Laugh...Please

I want to tell you a story about Pammy. Before I do though, you should know that before Nothing to Do had nothing to do, I was a Qualified Mental Health Professional. Pammy, you see, was one of many who need the services of a QMHP.

Pammy was born a long time ago and never got to experience the joys of what we call today in our school system “Special Ed”. Back when Pammy was in school, if your peg didn’t fit neatly into the slot designed for the “normal” student, you weren’t labeled Special Ed; you were labeled one of three things: Idiot, Moron, or Imbecile. (I’m not kidding about this). Pammy’s peg didn’t fit.

Years later, at the Qualified Mental Health Professional place, Pammy asked me what was wrong with her. In my most compassionate tone, I informed her that she had an illness called schizophrenia. She seemed to take this OK.

Apparently, after having had a few minutes to think about it, she changed her mind. By the time she got home, she wasn’t taking it well at all and called to let me know just that.

“I just want you to know that I am not schizophrenic. I’m a Moron, and I expect to be treated like one!” Then she hung up.

Why am I telling you this? Just one reason – LAUGH.

Is schizophrenia, or a person who has schizophrenia, funny? Of course not. But life is funny, and if you can’t laugh at the every day stuff, then you’re headed for trouble my friend.

There are a few occurrences in the human experience that you can’t wrap a good chuckle around. I don’t need to go into it, I’m sure you know what they are. But the fact is funny things happen everywhere, even at funerals sometimes, I suppose.

The bottom line is: The biggest downer of all is running into someone who can’t help but take everything seriously. I know two Fat Guys who not only don’t take everything too seriously, they’re trying like heck to get a website off the ground that takes the trivial junk all around us and brings it front and center.

And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.

Until next time…

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(1.2 X Body Mass Index) + (0.23 X your age) – 5.4 – (10.8 X gender)

GENDER: 1 for male; 0 for female

If the answer is > 33 (male), you’re obese.


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