Optimist Club

I have noticed in the newspaper and the list of civic organizations given to us by the welcome lady, that there is an Optimist Club here in Starkville. No Alcoholics Anonymous (for that, you have to drive to Columbus), but there is an Optimist Club. What is that? A bunch of Polly Annas sitting around saying "you know, I think we have a good chance of solving this global warming thing," and "I don't want to jinx it, but I think the Iraqis are really close to establishing law and order on their own," and "Baby Suri is just so lucky to have Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes as her mommy and daddy!" My first instinct upon hearing about the Optimist Club was to found a Pessimist Club. Sort of to give people an alternative, you know, to the Optimist Club. But then I thought, no one would show up to that. It'll never get off the ground. It just WOULDN'T WORK.