Insanity is Relative
by Steve West on March 5, 2013

Recent conversation with Brenda.
Me: You know those signs that say 'Keep Off the Grass'?
Brenda: Of course.
Me: I wonder if they have those at drug rehab places or if they just feel that it's redundant.
Brenda: I think you need one of those signs.
Me: I actually had a poster in my bedroom as a teenager that said 'Good Buds Stick Together'. Lord knows why my parents put up with that. Maybe they didn't get it. When I started college I switched to 'Coffee. If You're Not Shaking, You Need Another Cup'.
Brenda: I had a poster of Leif Garrett.
Me: And you think I'm mentally impaired?
Web Junkie
Steve West scours the Web searching for interest or absurdity and then shakes his head ruefully when he finds it. Read more »

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