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 simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting 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 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.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student but could not inform the 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 you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise 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 three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To
Blame and I'm A Victim. Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not join the majority and do nothing.

I guess I lost commonsense when I started collecting beaten up, rusting, old hulks of metal.

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What about the guy in the USA Bought a motor home put in on crusie control and went down the back to make a coffee, the van crashed, he sued the makers for not telling him or having it in it hand book that it was not an auto pilot!

Not only did he get a new motor home he also got a huge payout.

Commonsense is dead
we all will pay for the death of commonsense

How true.

It can all be blamed on psychiatry, psychology, sociology and political correctness.

I interpret "I have my rights." as "UP YOURS!"

"Someone else is to blame." as "It's my fault."

"I'm a victim." as "I'm a weakling."

So true, and so sad!

There is an old saying, "there's nothing common about sense."

BTW Sten, you'll be relieved to know the church I work in is not a business.

Didn't doubt it for a moment mate!

"Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student but could not inform the 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;"


sounds a bit like right to life sesationalist crap propaganda to me

[ Edited on 19-1-2006 by MrDude ]

[ Edited on 19-1-2006 by MrDude ]

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back in 92 we had to recall all the blenders that Phillips made, and have the instruction booklets re written after a lady sued and won for loosing two fingers after sticking her hand in the blender to help push the food down off the sides. the instruction booklet didnt advised whether she could or couldnt.
of course we all know she didnt bother to refer to the instructions in the first place... that job was handed to her lawyer.

MrDude.. Please! whatever you do...

DO NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION!!!!!

Some people are so damn stupid!!

I noticed when I worked in a shop, that more and more kids nowadays don't have any commonsense. Everything is done for them. I guess part of the reason could be that as children they weren't allowed to play outside, to explore and learn things.

When my sister and I were growing up we didn't watch tv at all (well, except for Saturday morning cartoons :P). We were outside from morning until night climbing trees and pretending they were spaceships, etc. We learned that if you climbed a tree and fell, it hurts and there is no-one to blame but yourself. If we were running along a footpath and part of it was raised and we tripped, it was our own silly fault because we didn't look where we were running.... none of this 'sueing a council because the corner of a footpath was cracked off'!!

I think people need to take responsibility for their actions, instead of pushing the blame.

That one about the guy with the motorhome cracked me up when I first heard about it. So stupid!!!!!!!

Bugger sten i was really looking foward to Mr dude's answer ,could have made a very interesting topic:beer:beer:beer

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So many PPL have the same opinion, what are we going to do about it ?
Rob...

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Hahahaha..
Good to see one's sense of humour is not dead..
BTW here's a new smilie for ya'

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Originally posted by DOUBLECAB Quote: Originally posted by Robo I have no probs waking up to the 'smell of napalm' in the morning. Guess I'll just be a thorn in their sides when I ask questions that take them outside of their preconditioned comfort zones. Why do you wake up in the morning? What is the 'smell of napalm' ? Why would you be a thorn in someones side? Why do you ask questions? Actually scrap that one, you have answered that before many times. What is a preconditioned comfort zone? Why do you use :alien so often?

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Another thread bites the dust.:puke

R.I.P

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Love these smilies!! I'm getting the hang of it now..



[ Edited on 20-1-06 by StenGuns ]