One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for August 29, 2023

I remember a story from the 1980’s. A person had an uncle who would walk the streets talking to himself, his niece gave him a cell phone without batteries, it was a fairly recent invention, so he could walk the streets without appearing crazy.

Getting harder to pick out the psychotics.

Even more annoying when they have it on speaker.

The sheer look of terror on Ruthie’s face…

“Crazy” is a nice word to use. (It may be too nice.)

Watching car crash videos on You Tube. One shows a woman driving with a baby on her lap and a phone in her hand!!! Crazy – period!

It can be two things!

“SUUU-EE!” ☺

I remember passing a hobo with a big pack hitchiking south of austin. He had around a dozen pagers on his belt and pack straps…this a couple years after pagers faded away. Laughed so hard I cried

I’ve never heard anyone go, “HEE, HAH!”

My brother in law used to talk into a fake cell phone; if he noticed someone staring at him he would say just a minute, turn to the person and say ’it’s for you’.