WHAT A SHOCK YESTERDAY MORNING when I rounded a corner on my walk and ran into George Carlin. “I thought you were dead,” I said. “You don’t die,” he told me. “You just go for a long walk and nobody ever sees you again.” We crossed the street and headed down the sidewalk. “I used to be a Frisbeetarian,” he continued, “the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.” I smiled, but didn’t say anything. I suspected that he was on a roll. Finally, I said: “I walk every morning, so I guess that’s good practice.” “Not really,” he said. “You don’t need to practice for this. When your time comes, the walking is natural. But sometimes the nights get a little fraught. There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” Trying for a good comeback, I said: “Well, you used to do the weatherman character, so I guess you’d know.” “I still do him,” Carlin replied. “Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.” We reached a corner, turned left, and headed into a slight breeze. “I’m guessing you’d have some choice things to say about the state of our politics these days,” I said. “There is a lot more B.S. than usual, isn’t there?” he said after a moment. “But you know, honesty may be the best policy, but… by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.” “That’s a little scary, George,” I told him. “You think that’s scary? Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” When we reached the next intersection, we parted ways. I headed up a long incline that would lead me back toward my house. My legs grew a bit heavy and I started to feel a bit of tiredness creep in. Well, that’s encouraging, I thought. I must not be dead yet.
HenryM
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