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Thu 5 Jan, 2006 01:11 am
The optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is so.
The optimist sees the glass as half full. The pessimist sees the glass and thinks "backwash."
The optimist is often disappointed. The pessimist is often pleasantly surprised.
The optimist is happy when everything is perfect. The pessimist is happy to get through dinner without an audible fart.
The Realist:
Whether the glass is half full or half empty doesn't matter; someone's gonna hafta wash it sooner or later - 'less it gets broke first, then there's that mess to deal with.
Another words-of-wisdom thing, particularly of aplplication to airplane drivers:
Inside any cloud might be a big silver airliner.
I forgot to post the silver lining one, but yours is funnier so let's stick with that....
The optimist might be more fun at a party, but the pessimist has more useful things in his trunk.
The pessimist thinks that company "team building" exercises are a waste of time, a waste of money, and a sign that it is time to update one's resume.
The optimist thinks, "Ooooooo. Field trip."
The optimist thinks the glass is half full.
The pessimist thinks the glass is half empty.
The engineer thinks the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
"It is much more sensible to be an optimist than a pessimist, for if one is doomed to be disappointed, why experience it in advance?" Anon.
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