“When I was a kid, my grandmother had this giant spool of thread, and we were going to string it out of her window real far, you know, and then let go and put a note on the end. Now I'm stuck with a spool of string I could never use up.”
— Steven Wright
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Simplified Meaning:
When the speaker was young, they had a fun idea with their grandmother to unroll a big spool of thread from an upstairs window and attach a note to the end. They were excited about this simple but imaginative game. However, they never actually did it, and now they are left with this large spool of thread that seems impossible to finish. This story is a metaphor for how we often have big dreams or plans that we never follow through with, and those unfinished plans stay with us. It's a reminder to take action on our ideas and not let them sit unused. For example, if you always dream about traveling to a new place or starting a new hobby, it's important to take the first step and make it happen, rather than just thinking about it.
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