speaking of zombies...

When I was in St. Maaarrttenn, I met a guy named Mark. I believe Mark lived at the resort where Jenn and I stayed.
I have a t-shirt of which I am very fond. It says, on the front, in plain white letters, ZOMBIE.
I have another shirt which says in plain letters across the front POLICE and people always ask if I am a cop when I wear it. So far, no one has asked if I am dead when I wear ZOMBIE. Don't tell me people aren't smart.
Mark sees me in this shirt and asks the other question you might ask seeing such a shirt. "Is that because you like Rob Zombie or is it just for ZOMBIE?"
I tell him it is just for ZOMBIE, but that Rob is fine, too.
Later that night, he finds me again. Apparently he had been thinking of our exchange all that day. He says, "You know. The reason why I asked about Rob Zombie was because I read something wonderful on the internet about him. He has a whole biography out there."
"Oh, really? Huh." I say.
"Yeah. At the bottom of it there were, and I'll never forget this, Rob Zombie's Five Rules to Having a Good Life. I can't remember four of them, but I remember this one. It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Isn't that great? I use that all the time now. I work in a casino and if I see someone yelling at a lower employee, I ask them why they did that. And they'll have some reason and I'll tell them, you know, it's nice to be important........ but it's more important to be nice. And they look at me, like, wow. So I use that all the time now."

So remember. Rob Zombie said that. It's hasn't been around for decades.
I wonder what the other four rules he couldn't recall were...
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
E=MC2