Pet Peeves and Provocative Personalities

Pet Peeves

Pet peeves can gather momentum in a hurry as each panelist tries to outdo the others. One may begin by pointing out Patrick Henry’s famous line, “Give me liberty or give me death,” and observe that today it’s been shortened to just “Gimme.” This one simple observation can start an avalanche. Discussions can extend to government gimmicks for sharing the wealth, and go all the way down to the courthouse handouts embracing even the impatient panhandler who begged for five dollars so he could put all his begs in one basket.

Provocative Personalities

The difference between an idealist and a realist gives provocative thought to a panel. Participants sometimes tend to over-simplify, and this over-simplification can backfire as it did for Cathy Simm, a wee belle of the Bel Air district. She was reprimanded by her Daddy who prefers resorting to reason rather than administer a fanny fanning. He told Cathy that whenever she was naughty Mommie got another gray hair, and the little tot retorted, “She must have been a bad little girl. Look at Grandma.”

The difference between an idealist and a realist is as noticeable as that between a bathing beauty and a nudist. That difference is material. The idealist searches for beauty but the realist seeks bare facts. Even romance can suffer at the hands of a realist. One night a full moon glowed in the garden and the scent of flowers lay heavy in the air. In this bower of beauty a young trucker stood silent and contemplative in the way of a swain. The girl in his arms stirred and softly asked what he was thinking about. Absent-mindedly he sighed back to her, “About how to get bigger loads on return trips!”

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