As I was sitting in the dark talking to myself, I heard the phrase “Doesn’t matter any more than a hill of beans”. Now I have beans in my terminology as worthless. In many cases it would be worthless. What would you do with a hill of beans? For most of us city boys, who get our beans out of a can, that is a very perplexing problem.
However, as we face uncertain times, the government seems to be moving against farmers and requiring people to register their chickens, a hill of beans might actually take on great value. Picture of the starving masses closing in on your backyard where there is a hill of beans. Of course if they don’t know they need to be soaked overnight they might still go hungry, but the potential is there.
So keep in mind, although your opinion might not matter anymore than a hill of beans, there might be someone out there, whose mind is hungry enough to actually consider what you offer. The offer might mean the difference between survival and slavery.
homo unius libri
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As a very old woman who "piddles" with vegetable gardening, it occurs to me that the "hill of beans" means only one bean plant. You only get a few beans from one plant. You need a large plot of bean plants to harvest a useful amount of beans. Changes how one looks at the quotation. Blessings, Julia
ReplyDeleteAs an almost very old man who has never had any luck with gardening, I find that an interesting insight. Feel free to keep me on track as I explore the world I would give anything to understand, except the time and effort.
ReplyDeleteGrace and peace