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question from Corby Hip’hop

Right at this very now, I am hanging topside down in a butchers window Recieving the bumming of a lifetime from a Hawwian gentleman who apparently
“loves me like a brother” ,
I lost my favourite Aunt in a hilarious car accident (you had to be there) and on the hour my hair catches fire for NO GOOD REASON. Am I suffering enough? or could you suggest some other sufferings to busy myself with?

Suffering is a subject close to my tortured heart and embittered kidneys.

While widely advertised for artists (along with struggling), suffering is also of use for the general population who want to ride the highs of fortune and know what it means when they’re up there. Take Lily Allen. Preferably somewhere far, far away, but for now merely as an example of someone who causes undue suffering to others.

Indirectly, possibly unknowingly, she spreads out misery like Bono and George Cole, making all who experience her bland face and inane words somehow reduced. Take one of these people, transplant them bodily to somewhere fulfilling and worthwhile and their reaction to acceptable stimuli is greater than it would have been.

This works in a similar fashion for ITVs 1 to 4, Abrahamic religions and Drew Carey.

This question was asked on 27 January 2007 and answered 1 year later on 20 February 2008.