Listening for Henry

By Jim Hagarty
2011
Here’s something potentially amazing. I heard an expert on a science radio program yesterday saying that theoretically, every sound that has ever been made since the dawn of time is still out there somewhere, though obviously very faint. If we had the technical tools to do this, it would also be theoretically possible for us to capture those sounds so we could listen to William Shakespeare having a conversation with Anne Hathaway or Jesus talking to his disciples or any other sounds made in the past that we wanted to hear. I would like to hear Henry VIII fart after one of his big meals.

Author: Jim Hagarty

I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.