The Ass and the Brain went to the Family Psychologist. They were having relationship issues and wanted to see if this was something that could be resolved together.
The Brain was often quite arrogant. He’d constantly remind the Ass that, in the grand scheme of things, he was more important than she could ever hope to be. And so the Ass would say, “Come down here and say that. I’ll sit on you!”
The Family Psychologist said, “Well, the Brain, let’s unpack that, shall we? What makes you feel as though you’re more important? And what do you make of the Ass wanting to dominate you by using you as her seat?”
“I have a perfect spherical shape that’s to die for!” blustered the Brain.
The Ass snickered. “Is your ‘perfect’ sphere soft and smooth like mine?”
“It has two halves!”
“That’s not what I asked,” muttered The Ass with raised brow.
Ignoring her snarky comment, the Brain puffed himself up and said, “Having two halves affords me a higher degree of processing power. I can solve complex, mathematical equations!”
“You do realise that halves come only in twos, right? Yup, my ‘two halves’ can process things as well—usually on a porcelain throne. It’s called intuition.”
The Brain frowned mightily. It was time to cite one last piece of incontrovertible evidence to support his case. “I have deep, sexy furrows! No intellect can resist me!”
The Ass sighed. She was young and springy, with no furrows, yet all the science nerds still checked her out at the library. Was it worth the bother to mention this?
The Brain visibly deflated a little as the Ass humphed and left the room. The Family Psychologist looked at him and asked the obvious: “How does that make you feel?”
Twenty years later, The elderly Ass came to the elderly Brain. She said, “Look, I have wrinkles now! Are we finally equals?” But the Brain didn’t answer. He had dementia.
MORAL: Time puts everything in its place.
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2017
Perfect personification of brain and ass 😅
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Hee hee! We thought so too. Thanks for reading, Zinni! 😛
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I love this….so creative and clever and funny and deep….just awesome…so entertaining and stimulating…..thanks for sharing! 🙂
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You’re very welcome! And thank you! 😀
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Ok, I admit it. I was snickering like a junior-high kid throughout. 🙂
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That’s the best reaction we could have hoped for. Thanks for reading, Alan! 😛
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It’s a story conveyed so well! Anand Bose from Kerala
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Thanking you kindly, Anand! 🙂
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Ooooooh….I like. (pretty deep in a really light way)
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Aw, fanks! Yeah, Tati is teaching me a lot about using that approach in writing. 🙂
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Dang. You guys are meaner than Grimm brothers. What a way to shock an innocent reader who just wanted to have a laugh.
Although a good climax to the ‘beauty vs brain’ debate.
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Hee hee hee… Thank you! I love that the ending to our little story snuck up on you like that. 😛
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I laughed really hard, more than I should.
And then came the end.. so true.
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It’s kinda scary how true it is really, isn’t it? We were laughing quite a bit as we were writing this… until we got to the end. Can totally relate to your response here, Heather! 😛
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Reblogged this on Coloring Outside the Lines.
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Oh wow! Thanks so much! This is an honour! 🙂
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A group of friends and I were sitting at a coffee shop and I was reading something because they were discussing some tepid, meaningless drivel about reality television (which I do not watch). At one point I realised they were calling my name and I looked up.
“S, which body part do you find the most sexy?”
Without thinking I responded “The brain.”
Silence.
I went back to reading.
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I think we’re going to love having you around here, my friend. Thank you so much for reading! 🙂
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Excellent! Thank you!
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You’re very welcome! 🙂
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