June 20, 2012 6:20 AM

Mama told me there would be days like this...if only I'd listened

If what you’re doing involves the phrase, “Trying to take a dead rodent from the mouth of a cat,” yer doon it rong. Rule #1: Cats kill and eat rodents. Rule #2: Anyone attempt to change the natural order of rule #1 stand a good chance of getting bitten by said cat and getting diagnosed with bubonic plague.

You’re welcome.

From the “Frivolous Attempt To Separate Guys From Their Money” Department: Here’s something I’ll bet you never dreamed you might need (much less see in your lifetime): man candles. And you think I just make this stuff up….

Evidently, Yankee Candles thinks there’s a market for scents like, “”Riding Mower,” “2x4,” and “First Down.” And can I assume that they’ll soon be test-marketing “Bacon Cheeseburger,” “Old T-shirt,” and “Sweaty Baseball Cap.”

Wow…next they’ll be telling us that Fox News is the propaganda arm of the GOP. In news that should come as no surprise to any lucid person with the ability to discern truth from disinformation, a study has confirmed that viewers of Fox News Channel are the least informed of any news consumers. Quelle surprise, eh? Then again, I suppose it’s easier to think what you’re told to rather than having to actually exercise brain cells and think critically.

The worst part of this scenario is that people who get their news primarily from Fox News are some of the most strident, inflexible, and ill-informed folks out there. Even worse, they vote- usually against their own interests…and then they piss and moan about the poor quality of government, the very same government they democratically put in place.

Then again, no reasonable person would use “classy” and “Mitt Romney” in the same sentence. It seems the Romney campaign has been http://www.mediaite.com/online/romney-campaigns-classless-antics-harm-their-brand/. Nixon’s lieutenants used to call it “ratf—-ing,” but whatever name you give to it, it’s simply points up the fact that Romney has nothing of value to offer.

When you can’t compete on the issues and you know it, immaturity and classlessness are really about all you have left.

When Pierre de Coubertin decreed that the Olympic Games should be a competition for amateurs, he was on to something. Remember when “glory” and “love of the game” were considered sufficient reward and competition was pure and incorruptible? Yeah, me neither, but what we have now certainly isn’t an improvement upon the idea. The Olympic Games and the International Olympic Committee are two of the most corrupt entities known to mankind.

These days, the Olympic Games are like any other major competition: a vehicle for multinational corporations to burnish their image and attempt to separate us from more of our hard-earned dollars…or pounds…or yen. Corruption is endemic, corporate culture is everywhere, and access is available to the highest bidder. Somewhere, Baron de Coubertin is probably spinning furiously in his grave.

You know that your country has a serious alcohol problem when…your country has an alcoholic bear problem. Ukraine, home to the rare and not so elusive “vodka bears,” is admitting that it has a problem…and trust me, when you encounter an adult bear with a hangover, you’ve got a serious problem on your hands.

Don’t try this at home, kids. Beach soccer, home of sun, sand, toned and tanned bodies…and gruesome knee injuries. Sometimes, Dungeons and Dragons isn’t such a bad idea, after all.

Naked golf: conclusive proof that the human body may be a wonderful thing, but it ain’t always a pretty thing”. A golf course is a place that can often be described with the phrase, “boys will be boys.” Drinking and debauchery have been know to be part of a round of golf, especially when you can buy beer during a round from an attractive young woman driving a beer cart. Now it seems the ladies are getting in on the act. Stories of men airing out the Johnsons on the 14th green aren’t exactly newsworthy, but women doing their part in a “naked golf tournament” certainly is. Two female competitors allegedly displayed their assets during what was described as a “naked golf tournament,” much to the chagrin of a neighbor in a house adjoining the course. Much hilarity…and charges of misdemeanor indecency…ensued.

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