More About Stupid Fronts

The onslaught of the Stupids is something like a weather system,

but is not necessarily associated with a weather system. Sometimes The Stupids are brought on by a season, as in the stupid behavior one can observe at shopping malls in December -- a veritable frenzy of stupidity brought on by mob consumerism.

Understand I'm not talking about stupid people, or people who act stupidly on a regular basis, like boys who wear their pants half pulled down and walk around slouched with their mouths hanging open, or girls who have collagen injected into their lips and wear clothing that is too tight, making them look like Daisy Duck in a sausage casing. No, I'm not speaking of them, except in passing. I'm talking about something like a spirit of stupidity that sometimes infects whole areas.

I've been places where a cloud of stupidity perpetually blots out the light of reason. Certain towns whose names I won't mention fall into that category. And there's a parking lot in Manteca where the Stupid Cloud is so thick you can just about cut a slice off with a knife. Normally sensible people drive into that parking lot and zip! the Stupids sink in and they hurtle through the aisles of cars, making pedestrians dive out of their way; they take up two parking spaces and leave shopping carts and litter everywhere; they angrily curse anyone who moves slowly or suggests that they slow down.

Nevertheless, there is some weather that stirs up the Stupids, I have to admit. High winds and very hot days seem to leave people more vulnerable to the spirit of Stupidity, so one should be extra careful at those times, moving slowly and carefully and working systematically, and drinking plenty of water.

And a special side note to Kris: I don't know if such things happen in your country or not. You should blog more about what you see around you -- I, for one, would truly enjoy hearing more about your land.

Cheers, all! It's a holiday weekend here, so aside from a possible movie review for the Press, it's unlikely that I'll write more before next Twosday.