[ WP ] Take a Phrase Leave a Phrase

In the land of Any Modern Western Suburb You Please, where food and shelter are assured, the constant argument with nature called `` survival'' gives way to a million tiny annoyances that come with transcending it. Chief among these at the moment are my leaking roof and an incessant pain in my lower back, developed from crawling around up there looking for the hole. But damn it, the human race did n't get where it is today by tolerating leaky roofs. The painkillers I'm on said not to operate machinery, but the warning label had n't mentioned anything about hammers. 
 
 **Good God, I thought. The weasels were right all along. **
