The Crazy
Walking home from a party last night, one of the girls in my program, a vegetarian, said more or less out of the blue:
"You know, the poet al-Ma3arri* was a vegetarian also. Apparently, at one point he lived only on a diet of lentils and dried figs. I think I should try that." (this was all said in all seriousness)
I can only say this: I really, really hope that crazy is not contagious, because if it is, someone will have to reserve a room for me in the nut house for when I get back.
Also, I definitely feel at times like vegetarianism often acts as a thinly veiled cover for anorexia...
* al-Ma3arri أبو العلاء المعري
"You know, the poet al-Ma3arri* was a vegetarian also. Apparently, at one point he lived only on a diet of lentils and dried figs. I think I should try that." (this was all said in all seriousness)
I can only say this: I really, really hope that crazy is not contagious, because if it is, someone will have to reserve a room for me in the nut house for when I get back.
Also, I definitely feel at times like vegetarianism often acts as a thinly veiled cover for anorexia...
* al-Ma3arri أبو العلاء المعري