Jan 13 2009
Simple Things Are Scarce!
It has been pointed out to me that when I say “the simple things in life are free”, I should indicate what those simple things are. Actually I thought that was a pretty catchy phrase to put under my “Simple Things” blog title, but now that I think about it, I might have to change it.
As far as I know, AIR is still free, at least until the government figures out a way to tax us on it. If they decide to do that, I suppose we will all have to start wearing a device that counts how many times a day you take in a breath (they can’t count how many times it goes out, because by then it isn’t air anymore). Then only the rich people would be allowed to get excited since we always breathe faster when we are excited. (Guess that means the Viagra people will go out of business!) And the health nuts wouldn’t be able to go jogging anymore because they would take in waaaaayy too much air. This would cause a decline in the sales of jogging clothing and running shoes. Since most of those things are made in other countries, this would also affect their exports, and on and on it goes. Thankfully they haven’t discovered this method of taxation yet.
I thought about what else is still free. Ummmm —–I’m thinking—-I’m thinking. Oh yeah, hugs and kisses are still free, maybe. The last time I hugged my grandson he whispered, “Grandma, you want to pay me now for those good grades I got?” And the last time I kissed my husband, he passed on his upper respiratory infection and I had to go to the doctor for some medication. (Doctor visit, pharmacy - nothing free there.)
The water —- water used to be free. Yes, you have to pay for tap water but country people once had well water. You can’t get that anymore because the cost of drilling a well would be outrageous, and even if you drilled one, chances are the EPA would declare the water unfit for human consumption. Have you SEEN the dirty lakes and rivers that your water comes from? The water that comes out of my tap smells like somebodys rotten old socks, but I have to PAY for it.
Years ago, you could go to a lake, river or creek and fish or swim for free. Not any more! If it’s not privately owned and you’ve got a deal with the owner, you can bet that the government owns it and you are going to pay to use it. Think fishing license and parking permits.
Sunshine! Now that’s free! Haven’t seen much of it lately, but I think it’s still up there.
And (you lucky people) MY OPINION — now that’s all free, all the time. Oops — no, it’s not. If you are reading this, then you have a computer with an internet connection and it costs you every month to use it. Well–actually, my opinion costs ME as much as it does you — hey, that’s not right!
Okay, so here we are, back at AIR. Please don’t get too excited because you have to practice not sucking up more than your share, just in case the government decides to start taxing it.
On a final note, I want to pass along something I got in an email today. “A german scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study, discovered that people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their hand on the mouse.
DON’T TAKE YOUR HAND OFF NOW - IT’S TOO LATE!
