Don’t take that literally. Burl is a master of hyperbole. It is, of course, not the dumbest thing he’s ever heard. .He’s heard, for instance, that sitting a lot increases the chance of heart attack. He knows that’s false. Sitting gives his heart a rest, so it should last a lot longer than dummies who are always running and jumping and such. He’s checked his pulse and found that his resting heart rate is 150 beats per minute, meaning his heart works better than all those sweaty athletic types who only get up to 40 bpm at rest. .And he heard some guy say he should leave more and more distance distance between his car and the car in front as his speed increases. But he distinctly remembers that, as speed increases, stopping distance also increases, so the faster he goes, the more distance he has to stop. .And while it’s not the dumbest thing he’s heard, Burl is highly offended when he hears about how much trouble women have in the workplace. He’s proud that he’s never given Joy such problems in her workplace, his house. He has always been careful to let her know clearly and in plenty of time what he wanted for dinner and when the toilet paper was almost in need of changing. .
Don’t take that literally. Burl is a master of hyperbole. It is, of course, not the dumbest thing he’s ever heard. .He’s heard, for instance, that sitting a lot increases the chance of heart attack. He knows that’s false. Sitting gives his heart a rest, so it should last a lot longer than dummies who are always running and jumping and such. He’s checked his pulse and found that his resting heart rate is 150 beats per minute, meaning his heart works better than all those sweaty athletic types who only get up to 40 bpm at rest. .And he heard some guy say he should leave more and more distance distance between his car and the car in front as his speed increases. But he distinctly remembers that, as speed increases, stopping distance also increases, so the faster he goes, the more distance he has to stop. .And while it’s not the dumbest thing he’s heard, Burl is highly offended when he hears about how much trouble women have in the workplace. He’s proud that he’s never given Joy such problems in her workplace, his house. He has always been careful to let her know clearly and in plenty of time what he wanted for dinner and when the toilet paper was almost in need of changing. .