When I first saw this New Yorker cartoon, I laughed out loud.
But with a little reflection, I thought: What? The current suffering isn't enough?
And then I thought: Maybe not. Because we just won't stop increasing it!
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June 25, 2009
New Ways to Suffer
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Is it that it isn't enough, or is it that we are gluttons for punishment, or is that the same thing?
Posted by: Molly Brown | June 25, 2009 at 06:37 AM
Ha, this mirrors my last 6 months! Is my suffering caused by the chicken or the egg? Or both? Am I the chicken AND the egg? Or the rental body?
oy, good one.
jill
Posted by: jill i | June 25, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Hi Molly - well, I think you're probably right - it comes to the same thing.
Hi Jill - Oy, indeed. Or KATZ! Then what?
Posted by: Barry Briggs | June 25, 2009 at 05:25 PM