[Jewelry making - Article 01477] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!

[Benjamin Mark]

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    I have two films that are my all time favorites. 1-The Day The Earth
    Stood Still (with Michael Rennie)... and... 2-The Third Man (with
    Orson Welles). Now... I am sure this interests no one. However... I
    have a point to make... so bear along. We are talking about film
    number 1 only as it relates to the title of this Tidbits. And
    alternate title could easily and more accurately have been: A Gold
    and Jade Burial Suit. 

    It's the time of the Western Han Dynasty. We've just trekked into the
    Western Han tomb in Mancheng, Hebei Province. This is the final
    resting place of Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of the State of Zhongshan. We
    find some gold needles and gold thread... and two jade and gold
    suits... one for the prince... one for his wife. The jades are linked
    together with the gold threads. The suits weigh 1800 grams.
    Parenthetically... the state treasury at that time contained 400,000
    Jin of gold. Alas... I don't know if a Jin is a unit of weight or of
    money. Is it an ounce... is it a shekel? Is there no end to the
    mysteries of life? Still... a gold and jade suit. Ye gads man...
    we're talking conspicuous consumption here. 

    And now to Gort. Gort was a robot. Klaatu was his master... and the
    command of the title was a directive to Gort not to destroy the
    earth. And the reason for this oblique connection? Well... as it
    happens ... at least as I see it... these gold and jade suits
    engulfing the bodies of prince and princess bear a striking
    resemblance to Gort. Go take a look... for those of you old enough to
    not only remember this film... but also memory-capable enough to
    remember seeing it. And tell me if you don't agree that these gold
    encased bodies look very much like Gort. 

    As to thems out there who might say... yeah... gold and jade... jade
    and gold... but they're suits... not jewelry. To you I say...
    yeah... gold and jade... jade and gold... and they're suits... and
    they look like Gort... so isn't that justification enough? Yes? No? 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Current Tidbits... and then click on it in order to view a gold and
    jade suit encasing a body and hailing back to the Western Han
    Dynasty. 

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com
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