No Jim, this is not about you wanting to pack your leaf blower when you drive south for the winter.
We have all done dumb things. It鈥檚 what we do, because we鈥檙e human and prone to periodic intervals of going brain dead. In fact, as I get older, I could say that such moments come more frequently than they used to. Or maybe I just don鈥檛 remember how often it used to happen.
But let鈥檚 look at a few things that illustrate just how dumb humans can be at times. Not just silly dumb, not just forgetful dumb, but plain all-out stupid dumb, dumb at a level that when you hear about it, or read about it, you say to yourself, 鈥淲hat? They really did this? Eh? WTF!鈥� Okay, most of my neighbours and some of my family would not say WTF, but that鈥檚 the level of dumb we鈥檙e talking about.
How dumb do you have to be to play Pok茅mon Go with such concentration that you do harm to yourself? And/or others?
There have been lots of stories, in the short life of Pok茅mon Go, of people walking over cliffs, stepping into traffic, wandering into private locations, and getting lost. Actually I鈥檓 all in favour of the last-mentioned hazard. If you need Pok茅mon Go to augment your life, you probably don鈥檛 have much of a life to start with, and I won鈥檛 miss you.
For those not familiar with this phenom, which is barely a month old, Pok茅mon Go is a free location-based reality game where players use their smartphone鈥檚 or tablet鈥檚 GPS and camera to capture, battle, and train virtual creatures who appear on the screen as if they were in the same real-world location as the player. Perfect for those who think that the real world isn鈥檛 interesting enough.
How dumb do you have to be to invest your lottery winnings in a profitable, but illegal business?
A man in Georgia, USA, invested his $3 million lottery winnings into a thriving crystal meth business. His name is Ronnie Music -- such a melodious name. He told lottery officials he and his wife planned to save a portion of the money.
Instead, according to federal prosecutors, he invested in a crystal meth business, working with others to distribute the drug where he lives. Mr. Music鈥檚 partners in the drug ring were caught trying to sell crystal meth, which led to Mr. Music being identified as the supplier. He had bought the drugs for resale using his lottery winnings.
In court, Mr. Music definitely hit some sour notes, and he is now going behind bars for 10 years. Not too sharp, that man.
How dumb do you have to be to come up with most of the things that have been coming out of Donald Trump鈥檚 mouth the past few weeks?
Very. Obviously money does not buy common sense, nor wisdom, nor civility, nor reason, nor a sense of humanity, nor honesty, nor...
Well, you get the idea. Only three more months, and it will all be over. Can鈥檛 come soon enough.
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