I really did think Brood X would bother me, but I sort of dig the cicadas. I wouldn’t want this every year, but once every 17? The bizarre, intensely loud singing is either fascinating to me or is driving me insane.
At least that is what I thought until this morning when I learned there is a simple test for “crazy”. The U-Turn Sanity Check.
I mean, if you trust Randy’s information.
We woke up stupidly early this morning and decided to go out for a drive. It’s a gorgeous morning. The sun is bright, the air is cool and, of course, we immediately had to reverse our course. There was an accident on the road out of our neighborhood and we couldn’t get by.
Me: Just pull a U-turn and we’ll go down to Anderson Ferry. 
Randy: You can’t pull a U-turn here. It’s illegal.
Me: The road is blocked. It’s fine.
Randy: No, that’s crazy. That’s how they test crazy people.
Me:…
Me: Who are they?
Randy: You know who they are.
Me: So, if a person is willing to pull an illegal U-turn because the road is blocked, then that means they’re crazy?
Randy: Yes.
Me: I don’t think that seems a comprehensive enough test.
Randy, of course, pulled a U-turn and we headed out of our neighborhood from another direction.
Me: By your test, the only crazy people are the ones who don’t want to sit an indefinite amount of time waiting for a car crash to be removed? It’s either that or the person is of sound mind?
Randy:…
Me: Say a guy named Randy goes to see his doctor. And he is wearing a live porcupine on his head and tells the doctor that he collects goldfish eyeballs. That wouldn’t be crazy? Like, the doctor would have to ask him his stance on illegal U-turns before determining if Randy is batshit?
Randy: Do you think my hair looks like a porcupine?
Me: Well…..okay, that’s not the point.
Me: So, the doctor asks the porcupine head about illegal U-turns, and if the porcupine head says “What? Illegal U-turn? That’s just crazy talk”, then the guy is completely sane?
Randy: Exactly.
Me:…
Me: Who knew?
Me: Maybe I should drive. Porcupine.
Randy has porcupine head hahahahahaha I am rolling here!!!
He appreciates me so much. I take good care of your brother. hahaha
OMG….
I never hear the word porcupine without giggling ever again… (And yeah, not a word on the hair).
HAHAHA!!
You two have the craziest conversations! Hahaha! I hope you enjoyed your outing.
We did!! We nearly always do.
Yeah. It’s definitely time for you to take the wheel! 😉
Haha…yeah
I always thought one of you was cuckoo – I just didn’t think it was Randy. Live and learn.
We take turns.
Well, you make me laugh all the time. Your conversations always leave me in smiles. But when Randy was doing the Dude pictures, I thought that he had a hell of a sense of humor – subtle and spontaneous. But then, so do you so there’s nothing crazy there. Maybe it’s me. Which is reasonable, so how crazy can I be?
All the best people are a little crazy.
The porcupinnacle of porcupinity… Right after the ’89 earthquake, I rode the motorcycle down to West Oakland to see if anyone wanted to use my oxy-acetylene rig to help cut survivors out of the wreckage, but the road to the CHP checkpoint was full of rubble and impassable, so being the motocross racer that I am, I rode up onto the sidewalk and continued on, a little nervously because I didn’t have the motorcycle endorsement on my license any more. Then I heard the unmistakable sound of a Harley Davidson on the sidewalk behind me, and sure enough, it was a CHP officer. I just ignored him and kept on keeping on like it was the thing to do. Nobody cared, and they couldn’t use my cutting rig if I couldn’t haul it down there, so I put my helmet back on and rode back down the sidewalk.
Sometimes the “wrong” thing is the best available option, but I try to not let it go to my head.
I really don’t see you as someone who lets things go to their head.
I can now say after reading this I am related to crazy people……………………….
Hahaha me too!
Excellent Post.
Had me laughing out loud!
Bravo!
Yay for laughing!