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This reminded me about the following:
Today we mourn the passing of our beloved old friend, Mrs. Common Sense.
Mrs. Sense had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old she was since her birth records were long ago lost in Bureaucratic Red Tape. She will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm and that life isn´t always fair.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don´t spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge). Her health began to rapidly deteriorate 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 her condition. Mrs. Sense declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student; but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death by her parents, Truth and Trust, her husband, Discretion, her daughter, Responsibility, and her son, Reason. She is survived by two stepbrothers, My Rights and Ima Whiner. Not many attended her funeral because so few realized she was gone.
If you still remember her, pass this on; if not, join the majority and do nothing.
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And the ones who know it is in Europe say that Denmark is the capital of Amsterdam?