Common Sense What's That?

Dear Readers:

Most of the time when I get something like this in my mail I just delete it. But this time it caught my eyes and here we are looking as what I call a bit of funny reality. Yes, for those hard nosed readers this may not be taken as joke. But what the hell do I care. I am just a writer passing on something that I actually can see the humor and reality of the situation in. Again I did not write it so whoever it belonged to thank you for writing such a pointed agreement to my actual thoughts.


And now the Obituary I have been waiting to read for many years now....... For some reason it took a while for anyone to notice it was dead....


Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of 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 value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn't always fair. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).

His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual 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. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit in her lap, and was 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 two cousins; My Rights and Ima Whiner. Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.