Day after day that man climbs the hill. He is skinny looking, a bit like Ichabod Crane and he doesn’t appear to have enough sense to come in out of the rain. Nobody wanted to know him, as they all felt that he’s just a fool with his head up in the clouds. Sara was a newbie in town and she felt that the people were being cruel to him, so she walked across the grass and up the hill to meet the strange man. She introduced herself and asked the man how he was doing. He said, “My name is Boojum Snark and I feel fine.” Sara told him that she never heard the name Boojum before and then she asked him how he got that unusual name. Boojum said, “I was born under a boojum tree and boojum is actually a phenomenon in physics associated with superfluid helium.”
Sara said, “I had no idea, but out of all of the laws in physics I find superfluidity to be the best methods for understanding how black holes behave. I saw a video of helium that was cooled down to the point where it was able to do things that other fluids can’t, this superfluid liquid can flow without friction and climb up and over the sides of a dish, and remain motionless when its container is spun. Do you mind me asking you why you are always walking back and forth on the top of this hill?” Boojum said, “I saw a spot of darkness one day, which I think may have been caused by photons falling into a wormhole and leaving a tiny empty space behind, so if there is a wormhole here, I hope that I can find it. It is not very big, probably only about the size of a pin, but seeing it that one time has kept me fascinated, due to the potential that it could allow faster-than-light travel and maybe even time travel.”
Boojum grabbed a tissue to wipe his eyes as he continued, “I wish that we did not make such a mess out of this planet, but since we did and there is no reset button for us to press, we may have to start over on another planet. I want to improve space travel and I will keep trying to find a stable wormhole, as I feel it is here and I know that I am close.” Sara said, “Sometimes I feel like I want to ditch this whole universe, but what if the wormhole took me to a place that was full of dinosaurs and it gave no overt sign of containing any wine or lasagna. For now, I am happy seeing a wormhole on my desktop, as I have no desire to travel to the distant regions of the universe and make contact with alien civilizations and risk getting lost in the immensity of dark space.”
Written for Sheryl’s Daily Word Prompt – Improve, for Roger Shipp’s Daily Addictions prompt – Pin, for Mathew’s Daily Inkling prompt – I feel fine, for the Daily Spur prompt – Hope, for FOWC with Fandango – Newbie, for August Monthly Writing Prompts – That one time, for Nova’s Daily Random Word prompt – Overt, for Ragtag Community – Grass, for Sara’s Closet Full Of Notebooks Prompt 308 – Reset button, for Paula’s Three Things Challenge prompt words – Desktop Lasagna Tissue, for Sue Vincent’s August 15, 2019 Thursday Photo Prompt – Man on a hill and for Word of the Day Challenge Prompt – Wish.
Well…..that’s certainly new music to me!
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Black Hole Sun came out in 1994 and it reached number 24 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and number nine on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. Maybe it didn’t do too well in Great Briton.
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Simple…but intense! 👍
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Thanks Felicia and I was a bit all over the place with this one.
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It worked! 😉
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Wonderful 🙂 Yes a reset button would be lovely. So love this song. Thanks for your contribution
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It was my pleasure and thanks for the prompt Bushboy.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Good story, great video. Chris Cornell and Soundgarden made a lot of memorable music together. May Chris be enjoying his time on the other side of the wormhole.
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Yes that sounds much better than getting sucked into a black hole.
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Great song Jim
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I always liked this and since I could not find one about a wormhole that I liked, I went with this.
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I could live without wine or lasagna… if it worked as a reset…
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Sara’s prompt reset button got the most comments, I am glad that I found her blog.
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What a unique take on the prompt – that is a good song that you have selected. Thank you for the introduction 🙂
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Thanks Prajakta. Do you like music, because I run two different music challenges here on WordPress.
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I love this Jim ,band I learned something too 💜
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Thanks Willow, and I am happy that my post was informative.
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It certainly was 💜💜
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