It would be safe to say, that most of us have had a run in with an idiot today. I am not talking about the simple, the unaware or the less than educated folks. I’m talking about pure and simple idiots. There is no other word for them. These are the people who think the world revolves around them and what they want or think is all that matters.
My wife says that some people who write blogs are idiots but what does she know? This is exactly the reason why I never let her edit my material.
There is always one idiot at where we work. They usually hang around everyone’s desk but theirs. They are the ones who are always claiming to be the best at what they do, the only problem is, no one knows what they do. Sometimes our bosses are the idiots. When this is the case, your best bet is to either put up with it or move on with the comforting thought that God ( For any atheist people please insert the power, force, non entity, Karma or serial killer’s name here) will eventually get even with them.
25% of those driving on this nation’s roads are idiots. They consist of macho male types who’s testosterone levels are so high that they feel the need to hang artificial bull testicles from their truck’s trailer. Then there are those individuals who insist on texting, videoing, watching or posting on Faceplace from their electronic devices while driving. I was once driving south on Hwy 101 going out of San Francisco when I was passed by a young lady who was driving with her knees while talking on her cellphone and applying makeup in the mirror while going 75 mph. These are the type of people who specialize in making turns without looking, parking in two spaces in the parking lot, holding up traffic at the light because they are not paying attention or passing you on the double yellow line and honking as they go by to let you know you are driving too slow. (That last point is the reason this post is happening, it happened last week, if I had a my bazooka I would have blown his plastic “bull things” off!)
Many occupations seem to make being an idiot part of the profession. One of them is the legal field. Not my attorney mind you. He is a charming sensitive soul with a heart of gold who also reads these posts. It’s those other attorneys I’m talking about. You know the ones. They are suing companies like McDonald’s because they served “hot” coffee and that evil corporation had the audacity not to know that there might be someone dumb enough to spill it on themselves in the drive through! These are the same attorneys who would sue the “Big and Tall” men’s clothing store on behalf of some irritated vertically challenged guy thinks it’s unfair to have to “big and tall” to shop there. These guys also drive lifted trucks with plastic bull testicles.
Politics are full of idiots. Watch the news. They prove it themselves. In politics common sense is highly frowned upon. That reminds me of a joke; Three surgeons are at a medical conference and during a break started discussing which tradesmen they prefer to operate on. The first one says that he likes electricians because when you open them up all the parts are color coded. The second one says he likes draftsmen because when you open them up there is a detailed schematic on the inside you can follow. The third one say he likes politicians because they only have two working parts, their mouths and their hind ends and both those parts are interchangeable!
The news media is another of those idiot friendly professions. Don’t you just love it when a serious faced reporter breathlessly tells you that homeless people are actually living in tents down by the river! OMG!!!! When there is a slow news day you will see an urgent update or new information about an event from last week. “The President just commented on last weeks accusation from the Congress that he hates gay gorillas! The President has tweeted “You mean Gorillas can be gay?” OMG!!!!
Sometimes idiots might be in your family. There is that irritating, know it all sibling who puts the pompous in “pompous ass”. That cousin who is doing way better than you are and doesn’t hesitate to let you and everyone else know it. That nephew who thinks he is God’s gift to women but can’t seem to keep one. And let’s not leave out the subject of our children. For some reason they think we parents are all delusional at best or, at worst, desperately in need of more medication. What do they think we are? Idiots?