[Lumpy]

This is one of those things that was sent to me via e-mail from a co-worker. But it seems so applicable to those of us making preps -- so even if it seems a little corny, I thought I'd share it.

My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by until today I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of silence in remembrance. For Common Sense had served us all so well for so many generations.


Obituary for Common Sense

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in
bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, "life isn't always fair", and "maybe it WAS my fault".

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a class mate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense began to lose the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live entirely, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

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 three stepbrothers: I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm a Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.



Lumpy

[roccman]

Common Sense Renewed - Robert Christian 1986

[Novus]

If common sense were still alive he would tell you that obituary is about 30 years too late. Common Sense has been dead for a very long time to the point the youngest generation grew up never even knowing him.

[Lumpy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'I')f common sense were still alive he would tell you that obituary is about 30 years too late. Common Sense has been dead for a very long time to the point the youngest generation grew up never even knowing him.

[Novus]

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')And, nature abhoring a vacuum, it was replaced by Attitude of Entitlement.

Lumpy

[Lumpy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lumpy', '
')And, nature abhoring a vacuum, it was replaced by Attitude of Entitlement.

Lumpy

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lumpy', '
')
Hmmmm - that's sounds right. So what would you say replaced Common Sense?

Lumpy

[FourOfSwords]

Well said Lumpy, and painfully true. We might add Honor and Virtue to this sad list.
'He is survived by three stepbrothers: I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm a Victim'....that would be inbred stepbrothers by my reckoning.
Alex

[yull]

There was never any common sense to die, apart from that held by a few.

[emersonbiggins]

For a second, I thought this was another George Carlin thread.

Hmmm...