Don't Ask, Just Keep Crawling

"Papa, where are we crawling?"
"Don't ask. Just jeep crawling."

BTB is saddened to learn of the death of Polish writer Sławomir Mrożek. Mrożek wrote plays and novels, short stories, and cartoons that appeared for many years in the weekly Przekrój. In 1963, he and his wife defected, living in Italy, France, and then for many years on a ranch in Mexico. His works were obliquely and sometimes pointedly satirical of the prevailing regimes in Poland--and of humankind generally. He returned to Krakow in 1996 before moving to France in 2008. He died August 15, in Nice.

"The Elevator," one of his short stories, appeared on BTB here. And a favorite cartoon was included in "River in the Sky," the BTB's proposal for flooding the BQE for Chinese dragon-boat racing (still a good idea).

Another favorite Mrożek cartoon: 

"And now, ladies and gentleman, in our continuing series, 'A Fair Chance for All'..."