No, not that kind of madness - one step beyond
I have some examples.
1 He stands in my room and I see him shudder inwardly at the sight of my in-box. I know it has affected his equilibrium for the rest of the day.
2 She Tweets until 2 a.m. about the virtues of skinless cats. She complains about being tired the next day and bemoans the way her enthusiasm for the skinless cat is waning.
3 She talks to her feet on the sidewalk. When she sees I have noticed, she quickly pulls out her phone and pretends she was in a conversation with a party other than her toes.
4 She texts me and leaves voicemails in the night asking the price of my rental house, two days after I told her it was $999. She tells me she wants to strike a deal because she can't afford $30,000 a month and her grandmother has gout.
5 She writes on her blog that she won't be on her blog for a couple of days oblivious to the fact none of us are the sun and if we go out the whole world will die. Nope we are Pluto, lost, lonely, cold and insignificant out there fighting to be even recognized as a planet. But didn't we used to be planets? Just give me a week again as a planet damn it.
I can't chide people for being mad. There are seriously days when I look in the mirror and the lights are on but nobody as at home. Apart from the mice that have built a nice little home in my mind - thank you very much.
When in doubt blame Lana Del Rey. Gosh she is fantastic - when will I kick my obsession?
I love Madness!!!!!! I have that album, One step beyond.
ReplyDeletethere you go JoJo - not a lot of Americans can say that
DeleteI agree, David. I'm surrounded by nutters, including myself although not many of them are popping pills (to my knowledge).
ReplyDeleteI suppose the definition of 'normal' must be a capacity to keep a hold on one's nuttiness in the presence of others.
yes indeed Sarah - it is an art form for real
Delete"even if I am the only person I have met in this country who doesn't resort to a rattling bottle full of pills." - I laughed out loud at that. Good work. Is this the A-Z Challenge? Are you doing it by letter? Best to you, David.
ReplyDeleteThanks Scribbler actually it's not as I am not doing it
DeleteYep. Raving bonkers lives and breathes all around. I was only telling that to my feet the other day.
ReplyDeletebeing mad depends whether you talk to the left one or the right one first Juliette
DeleteI could hardly read the post because I was too busy singing "Our House" in my head. I'll probably go mad now for the rest of the day because I won't be able to stop.
ReplyDeletelol Julie - Our House is contagious
DeleteWhat's that saying..."The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well".
ReplyDeletefor real Mark - normality is warped anyhow
DeleteIt's good to know I'm in good company!
ReplyDeleteyou so are Daisy
DeleteLife would be exceedingly dull if we all weren't a little off. BTW, the ad on your blog - "Do you have these symptoms? Coated tongue, mouth ulcers, bloating, toe fungus..." is a little scary. I don't want to know what would cause all of those symptoms at once.
ReplyDeleteOMG I have seen that ad Li, although not on my blog as it changes - scares the hell out of me
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