People say such stupid things in
hope that you will play along to look equally stupid. I, on the other hand, am much too smart for
all those games.
For example, one Christmas
season, a neighbor sat on her porch and watched me decorate my house. Miles of lights, candy canes, garland, and
reindeer, adorned my property, along with a tasteful Santa.
All-the-while, this woman, who
considers placing one electric candle in a window decorating, had the nerve to
mosey over and attempt to explain where I went wrong by beginning with the
words, “Sometimes less is more.”
There is no such thing as less is
more, just as there are no examples where fewer Christmas lights are better
than more. Less money is not better than
more. Amen.
Another stupid phrase is “I love
you, but I don’t like you.”
Such words can only escape the
mouth of an idiot. Try explaining why
you “love prime rib, but don’t like it.”
The logic doesn’t follow.
Then there are the words to make
idle conversation such as, “Is it hot enough for you?”
People enjoy saying that when
they see you perspiring to the point your sweat runs down the small of your
back and hits the waistband where it is summarily soaked up by the shorts and
underwear. I suppose it is an ice-breaker,
still it is not funny. It is stupid.
Another string of words that
usually grate my nerves is, “Have a good one.”
Not being sure as to what these gleeful folks are referring, I usually
thank them but think I do have a good one, just not a very large one. Perhaps they are talking about my home or car
retirement check.
Now we examine all those
self-righteous dopes in the environmental movement. They are quick and loud to tell you that you
need to conserve resources such as fuel and water. Unfortunately, those dolts are also quick to
jump on an airplane, or into a car, to travel a protest, using copious amounts
of fuel and water enroute. That’s
hypocritical and stupid.
Television weather folks enjoy
carping about the lack of rain during long dry periods. Each day they ask rhetorical questions about
when relief from the current drought will occur. But, the second it starts raining, their
query is, “When will it finally end?”
That’s plain stupid.
Giving unemployed people
seemingly endless benefits in the form of money and food debit cards is equally
stupid. We all fall on bad times but,
those times should be motivation to restart your goals and life, and strive to
do better. Short-term help is usually a
necessity; long-term bennies are often a curse.
Anything you subsidize, you will get more of. Paying someone not to work will usually
succeed.
Motorcycles are fun and
economical, and seem to be nearly everywhere.
Cars are more prevalent and larger and sturdier and safer but, car
passengers are forced to wear seatbelts because the guvment wants to keep you
safe. If you fail to wear a seatbelt,
you will be summarily fined and, in some states, given points on your driver’s
license.
On the other hand, if you ride a
motorcycle in many states, you do not need to wear a helmet. This stupid move assumes riding a motorcycle
assumes the scooter is safer or guvment officials don’t care about your
safety. In any case, no one should pity
bikers with severe head injuries, or those who met a worse fate because they
didn’t wear a protective device.
There are tons of examples of
stupid to cite – too many for this space.
Just look around and recognize what doesn’t make sense. And refuse to be sucked into the game of
stupid.
