There's something about tongue-in-cheek advice that is lost on the printed page or flicker-free screen. We'll have heard/read facetious insights like 'Never make snow angels in a dog park' that are obviously not intended to be taken seriously but sometimes the purpose of art is to conceal art and the humor can be so dark that it's not visible from space or even closer to the point of impact.
The bluebird of Elon Musk's Twitter has been in the news for months for pretty much all the wrong reasons, but I still have an account (@waterloosunset (an homage to The Kinks' Ray Davies)) and travel across the platform not so much in search of enlightenment (too many trolls no longer under the bridge for that to happen) but for a grin and a smile from the Wendy's (https://twitter.com/Wendys) account and, more recently, the National Park Service (https://twitter.com/NatlParkService) who may, in my opinion, be trying to see how many of us actually read what they post.
I loved "If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down, even if you feel that friendship has run its course." Not just nature appreciation insights but relationship advice. A Twitter Twofer that got them mentioned on CNN. Or how about this bon mot? "Did you know that if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what's like to be attacked by an ermine?"
And one of my favorites and words to live by not just in the Great Outdoors is "To avoid crowds, visit areas that are less crowded." Indeed.
-bill kenny
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