Who is this Quo? What of it? How is it relevant to me? Journalists and politicians often are seen bandying this phrase to sound erudite.
'We need to change the status quo' is the oft repeated line. To what I ask? What is the opposite of Quo?
There needs to be a statute of limitations on the use of 'Status Quo'. You see 'Status Quo' is like a statue and if we need to change it we need to define what 'Quo' should be. Hence the statute.
A quote Doris Day sang in the last century was 'Que Sera Sera' loosely translated to 'what will be will be'. Perhaps that is the answer to the question of 'Where do we go from Status Quo?'
It is also a reflection of the poor intellectual quotient of humans in general when they resort to statuses and cliches simply to fill the space with something. If things are indeed in 'Status Quo' what is the point of stating the obvious? Nothing happens to the 'Quo' so why quote it?
Our first foray into Central America. That elongated isthmus that forms the geographic boundary between two vast continents of North and South America. Specifically landing for NYE 2026 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Capital city for this region that does not have its own army, instead relying on its big bro the Estados Unidos to the north is a metropolis of approx. 500K people. Largely wilderness and with both a Pacific and Carribean/Atlantic coast the country is rich in bio diversity. In Spanish it means the rich coast so named by Columbus landing in early 16th century and being mesmerized by the local tribes sporting gold jewelry. Our stay included visiting the foothills of a large strato volcano called Arenal and enjoying the naturally heated thermal baths for a while. Lunching amidst lush forest and watching indigenous species of avian noise makers fly overhead. Toucans, some sort of pea hens, multiple song bird species completed the spectacle. Iguanas and a lonel...
Is it quotidian (what is that?) to be at a status quo? Can we invent a game called Quo Quo on the lines of kho, kho if we get bored with the so-called status? Is it a status symbol to keep out of this particular status? Many Qs and few As.
ReplyDeleteI think we have a Quorum of two to answer the Qs.
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