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OwlSA
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0 posted 2013-10-16 07:35 PM



INSANITY IS
17 October 2013

Insanity is buying
peanut butter
in a dented
plastic
bottle,
to save its feelings from being hurt
because nobody else wanted it.

Insanity reaches danger levels
on writing
a welcome home note
to Bongani,
the car of the tenant,
in the outside room,
when he, Bongani,
had been in hospital
for five days
after a CV-joint transplant,
and Vuyo, his daddy,
had been on day shift
and unable to bring him home.  

Owl

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latearrival
Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499
Florida
1 posted 2013-10-17 12:14 PM


You my love are much too tender hearted but it is what makes you who you are. love jo
OwlSA
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2 posted 2013-10-17 03:19 AM


Giggles and smiles and thanks, Martyjo.  

I once tried sanity for half an hour, but the effort drove me insane for good, to the point, that I don’t truly trust the sane, lol!  

Besides, (reasonably controlled) insanity is so much more fun . . . more painful yes, but pain is just a challenge to be overcome, says she whose inexplicable health does not give her the right to presume that about physical pain.  And there I go again, with my insane and inane ramblings . . .

Owl

Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
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3 posted 2013-10-24 03:07 PM


A fair assessment of the state, but I like Einstein's definition: Insanity is doing the exact same thing over and over, expecting different results.
katahdin
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4 posted 2013-10-24 09:17 PM


Sanity is overated, we all need a little insanity to keep us sane. LOL, enjoyed!
Kat >^..^<

OwlSA
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5 posted 2013-10-25 01:55 AM


Giggles, Kitty-cat, agreed!  Thank you for your reply.

Owl

      
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OwlSA
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6 posted 2013-11-03 12:49 PM


Thank you for your reply, John.  What Einstein missed, though, (and I am thinking mainly from a database developer's point of view) is that sometimes doing the same thing over and looking for different causes is useful and does provide different results.

Owl

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