Opinions (April 2014)

Lately, I find that I rather dislike having to speak my mind about something. Someone has rightfully likened having an opinion to the end of the anatomical tunnel. Ergo, I don't want to let out anymore nose cringing odours.

What if I choose to let them stay within?
What happens then?
Will I bloat from silence and then expand until I explode into dysentery or worse?

OR

Maybe it will lead to a benign growth that later goes malignant. I haven't yet found out. Or maybe I have.

What then is the point of an opinion if it stinks just like those of others?

My opinion then (figures!) about it is that I should stick to the wisdom of silence when amongst unfamiliar crowd. After all, social life isn't a bloody Group Discussion you find yourself in while striving to get enslaved by yet another earthly god. Its about polite compromises and agreeing to disagree. 

I must therefore limit my 'open' opinions to close friends and family in whose presence I wouldn't mind letting one rip.
As for those times when I am in the company of strangers I can observe and make fair but silent judgements. Yes, this one time I can judge, because it doesn't matter who these strangers are. They don't care much about me either.

Hence, I should tolerate the foul ones & appreciate the ones that smell like a well powdered baby's bottom. And when I can't take it anymore, plan my exit and close the door as I lay down my first and final opinion. Then like a silent one they wouldn't know what hit them until they figure it out.

Humble opinion, my ass! Then again I don't see why some of you would care. Heck I don't think it makes sense either.

So why not just stick to that popular statement about the 'opening?'

Because I can. And because some people don't get it that trigger happy behavior on a keyboard is just an exercise in wasted energy.