The Cheez-Whiz Kids

Girls are always asking me, why is it Cheez-Whiz? Actually, guys ask me this too, but I don't pay much attention to them. When the girls ask me, I tell them, 'Just let me get my pants on.' And then I get my pants on. And then I tell them.

It all started in WWII. In WWII there was this group of youngsters, well young adults, who were in charge of determining statistical probabilities for the war. Now you might legimately raise the question with regard to Iraq - why don't they do that sort of thing these days? But you'd be missing the point, because morality is not strategical. But I'll leave that for another time.

These young adults were known as the Whiz kids.

After the war, many of the Whiz kids went to be leaders of the western world. They were business leaders, government leaders, military leaders. Robert Mcnamara, the epitomy of technocracy, was a Whiz kid.

It could be argued that these were just the sort of individuals that brought us to where we are today.

The Cheez-Whiz kids are in reference to their predecessors. They have similar potential to what their predecessors once had. They would be the heirs to the throne. They have one important difference. The Cheez-Whiz kids don't want any part of it. They have made the choice to remain nameless and faceless and menial, rather then contribute to a world that they do not want. The Cheez-Whiz kids have chosen not to care.

Through their lack of participation, the Cheez-Whiz kids will change the world.

I'm just not sure whether it will be for the better.
- posted by Sigurd4/30/2004 11:53:00 PM