Normality-revised

Normality-(revised)
I have almost rewritten the list(I have far too much time on my hands) as I found huge discrepancies from the person who first posted it(and who I stole it from) and the original list by Paulo Coelho in the book. These differences actually changed the author's original meanings(there was even an extra point), and therefore in respect to him I made these changes. Below is the list as written by the author.
It is not a comprehensive list, I can think of a lot more things that define normality, just interesting. I make no comment on the correctness- different strokes etc....
Also is it wrong to be normal? Sometimes I wish I was more 'normal'! Then again, maybe not!

From the book “The winner stands alone”

1] Normal is anything that makes us forget who we are and what we want that way we can work in order to produce and reproduce and earn money.

2] Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention).

3] Spending years at university only to find at the end of it all that you are unemployable.

4] Working from nine till five at something that gives you no pleasure at all just so that, after 30 years you can retire.

5] Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life, and dying a few years later of sheer boredom.
6] Using Botox.

7] Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness.
8] Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of lacking ambition.

9] Comparing objects like cars, houses and clothes, and defining life according to these comparisons instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive.

10] Never talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about the neighbours.

11] Believing that your parents are always right.

12] Getting married, having children and staying together long after all love has died, saying that it’s for the good of the children (who are apparently deaf to the constant rows).

12ª] Criticising anyone who tries to be different.

14] Waking up each morning with to an hysterical alarm-clock on the bedside table.

15] Believing absolutely everything that appears in print.

16] Wearing a scrap of coloured cloth wrapped around your neck, even though it serves no useful purpose but which answers to the name of tie.

17] Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.

18] Keeping a smile on your lips when you're on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.

19] Believing that art is either worth a fortune, or worth nothing at all.

20] Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.
21] Following fashion trends, however ridiculous or uncomfortable.

22] Believing that all famous people have tons of money saved up.

23] Investing a lot of time and money in external beauty and caring little about inner beauty.

24] Using every possible means to show that although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

25] Never looking anyone in the eye when you're travelling on any kind of public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign you're trying to get off with them .

26] Standing facing the door in a lift and pretending you're the only person there, regardless of how crowded it is.

27] Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant, however good the joke.

28] In the Northern hemisphere, always dressing according to the season: bare arms in spring (however cold it is) and woollen jacket in autumn (no matter how warm it is).

29] In the Southern hemisphere, covering the Christmas tree with fake snow, even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.

30]Assuming as you grow older, that you're the guardian of the world's wisdom, even if you haven't necessarily lived enough to know what's right and wrong.

31] Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit towards putting an end to social inequality in the world.

32] Eating three times a day, even if you're not hungry.

33] Believing that other people are always better than you: better-looking, more capable, richer ,more intelligent and that it's very dangerous to step outside your own limits, so it's best to do nothing.

34] Using the car as a weapon and as impenetrable armour.

35] Swearing when in heavy traffic.

36] Believing that everything your child does wrong is entirely down to the company he or she keeps.

37] Marrying the first person who offers you a decent position in society. Love can wait.

38] Always saying “I tried”, when you didn't really try at all.

39] Postponing doing the really interesting things in life for later, when you won't have the energy.

40] Avoiding depression with large daily doses of television.

41] Believing that you can be sure of everything you have achieved.

42] Assuming that women don’t like football and that men aren't interested in home decoration and cooking.

43] Blaming the government for all the bad things that happen.

44] Thinking that being a good, decent and respectable person will mean that others will see you as weak, vulnerable and easy to manipulate.

45] Being equally convinced that aggression and rudeness are synonymous with having a powerful personality.

46] Being afraid of having an endoscopy (if you're a man) and giving birth (if you're a woman).