Trying to understand

When I was small, there was no way anyone could have dreamed of such a thing let alone do it.  Of course they were all pretty much cut from the same bolt.  Individuality was pretty rare.  I don't mean that you could't tell 'em apart.  They all looked different, but once they started talking you knew.  If there had ever been a creative thought in one of those round heads it had been stomped to death the instant it saw the light of day.

That was why I got out of there as soon as I could.  My head was shaped the same but man oh man what was in it sure didn't fit the neighborhood.  I don't mean that my thoughts are dangerous or anything, I just see things different.  Like it puzzles me that people tell me that I should obey the law but you can buy those radar detectors which are designed, built and sold expressly for the purpose of helping you to break the law by exceeding the speed limit.   Go figure.  If I ever asked anyone about that they would look at me like I was crazy.  So I learned to keep my mouth shut.  Which created kind of a problem because when you're not talking you hear more and darned if the more you hear the more doesn't make any sense.

-- I don't remember where this came from. The file it came from was created in 1997.

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