common sense :- don't open if you haven't got any

An Obituary printed in The Times - not a joke and makes you thinkā€¦

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 theworm; 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 can earn) and reliable 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 6-year-old boy
charged with s*xual harassment for kissing a classmate; 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 that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental
consent to administer sun lotion or an Aspirin to a student; but could
not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the 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 should you do so the burglar would sue you for
assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, 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, by
his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim?

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


thumbs up from me teddybear peace not written by me i am not that brainylaugh
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Do people only knew he was there ? ? ?


A nice one and so right !!!

thumbs up from me too
Sadly , the only common sense left these days, are with people like the one who wrote this. Very good.
Oh very good!

In my younger artistic days I had a run of giant papier mache birds, horrible looking creatures, called "MerryWanna Birds" and they too mourned the passing of their Great Leader known as "Reason" - Reason left this earth when a new breed of being began to be prolific and left no space for Reason to live ....these new beings were called "Politicians" and they made all sorts of weird new laws. So the MerryWanna Birds gave up talking, and just sat on their perches and watched the world go by.......cool
thumbs up excellent blog, well written, whoever you are and thanks for sharing Brainwavegirl.wine
This is brilliant,can we all learn something from it,please.Mary.
the virus that killed common sense has spred right throughout the world, we have it in big doses here in ozz to.
very good blog. applause applause applause applause cheering cheering cheering cheering cheering cheering yay yay yay
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