MOUSE
03-20-2003, 07:17 AM
Today we mourn the passing of an old friend by the name of “common sense”.
Common sense lived a long life but died in the United States from heart failure just after the new millennium. No one really knows how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He selflessly devoted his life to service in schools, hospitals, homes and factories, helping folks get jobs done without fanfare and foolishness. For decades, petty rules, silly laws and frivolous lawsuits held no power over common sense.
He was credited with cultivating such valued lessons as to know when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, and life isn’t always fair.
Common sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adults are in charge not the children), and its okay to come in second.
In recent decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of well-intentioned regulations. His health rapidly deteriorated when schools endlessly implemented zero-tolerance policies, such as a six year old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, a teen suspended for taking a swig of mouthwash after lunch and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student.
His strength declined even when schools had to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student, but could not inform the parents when a female student was pregnant or wanted an abortion.
Common sense lost his will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than the victims.
Finally, when a woman too foolish to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, was awarded a huge settlement, common sense threw in the towel.
As the end neared, common sense drifted in and out of logic, but was kept informed of developments regarding questionable regulations, such as those for rocking chairs and stepladders.
Common sense was preceded in death by his parents, truth and trust; his wife, discretion; his daughter, responsibility; and his son, reason. He is survived by a stepbrother, my rights; and s stepsister, ima whiner.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
(author unknown)
Common sense lived a long life but died in the United States from heart failure just after the new millennium. No one really knows how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He selflessly devoted his life to service in schools, hospitals, homes and factories, helping folks get jobs done without fanfare and foolishness. For decades, petty rules, silly laws and frivolous lawsuits held no power over common sense.
He was credited with cultivating such valued lessons as to know when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, and life isn’t always fair.
Common sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adults are in charge not the children), and its okay to come in second.
In recent decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of well-intentioned regulations. His health rapidly deteriorated when schools endlessly implemented zero-tolerance policies, such as a six year old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, a teen suspended for taking a swig of mouthwash after lunch and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student.
His strength declined even when schools had to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student, but could not inform the parents when a female student was pregnant or wanted an abortion.
Common sense lost his will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than the victims.
Finally, when a woman too foolish to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, was awarded a huge settlement, common sense threw in the towel.
As the end neared, common sense drifted in and out of logic, but was kept informed of developments regarding questionable regulations, such as those for rocking chairs and stepladders.
Common sense was preceded in death by his parents, truth and trust; his wife, discretion; his daughter, responsibility; and his son, reason. He is survived by a stepbrother, my rights; and s stepsister, ima whiner.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
(author unknown)