Once upon a time, there was a guy. Regular guy. Sandy blond hair, winning smile. Smart dresser. How he looks really holds no bearing on the story, but I know you pay extra for the details.
Anyway, the guy goes about his everyday business, and he gets sick. It is the kind of sick where he is puking his toes out. He’s hanging on the toilet, green gills, sick. The doctor says, stay home. Get better. And stay away from others, or they will get sick.
Well, he’s throwing up in the main bathroom, and that’s where the 25 other people in the house brush their teeth. I know that’s a lot for one house, but it is a big house, with all sorts of different rooms for different people. Kind of like a Dr. Seuss book. Anyway. They all demand that they be able to go in there, into that very bathroom, and brush their teeth. They go to the doctor with signs saying as much.
“Brush our teeth. Our rights or die.”
“My rights. Brush my teeth where I want. Poo on you.”
The doctor says, “Look, people. When the green guy gets better, you can go back in there and brush your teeth. But for now, and I know it is a hassle, but go into your own bathrooms, or even the kitchen sink, and brush your teeth there.”
“No!” they say. “We want OUR big main all-together bathroom, where everyone goes.”
So they all cram in there, elbow to elbow, and start brushing their teeth. Meanwhile, our regular guy is now going at both ends. It’s gross. He’s vomiting everywhere and running out the back end. Flush, flush. Brush, brush. All packed into that bathroom. Flushing, brushing.
“Hooray!” they say. “We got our way!” they say again. “We brushed our teeth and won the day.”
The next morning, twenty of the 25 people are puking. Sick as dogs. They are knocking on the doctor’s door shouting, “We somehow got sick. Ooooooooo. Blech, sick. Fix me. It’s your job to fix me…..” They stormed into the doctor’s office. They made him sick too.
The end.
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
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“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
― George Carlin
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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte
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