“I really have to do something about this mind of mine,” he said to himself as once again he thought of something that would be wholly inappropriate if he had said it out loud.
This was not a thought that would offend someone with a thin skin. This was a thought that he knew was inappropriate but it had come, unbidden, into his mind.
“At least I have the good sense not to say it out loud,” he said to himself, “but it’s a little disappointing to be the kind of guy who would think such a thing.
“On the other hand,” he added, “at least I’m the kind of guy who realizes that before he does say it out loud.”
It was small consolation, he knew. But that was better than nothing.
