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> "There are bad times just around the corner, > There are dark clouds traveling through the sky > And it's no good whining > About a silver lining > For we know from experience that they won't roll by, > With a scowl and a frown > We'll keep our peckers down > And prepare for depression and doom and dread, > We're going to unpack our troubles from our old kitbag > And wait until we drop down dead." > > Noel Coward, 1953 > > *************************************************************************** > Diagnostic criteria for NPD: Normal Person Disorder > > 1. A chronic feeling of normalness. > 2. A tendency to bore others easily. > 3. A nagging sense of constantly meeting one's goal. > 4. Lack of difficulty getting organized. > 5. Inability to be humorous. > 6. Knowing how to count without forgetting what number you are up to. > 7. An inability to be creative and intuitive, no seat of pants to fly by. > 8. Highly stimulated by lectures, speeches, dead cockroaches and other > normals. > 9. An unbroken remote control. > 10. A To-Do list which gets done. > 11. A chronic interest in each or any of the following for more than a week: > Job > Relationship > Schedule > Patience > Passing Grades > Sex > Normals > 12. A methodical nature. > 13. Affectionately known as "Bump on a log" or "Nytol Substitute"