George Melly on impotence

    George Melly died last week. He once offered quite an insightful simile, saying that becoming impotent was like “being unchained from a lunatic.”
    People live chained to all kinds of lunatics. The workaholic is chained to a lunatic. The drug user is chained to a lunatic. The day-in, day-out shopper is chained to a lunatic. The person who reaches into the refrigerator fifty times a day is chained to a lunatic. The chronic gossip is chained to a lunatic. The 8-hour-a-day TV watcher is chained to a lunatic. The list goes on, including of course the lunatic that Melly was referring to.
    Impotence is worth working for. Imagine, for a moment, waking up every day, unchained from every variety of lunatic.

    For brief biography of George Melly, click here.

Comments

[Matthew Hudson]

I was delighted to chance upon this lovely site.

But may I put a slight correction on this piece - this wonderful quotation was given us by Sophocles.

But it is worth passing on, so well done George.

Regards

Matthew
London, UK