The Tao of Idiots

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I'm in philosophical mood again today, so here goes.

Idiot Philosophy by Elizabeth

From what I've seen on TV and read in books and what-not, stupid people are a lot happier than smart people because stupid people are more easily entertained by and interested in things.

For example:

1. Forrest Gump is stupid and he has fun just cutting grass.
2. Gilligan is stupid and he's very proud of himself for doing small things right like building a sign that says "Gilligan Raft Maker" or for picking up a coconut without breaking it when he's high on radioactive spinach that gives him super strength.
3. Arthur Shappey is stupid and has a lot of fun tossing apples from hand to hand and spotting yellow cars, and like Pooh (see #8), his non-existent brain doesn't tell him that there could be other things that could make him even happier.
4. Sam Gamgee isn't stupid, but he's more simple-minded I guess, and he's always cheerful about whatever's going to happen, which is key in getting Frodo up Mount Doom and getting the Ring destroyed. So Sam saved Middle Earth just as much as Frodo did, although technically Smeagol accidentally saved Middle Earth. But that's a whole other discussion.
5. Gandalf calls Pippin a fool a lot because he's a jerk, but if you read the book, Pippin knows that bottom line, there's a war and his friends are in danger and he's going to do his best to kick orc butt and help his chums while being as cheerful as possible.
6. Neville Longbottom is supposed to be stupid, but he's driven by kicking evil butt the best he can, and this leads him to cut off Voldemort's snake's head, thus destroying another Horcrux and saving the day.
7. Edmund Pevensie isn't known for being stupid, but he was stupid in trusting the White Witch and almost getting his family killed, but that helped him to demolish the Witch's wand because he hated her guts after being in her custody and he probably wanted to make up for his previous stupidity.
8. Pooh Bear is "a bear of very little brain," but he doesn't mind because he has friends and a home and honey, which is enough for him to be happy. He doesn't want more, because his non-existent brain doesn't tell him that there's more he could have to be even happier.
9. St. Bernadette wasn't famous for being smart and there's a story about her where she couldn't remember what the Trinity was, but now she's a Saint in Heaven, so she's probably fairly satisfied with how her life turned out.
10. There's a bit of the book "The Little World of Don Camillo"  by Giovanni Guareschi where Don Camillo is chatting with Christ on the crucifix in the little church, and Don Camillo says something stupid, so he corrects himself by saying something like "I am a poor, ignorant priest and my head is full of fog," to which Christ replies, "where there is Don Camillo, he is sufficient in himself. It is often the intellect which fogs the brain."
11. Bertie Wooster is described by Jeeves as having "a heart of gold" but being "somewhat mentally negligible," if I'm getting that quote right, and that's why he's so awesome.

So in a nutshell (in my opinion anyway)

stupid people = happy and awesome

and

smart people also = happy and awesome except for the ones who are grumpy and lame like Mr. Banks from Mary Poppins as opposed to the Professor from Gilligan's Island.

Truly stupid people are almost never grumpy and lame.

Billions of people have probably already thought of that, and I don't know if it's actually true or not because I haven't evaluated the worldly population's IQ and happiness level, but it's a new-ish concept for me.

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