Peace. Tranquility. Insanity.

Past Imperfect – #488

Henry, middle: “Our plan to steal the body of Walt Whitman has failed?”

Bela, right: “The Barbershop Quartet Selection Committee turned us down because we don’t have enough members?”

Boris: “Oh, I wasn’t aware that we were still working on either of those things. Maybe I shouldn’t drink so much before coming to our meetings. No, I’m sorry to say that I was unable to convince Madame Gruntlick to fund our efforts to build a wall between Dallas and Fort Worth.”

Henry: “But doesn’t she realize that we have to keep the races separated or it will be harder for us to scapegoat others for our own failures?”

Bela: “She must be one of them liberals who don’t understand that the Second Amendment in our country’s Constitution gives us the right to bear harms.”

Boris: “Well, I haven’t actually ever read that thing, but if you say it’s true, I completely believe you without fact-checking anything.”

Henry: “Who needs facts when we have unfounded opinions?”

Bela: “Let’s make America grave again!”

Unopened scholarly text on the table behind them: “This crap is only going to get worse when somebody invents the internet.”

Originally published in “Crusty Pie” on 01/13/17. No changes made. I was too busy contemplating the fact that this might be the scariest movie that Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi ever made…

But don’t we have an obligation to get as close as we can to the truth? I say this with a surfeit of universal wisdom, as I sit here and munch on delicious street tacos from Ojeda’s and drink more beer than one really should… 😉

If either of you make it to Phoenix, you simply MUST visit the Taco Guild (http://tacoguild.com/). It’s in a converted old church, the bar is at the front where the altar would have been. Hit them during their happy hour and much wisdom will come to you. 🍺 🌮

It’s truly a horror show, and none of us decent people should keep quiet about it. (Side note: I’m getting a message when I try to visit your site, saying that it is now private. Thought I should mention it. It’s very possible that you’re taking a hiatus for the moment, which I truly understand…)