There is something in the human condition that, when we discover something truly unpleasant, drives us to share the information. Perhaps we feel that the act of sharing will dilute our disgust, perhaps we want to discuss it and try in some way to rationalise it; or maybe we are just typical Daily Mail readers and want to go “tut tut” at some abomination before waddling off for a cup of tea and forgetting about it.
Whatever the reason, I read something so unpleasant this morning that I felt the need to tell she who must be obeyed and gain her insight. So I told her about a Laotian man who took his pregnant wife into the forest and killed her with an axe; and then cut her open to remove the three month year old foetus of their child. His plan was to create a talisman which would enable him to talk to ghosts and gain access to lottery numbers.
Pretty vile stuff, and my wife was quiet and pensive for several seconds before posing the inevitable, incisive question:
“Did he win the lottery?”
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2011-01-19| wentworth saysThat is the most repugnant and offensive thing I have ever read here including Lloyd. Unlike Lloyd it made me laugh which is wrong also. Sometimes we all lose.
2011-01-19| Spike saysMade me laugh too; if only in surprise. My wife is the most caring person I know. Must say something about Asian culture but I am not sure what.
2011-01-20| Joe B saysIsn’t a different perspective one of the reasons we live in Thailand?