The other day some friends and I were
discussing one of the few recurrent philosohical topics that come up in our conversations:
society as a whole. It was taking its usual course; one of my friends insisted that
society was going to hell, the other was somewhat neutral, and I thought that people were
becoming more tolerating of differences.
My first friend announced (again) that
society was on a steady down-hill road. "Everyone today," she said, "Is
messed up in the mind, a druggie, or a nymphomaniac."
My other friend laughed and nodded. Never
having heard the word before, I puzzled over what 'nymphomaniac' could mean.
Trying not to sound stupid, I swallowed my
pride and asked, "What's that?"
"A girl who's obsessed with sex,"
explained my second friend.
I paused for a moment, thinking. "Then
what," I asked, "Is a guy obsessed with sex?"
My first friend had an answer immediately,
"Normal!"
