Things I’ve Learned from Television

(It wouldn’t be called the ‘boob tube’ if we could find a word that rhymes with ‘idiot’.)

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  • Having to take an osteoporosis pill once a week is just way too demanding.
  • All American males have sexual impotency issues.
  • All American females have sexual impatience issues.
  • The Constitution specifically enumerates our inalienable right to park in front of airport terminals.
  • FedEx has access to better maps than the rest of us.
  • If you live in a trailer park, and have a 200 lb. pet chimp, and then feed the chimp Xanax, and then invite the neighbors over, you may shortly qualify for what is known as a “Breaking Story.”
  • Paradoxically, the only Republican Presidential candidate who had one wife is the Mormon dude.
  • Apparently, some people can’t cry, and can buy a drug to make them cry. I would just recommend they try dating.
  • People will hear “Free! You just pay shipping!” and still think it’s free.
  • Every morning, FoxNews viewers badly need hair products. The need eases around lunchtime.
  • Women will jump for joy, just over cereal.
  • There are teenagers who order Chinese takeout every day and have a duck paying their bills.
  • The troop surge is working because there are more troops involved.
  • If California had ten bucks, and 40 billion dollars, it would have ten bucks.
  • White people still can’t dance.
  • A staggering amount of people can’t open a jar without dropping it on the kitchen floor.
  • Lawyers are really upset about asbestos.
  • A cat, which is an animal that will eat a live rat, can be furiously picky about cat food that isn’t served with a sprig of parsley.
  • Gender is a choice, like picking a hat or a salad dressing.
  • George Bush caused the Dust Bowl, and kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.
  • Getting an American Express card will instantly give you the ability to speak foreign languages.
  • More money will make national illiteracy go away.
  • Less money will make international terrorism go away.
  • An Australian accent will help sell any product.
  • As one’s management level increases, one’s sense of humour decreases.
  • Eggs are good for you. And bad for you. So is wine. And cinnamon. And fish. And peace.
  • De-un-re-deregulating the phone company is gonna be great for us all.
  • To trust the woman who wrote “It Takes A Village,” it takes a Village Idiot.
  • Cows are smart enough to paratroop into football stadia, but can’t spell “Eat more chicken.”
  • Car dealers believe the Apocalypse is coming. Once a month.

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