Common Sense

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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 had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children

 

He 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.

This was printed in a newspaper in britan I feel it is my duty to share this with others that live across the pond ect....

I receive this through chainmail however but just in case some of you have not you get the idea.

Can't remember exactly when, but I think I saw this in the Daily Mail at least a couple of years ago. Jazz.

  On 2/22/2010 at 1:23 AM, Craig Anderson said:

I receive this through chainmail however but just in case some of you have not you get the idea.

Posting this on a forum is cheating, you still have to forward it to 10 of your friends or your crush will stop liking you and you will get hit by a bus or something... cheater.

i thought he was just called common now

I think it's pretty silly to think people didn't use to do even more stupid things in the past. Every time I look at a history book I see a lot of "lack in common sense".

fuckin assholes

thought common died.

  On 2/22/2010 at 2:00 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

fuck, i thought common had died.

fuck yall

what the fuck man, i just spent the last five minutes shitting myself, trying to google "is common dead" while my entire body shook from panic and angst I THINK I JUST HAD A GODDAMN PANIC ATTACK WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, WHY WOULD YOU JOKE ABOUT THIS???

i don't think you panicked that much.

i didn't but i pretended i did.

I did and I dont even know who he is.

A boring guidance counsellor rapper isn't dead, though his credibility died of self-inflicted injuries in 2008:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOC0VVIpdF8

Also some chrizzo doesn't like the way the world is today and wrote a chain email about it. Probably in about 1998.

NEWS NOT FOUND

the only lack of common sense here is me posting in this thread

Common Sense died when the tower of babel fell, and for good reason.

you ever seen your mum talking to a chinaman? in broad daylight?

  On 2/22/2010 at 1:41 AM, takeshi said:

So a tabloid newspaper posted this in reference to the stupid bullshit stories that it itself posts all the time, ignorant to the fact that if it didn't make such a big fucking deal about these one off incidents maybe people would be less inclined to act like the cunts they read about in the paper...

Am I getting this straight? I know what I'm talking about.

you couldn't make it up.

Have they blamed Gordon Brown for the death of common sense yet? At least for Diana's death surely...

If it's from the Mail it's probably about those damn coloureds.

  On 2/23/2010 at 12:45 PM, Dan C said:

If it's from the Mail it's probably about those damn coloureds.

You mean the fucking immigrants are taking our common sense too!?

it died a while ago with Thomas Paine

They took errrr common sense!