PLEASE IDENTIFY YOUR PLANET OF ORIGIN
The counterpart of the Ordinarian Earth is the Imaginarian Unearth. This concept has
even found its way into the popular language. 'Unearthly' is used to describe something
unpleasant or frightening and unfamiliar. Have you ever wondered when listening to
someone on television, "What on Earth does he think he's talking about?" ( If you haven't,
you don't watch television.) Of course, the answer to this question may be "Nothing on
Earth, but maybe on Unearth." The problem has become so
severe that the phrase, "Where are you coming from?" has also entered the language to
express a need for clarification of a speaker's comment -- and sensibly so. Before trying to
figure out if some assertion is or is not pure hogwash, it is important to identify the
speaker's planet of origin.