Don't you sometimes wonder why the world is in such a mess?
Do you wonder why the lunatics are running the asylum?
Perhaps this 11th Century Chinese poet can shed light on these two pressing questions as S Dongpo said:
'Families, when a child is born
Want it to be intelligent.
I, through intelligence,
Having wrecked my whole life,
Only hope the baby will prove
Ignorant and stupid.
Then he will crown a tranquil life
By becoming a cabinet minister.'
Truer words were quite possibly never written or spoken!