That wasn't cussing.

by Carsto - 2/10/12 10:05 AM

In Reply to: Actually, I do care but it has two sides. by Carsto

Seems my spelling got me censored. The story goes there was a small Dutch boy who in late evening discovered a very small leak in a ****. Knowing the danger of small ones becoming big ones, he put his finger in the hole to stop the leak, never thinking of consequences to himself. Remembering correctly (?) his worried parents found him and he became a hero.

I stopped my own comment, yet reading some mails further down, discovered I was right. It's amazing how the ease of our lives and the terrible pressures at work will lead us to prevaricate. Had a boss once who said; "If I don't know you, you are OK. If I do, fear, I 've heard too many explanations already".

I call it the South African syndrome. You complain how bad the country is now, but you do nothing to change that, nor do you leave. In psychology it is called regression. A mouse sits on a slightly uncomfortable low current mesh. Every single time he goes for the hole the threshold zaps him with lightning. Guess what he does?