re: The topic for today is REVENGE. Have you had yours?

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In the fourth grade this older kid convinced me that the only way to get pubs

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You mean "pubes"?

You Arkansas inbred morans never cease to amaze.

An acceptable definition of revenge in Arkansas is feltching with a blood relative.

frick him. It was his fault for c being a cheating pos who was also gonna fire a great worker (you) for his side piece. Stop being a cuck

Thankfully, I have never been in a situation sufficiently desperate to exact or even contemplate revenge against another person. I am exceedingly fortunate in that respect and I attribute my good fortune to:

• Simple luck
• A rather acute instinct for observation, which has pulled me away from potentially harmful relationships time and again in my life
• My implacably introverted nature, by which I avoid indiscriminate contact with my environment and those who populate it

I can't imagine what it would feel like to have mind, heart and soul burning for vengeance against another person. For reference, I read Poe's The Cask of Amontillado from time to time, and while the revenge achieved in that marvelous story has its appeal, I understand that what I am reading is in fact ... fiction.

Also in a former job, there were occasions when I would have to do partnered work when visiting people's homes. I had a battery powered ultrasonic dog deterrent for occasions when aggressive dogs approached. I discovered that it also shut off the hearing aid of a co-worker that loved to be an a-hole in the office.

So I did what any halfway decent person would do and I toted that device around with me in the office to use at the right moments: when the boss or other management personnel were talking to deaf a-hole on the phone or in person.