Darwin was wrong. What sets humans apart from all other creatures is not their intelligence, but their ability to complain.
Some Examples:
Laundry: It’s touching when an old couple dies within days of one another. Not so much when they’re your washer and dryer. ~MT
“Psychiatrists tend to specialize: Some work in addiction, others with depression and anxiety. Most tend to specialize in treating people who have large cash reserves and who aren’t expecting to be cured any time in the near future.” ~morepotatoes.com
Auditions: Director: “I’m sorry, I’m looking for a different quality.” Actor: “What quality?” Director: “Talent.” ~MT
Parenting: “A Mother’s Coffee Recipe: Have kids…Make coffee…Forget you made coffee…Find coffee…Put it in the microwave…Forget you put it in the microwave…Drink it cold.” ~Source: Steve Beckham
Friends in Swimsuits: It’s embarrassing when my friends post online pictures of themselves in bikinis. And some of them are even women. ~MT
Aging: I received this message from classmates.com: “Someone remembered you as attractive.” I clicked on the link and read, “Upgrade to find out who!” and thought, “Wait, I have to pay to find out what old person thinks I’m hot?” ~MT
“The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.” ~T.S. Eliot
One final thought: Gratitude is the cure. However… “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~William Arthur Ward
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Laughing is good. Thanks!
My pleasure!
Love it! I also now know that, since I’m past 70, I’m allowed to say no 😀
Thanks for the laughs, Mitch. British humor is noticeably different unless you compare it to the slapstick of the Three Stooges. 🙂
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Good to see you try some Monty Python!,,,
Oh, Monty and I go way back, Geoff. ;>) I cut my comedy teeth on the Pythons.
I laughed when I saw the dentist office with “The Scream.” Everything here, sad to say, has merit.
Love these.
😁 that about says it!
Very entertaining read!
Thanks, Vanya!
It is true, they can often complain just about anything but the others have no complains
I love that Monty Python skit!!
Me too, Liz!
Telling the truth to someone who knows what you say is true is one thing, but telling the truth to someone who doesn’t want to know the truth is entirely another.
Very true, Danny.
—Will you stop this foolishness!
—What foolishness would you like to see?
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Excellent! 😂
Thanks, Nancy!
Ah, Mitch! It’s so true! Gratitude IS the cure! Your quotes, and Steve’s, T.S., and WAW hit the nail on the head, my friend. Many blessings, dear friend!
Likewise, dear Karla.
Good stuff, Mitch; I esp. like T.S. Eliot’s quote. 😂
Me too.
Ah, the eternal human battle—too many choices, too little wisdom. We stare at menus like great thinkers solving the mysteries of the universe, only to pick the same thing we always do. And the best part? Regret. We could have chosen better. We could have been happier. But no, we are doomed to suffer under the crushing weight of our own decisions.
Meanwhile, a computer picks a random number in 0.0001 seconds and moves on. No hesitation, no guilt, no “maybe I should have ordered the steak.” Truly, technology has surpassed us. At this point, I say we let AI choose our meals, our outfits, and maybe even our life decisions. Less thinking, more eating.
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“What set humans apart from all other creatures is not their intelligence, but their ability to complain”
I agree with this 100%.
I love the entire post
Thank you, Mimi.
That was the least of the Israelites’ grumbling in the desert
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So true! 😂