The Deep End

It's easy to fall into the media trap of over-analyzing and soul-searching every time a loony goes over the edge and wreaks havoc. What's astonishing is that such events are as statistically rare as they are. With millions of us jammed into relatively small spaces and living in conditions that make rats' mazes look like a vacation, breathing crappy air and dodging hurtling tons of iron driven by fools who don't know traffic laws from "twinkle, twinkle little star" it's astonishing most of us get along as well as we do.

Christmas is almost upon us, and you can't give a better gift than laughter.