[JockoManning]

QUOTE

An ancient tale describes our predicament. One night a dervish was passing a dry well when he heard a cry for help from below 'What is the matter?' he called down.

'I am a grammarian, and I have unfortunately fallen, due to my ignorance of the path, into this deep well, in which I am now all but immobilized,' responded the other.

'Hold, friend, and I'll fetch a ladder and rope,' said the dervish.

'One moment, please!' said the grammarian. 'Your grammer and diction are faulty; be good enough to amend them.'

'If that is so much more important than the essentials,' shouted the dervish, 'you had best stay where you are until I have learned to speak properly.'

And he went on his way."

END QUOTE

--Ornstein, R. The split and the whole brain, Human Nature, May, 1978, 77-83.

[JockoManning]

Of course, constipated OCD types with their knickers in a wad would evidently rather join the grammarian in the dry well than focus on the fitting higher priorities.

Or maybe their RAD (attachment disorder) junk is soooo intensely jerking them around that they have little choice but to spew and rant about such trivia in order to feel significant, in control, special, splendid, educated, brilliant, etc.

I used to be that sort of correcting whiner.

Growing up has enabled my life to be more fun and peaceful and my blood pressure lower.

[MarvinStinson]

I’ll leave Muhammed Ali and Johny Cochrane’s moronic rhyming to those who thrill to them.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

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