Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
And I know this man. Smart guy, little emotional and self absorbed, but all in all a good guy. The thing is he was stubborn. His way or no way. The guy was sooooo stubborn, that he cut of his nose just to spite his face.

The funny thing is, and he doesn't realize it, all he accomplished was making an idiot of himself.

He thinks the cutting was inspired, from On High, worthy of the praise of his peers, as he once put it; albiet he was a bit in his cups when that statement was made, puked up a lovely clamchowder a bit later in the evening if I recall, but, at any rate, HE thought he had accomplished some great ....thing, by removing that center of attention as well as center of his face, and so he did.

Cut it right off, not a thought of what was to come after. Never a seconds ponderance that his last flower smelled WAS his last flower smelled, not a moments consideration that the alluring scent of a woman was forever gone to him, as was the smell of snow, and rain after a long dusty summer, chicken right off the grill or the smell of his child, fresh from suckling its mothers breast, gone.

To make a point that he could not now recall well enough to repeat.

Yes, surgical removal of unpleasantness is the surest way of avoiding that which you could not otherwise escape.
Yes, if I had an unecessary block mounted on top of my head holding me down, id take it off and walk freely.