"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and should be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
'That's come catch, that Catch-22,' he observed.
'It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed."
-Joseph Heller Catch 22
Aint that just the truth? Half of the things that we do, we must be crazy to do, however no one wants a crazy person doing the things that we have to be crazy to do in the first place.
For example, do you want a crazy person teaching your children? But when I tell people that I am a high school teacher, I get the look. The look that says plainly, "you must be crazy."
Musings of the day...
One time someone asked me if I was a teacher, and I said "No, it takes a very special person to be a teacher and I am not that special" I actually thought "No, do I look like I'm crazy?" Crazy is as crazy does and you are by far my favorite "Crazy" person!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what people consider crazy. I consider you a bit "crazy" for playing with numbers all day! (ugh) So thus, you are my favorite "crazy" person!!
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