If you follow any national news, it has been hard to miss the story about the boy in the balloon. A few decades ago, it was the boy in the bubble, but, times being what they are, we've elevated our news topics and now we have this strange and sad story coming from a western state. To intentionally repeat myself, this story is strange and sad on so many levels that I would not begin to presume to comment any further than to say to some of the principals in this incident, "Shame on you."
Having said that, I do see that there is one positive take-away and that is the fascinating concept of 'box-communication', which I envision to be highly useful in many situations.
Consider how this communication tool could re-charge marital relationships. Questions regarding where articles of clothing are or where some illusive container of food is hiding in the refrigerator (usually husband-to-wife inquiries) could simply be directed "to the box" until such time as the recipient of the question either cares to or has time to reflect upon the appropriate response. Conversely, if a wife-to-husband query such as "The washing machine is over-flowing. Can you come and look at it?", were to be voiced, hubby could also direct the question "to the box".
Parents of teenagers could use this technique to their advantage when teens ask to take the family vehicle out for the evening.
Politicians were really the pioneers of this method of communing with their constituents or members of the press corps. Pols have been side-stepping responses until their handlers can feed them the answers since Roman times.
Just in case readers of this blog wonder how I come up with topics................................
"Put it in the box. I'll get back to you later."
Ancora imparo
