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T R U T H H Q
2. The Truth Bus
If only we could sit back and laugh at our folly! If only we could relax and enjoy each other’s stories! If only we saw truth as a conversation and a moveable feast!
I was buying my first house.
My brother remarks that I must surely own a piece of land that goes all the way down to the centre of the Earth – tapering as it goes. I point out that the centre of the Earth is molten rock, like lava. And I for one did not want lava bubbling up through the floorboards and leaving burn marks on the carpet. As far as ownership goes, a depth of soil sufficient to grow a carrot would probably be enough.
Bruv continues with my patch of the Earth continuing on upwards into the sky as an ever-widening slice of interstellar space. Depending on the large-scale structure of the universe, my piece of space might actually be infinite, or it might curve back on itself in some weird way. I point out that my new property is just a ground-floor flat. The neighbours might have
something to say if I were to claim ownership of
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