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And The

Weirdness

ConTinues…

Episode Three

in ‘The Weird World Chronicles’

by Mike John

There is nothing like a sustained period of I have always been, now there is an underlying
weirdness to bring out the true nature of people! current of perplexity twinned with disbelief. And
there are more and more frequent occasions
Let’s face it, there are those that rise to the
when I tilt my head slightly to one side, frown
challenges of a situation, and there are those
and then, after a short period of contemplation
that will take advantage of a situation.
regarding whatever it is I’m reading/seeing/
I don’t know if it’s a symptom of getting old……. hearing, say things like “Really?” and “Are you
or should I say getting older……or if it’s down sure?” or “That can’t possibly be right!” or, to
to this weird world we find ourselves in, but quote another balding, grumpy old man, “I don’t
my tolerance levels have dropped in direct believe it!”
proportion, one could even say in parallel, to my
Ever since I was young (yeah, yeah, I’ve heard
patience levels! That point at which there’s a
all the jokes already) I’ve had an unwavering
little snapping noise in my brain has moved a lot
belief in human nature, and that goodness
further away from the cerebral lobe that controls
would always prevail. I subscribed to the “Give
the handshake, to a lot nearer the one that
Everyone A Break” association, the “Everyone
induces a head-butt.
Deserves A Second Chance” school of thought,
And while I’m still outwardly the same old easy- and the “Surely He Must Have At Least One
going, difficult-to-rattle, let-sleeping-dogs-lie, Redeeming Factor” brigade.
cheerful (some might say irritating) sort of chap
But my unwavering belief has wavered of late.

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