The drunk said something so loudly and so profound that it has become a family saying which gets uttered at least once a week around our house ever since that time over twenty years ago. This was it. Now, you might not think that to be such a profound thing for someone to say that it has become such a permanently etched memory and a well used family saying for over twenty years, but you weren't there. Take my word for it, it was awesome. Think about what the drunk said.
People are dumber than mules.
Well, just that. People, except for a few rare souls no longer have the good sense God gave them and they have become dumber than four footed beasts. I can't tell you how many times I have quoted the drunk guy at the fair since the 1992 election of Bill Clinton. Sometimes there is just no other expression in the English tongue that so well expresses my feelings when I hear stuff like the latest presidential popularity poll results since the state of the union speech. People really ARE dumber than mules.