Two kinds of magical thinking
This is from Stephanie McMillan’s comic strip, Minimum Security (18 February 2008).
Bananabelle (meditating): Cheney be nice… Cheney be nice…
Bunnista (meditating): Bananabelle wise up… Bananabelle wise up…
Bananabelle: Is the war over yet?
Bunnista (reading the newspaper): Nope.
Bananabelle: My meditation doesn’t seem to be working.
Bunnista: Mine did! Now you know that useless actions don’t affect world events.
Bananabelle: You’re right! I’ll write a strongly worded letter to Cheney!
Bunnista: Sigh… Bananabelle wise up… Bananabelle wise up….