UN – Exterior postcard

There you can see the UN, the streets that border it and the East River.

I was thinking the other day, if an UFO plopped down in front of you and some strange creatures climbed out and demand for you to take them to your leader – who would you carry them to?

The head prime minister of the United Nations?

Or maybe you think you should take them to the United States leader – which would be the CEO of any of the largest companies that are in the league of the top ten.

But first, maybe you should ask the aliens if they want to see an elected leader? If they buzz and whistle among themselves, then turn to you and say the elected leader, you probably should carry them to President George Bush.

Then Bush can carry them to Dick Chaney, after all, we must follow the chain of command protocol.

♥ NYC

Think back to the last postcard I had on here yesterday. This blue Stain-Glass. This is the back side.

We sent this card to ourselves.

The postmark, the stamp, or our card addressed to ourselves is the story here. The story is in my memory.

We were standing in line at the UN Post Office waiting to buy this stamp. There were about two or three people ahead of us. It was a one-window operation. The lady being waiting on was going through the available stamps picking out the ones she wanted. It was timely for us, but who cares?

Suddenly I heard a man, in front of us, with a Brooklyn accent, say, “Jesus Christ, you gonna take all day lady?”

We were shocked. In the south we only heard that kind of sentence if they were joking. This was no joke.

The window clerk did not pay the man any mind but the lady did. She got all sputtering and nervous. He repeated his rude remark.

She left, glancing at the rude man in quick looks as she walked by him.

Well, I doubt if the lady left to go buy a I ♥ NYC tee-shirt.

UN Stained-Glass Memorial by Cargall

Here is a stained-glass window in the United Nations. It is by Marc Chagall. I remember seeing it when we visited there in the early 70s. We were so impressed with it we bought a postcard of it.

See all the little human-like figures floating around, some with hind legs of four legged mammals? And a nun-like figure in deep thought>

I think I know what it all means. No, I don’t think it means “World Peace and Brotherhood”

See the angels?

It can only mean one thing: “World Domination Through Religion.”

UN General Assembly postcard

This is the room where all the important decisions are made for the world at large. Also it is great room for thrillers. If you look closely you might can see Nicole Kidman in one of the little windows up high with an earphone and a microphone, translating whatever the word for “coffee with cream but no sugar” for the Ookabollakonga Prime Minister-elected-for-life-and-challengers-will-be-shot.

And what a beautiful picture on the upper right wall. I wonder what it means? Wait! I bet it means “World Peace Through Understanding”,

United Nations Tapestry postcard

This was in the United Nations when we visited in the early 1970s. It is (was at that time) the largest tapestry ever woven. It was a gift from Belgium.

Notice the warriors. Notice the men pulling up trees, or using them for walking sticks, or something. Look at the scantily clad woman releasing doves. Noticed the woman running from something. Look at the man and woman reclining, with not much on except sheets, and the woman is holding a mirror.

I give up, what does it all mean?

Wait! Let me just take a wild guess: I bet it means World Peace and Brotherhood and Sisterhood Among All Men and Women.