Something Stupid

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You know, its weird. You'd think every person would be able to get up out of bed each day and be able to pull it off.

Just don't do something stupid today.

Seems simple enough, right?

Like if you're pregnant, you won't drop a baby in a toilet and just try to leave the restroom without figuring out something.

Like if you are a New York State Congressman with a wife and a kid, you won't place a shirtless ad on Craigslist in an attempt to hook up with a new woman.

Like if you are a Queens baseball coach of young adults, you won't try to molest them.

Like if you are a Hollywood movie star you won't walk out of a store with a $2,500 necklace that you didn't pay for.

Like if you're a professional quarterback you don't corner a 18 year old girl, or drown a couple of the family pets.

Like if you own and operate a Muslim television station you won't lop off your wife's melon because she yells at you.

These people obviously didn't corner the market on stupidity. There will be millions of stupid, thoughtless acts pulled off by millions of stupid people again today.

I've done plenty of stupid things in the past...certainly none as vile as some of the above things on my list, but the photo of that congressman left me shaking my head.

What the hell was he thinking?

When did he think it was a good idea to troll for women with his photo and his real name? Did he think the Internet was anonymous? Did he believe that no one would recognize him?

And he should be whipped for the simple fact that he took his shirt off and stood in front of a camera.

That gives stupid a bad name.

So, here I sit...determined not to do anything stupid the rest of the day.

Think of the possibilities if we all adopted such a philosophy.

It's easy. Join me. Nothing stupid the rest of the day!

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