Comments on: Heinlein's Humans

By: Lori Reed

Lori Reed — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:56:38 +0000

I grew up in FL and my grandfather would butcher gophers. Not the furry kind, the kind that lives in a shell. Not a pretty sight.

Hogs are pretty big and mean.

I would change butcher a hog to hunt or catch one’s own food and able to start a fire from flint and stone.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:45:21 +0000

I wonder if planning a defense against the zombie invasion counts as planning an invasion...let's say yes. I think I'll consider myself a Heinleinian success (he didn't say that the computer programming had to be done well or efficiently). Although I don't plan to die gallantly - I plan to die screaming with my sword still hacking at the enemy :) change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

By: Jenica

Jenica — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:37:54 +0000

My husband and one of our friends got a kick out of this, and Justin also agrees that if you can butcher a deer, you can do just about any animal. Drew has nominated me to be the one to set bones in the family. If we count the two of us as one human, we think Heinlein would be pleased with our progress.