plain and simple – Thank You. I’d understand if it is omitted because it’s SUPERCALIFRAGLISTICEXPIELIDOCIOUS for thank you.
We have reached a sorry stage. Man has to return basics. Basics in this instance would be to learn from the animals. You know like how a dog wags his tail after being given a bone. Or like how my pet rabbits lick my hand or my foot when given food. It’s such a basic gesture in the animal kingdom.
Now, consider how this comes across when a Blogger is able to write like there is no tomorrow, Post after Post, and elsewhere Comment after Comment, but this simple expression, Thank You is not within the Blogger’s vocabulary.
Okay, I will have to accept it is beyond the Blogger’s natural ability to wag his tail or to lick my hand or foot. It would be nice though if the tail wagged the dog to remind that if not for gratitude at the least, gentlemanly decorum should prevail. Even boxers handshake before they punch and bloody each other silly.
And after all, he is not an animal but a person of considerable education.
But then again, the Blogger has no tail. Definitely an undeniable specimen of Darwin’s theory for the Evolution of Man. But even so, one would expect the Ape to raise his eyebrows and scratch his underarms as an Ape would when displaying surprise and pleasure. Alas! the Ape can only do that when given peanuts.
I speak of one who is neither human nor animal. Just a zombie floating around in Blogosphere pretending to be what he is not.
