Pre-emptive Paranoia

Have you ever been talking with someone when all of a sudden you think, "Wow, this person would never expect me to just wind back and punch them in the eye socket"? It's a thought that frequently crosses my mind. Not, mind you, for any hidden hatred I may harbor towards the person I am currently conversing with. Nor is it any mental instability I happen to have just the right grip on keeping it quiet but ever-present. No, I'd say it's more because it would be something so unexpected, so against the normal routine of conversation.

Usually it's you talk, I answer, I ask then you answer, good day, take care and we're off about our business. But anywhere during that routine you throw in a knuckle sandwich to the jaw and chin arena and now, well, you got yourselves a unique situation no?

So, when I get that thought, or urge, depending on how boring the convo is, I think of how a seventh grade teacher once told me that any thought I may have has without question previously been thought before by someone else. That what may seem unique to you is something that is simply not spoken about by others. Kind of like masturbation I guess. So, one can conclude that while I am thinking of interrupting my next-door neighbors little tale about his poodle getting off the leash with a well-placed punch to the esophagus, he's simply distracting me with his poodle epic until he can get the drop on me. So now I have no choice right? I must act first. If I don't, I lose the element of surprise and that means the war is lost.

Perhaps I'm reading into this a bit too far. Perhaps not. All I know for sure is that no one is going to get the drop on me anytime soon. And I have plenty of bail money put aside.