
"The refusal to wipe a snotty nose remains the domain of the 7-year-old brat and the 97-year-old senior citizen who couldn't give a cuss what anyone else thinks. The abandonment of all civility is first present at the onset of one's teenage years and in the twilight of one's own age when a cuss isn't given what anyone else thinks. The adoption of airs and graces begins when one brings home one's loved one for the first time to meet their prospective in-laws and when an old person tells their children about their recently discovered terminal illness; at a time when it does seem to matter what others think. But the unapologetic laughing at the face of fools shall forever remain the domain of infants and the senile, when neither gives a cuss what anyone else thinks." William Forde: December 19th, 2012.