Wednesday, December 11, 2024

An Obituary For Common Sense In Today’s Society

by Bob Gray Sr.

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 a simple, sound financial policy:   Don’t spend more than you can earn.
And a reliable strategy:   Adults, not children, are in charge.

His health began to deteriorate 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 Tylenol, sun lotion or a band-aid 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 Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when it became punishable for you to defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

He began to lose ground rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.

Reports of a 6 -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.
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; his wife, Discretion; his Daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by his 3 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.

by Bob Gray Sr.

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  1. There was a song back in the 1960s I believe that went something like this: They’re coming to take me away he he ho ho to the funny farm. That’s where we are at today. We are living in a funny farm called America. Lester Roloff made the comment back in the 1970s that America is an insane asylum run by the inmates. Wonder what he would think about America in our day and time!

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