You Were How Mad?

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So this one guy was recounting to this other guy this whole history of a bad situation he'd just been through, and then he reached the apex, as it were, and became very animated, energetically reeling off a laundry list of just how mad he was (and still was, to all appearances):

"I tell you I was so mad I was about to eat my own head, I was set to piss on the ceiling! I was fit to beat other people's wives! I was so mad I was like to set rocks on fire! I was ready to break down my own front door from the inside! I was ready to throw rocks at cops! I was so mad my eyes were spitting!"

Then the other guy, after a doubtful pause:

"You were that mad?" "YES I WAS."

Admittedly, it was a messed-up situation. But I don't think he should be getting all that mad about it. What does it help?

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Anonymous said…
This is one of my favourite entries on your blog Joe. And I was reminded of it today when Pollyanna’s “Brittle than Broken” came up on my ipod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJlV7vDCvws&feature=PlayList&p=D8A10EA2E5C38124&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6


This guy is one angry man. I am a big fan of this song, love it to bits, but even I can admit that what he is threatening to do to the other person’s property is a bit, err, intense. No denying he’s mad and not going to take it anymore though …

Anyway, all the best and I wish you a well of words that never dries up.

Mel…
June 16, 2009 at 9:38 PM
dogimo said…
That's a good band name, and a good-sounding tune!

Thanks for the tipoff; I've never heard of these guys.

You know what's another good band name?

The Tipoffs!
June 16, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Anonymous said…
No problem.

Cinnamon Lips is another of their tunes which I love.

Yeah, the Tipoffs ... supported by The Indoctrinators. Nice.

Mel.
June 16, 2009 at 11:29 PM
dogimo said…
Indoctrinatrix? I think Indoctrinatrix. It's got a weirder ring of the strange.

You know what else is a good band name?

Sweet Lady Miss Baby and Her Seven Gentlemen Callers!!

No wait. That's a bad band name.
June 16, 2009 at 11:41 PM
dogimo said…
Les Indoctrinaires?
June 17, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Anonymous said…
Indoctrinatrix … Hmm, yeah, that’ll work. Record company moguls would go for it. I reckon they’d envision four girls in tight leather black jumpsuits, like catwoman. Make them sort of a hardcore Pussycat Dolls. Real feral. Not a pleasant thought, but heck, if I’m raking in the cash, doing backstroke through wads of the folding stuff, dancing on my desk shakin’ it to Nelly’s Ride Wit Me … “hey, must be the monee!”…. as it pours in, then what do I care eh!.

Les Indoctrinaires…. This I like. Tres magnifique, tres avante garde!. Ah those French, they have a word for everything.

M...
June 17, 2009 at 4:29 AM
Anonymous said…
... and the Spanish. I never was no good with them languages. M...
June 17, 2009 at 4:41 AM
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