Think MST3K. Inspired by insipid insights: from reporters' mouths to your brain. [Notice both the alliteration and the oxymoron!] Honestly I don't pay much attention to the news, but sometimes my brain hears a phrase and just ... just ... freezes up because it can't process the nonsense. Feel free to send me your observations and I will post!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
What we didn't know?
Teaser: "Coming up, what we found out today about what really happened the day President Reagan was shot." [Wow, you mean he wasn't shot after all? No, that wasn't it. And everything in the follow-up we already knew, so what was with the teaser?]
Monday, March 21, 2011
Coming and going
"2% of our food is exported from Japan."
[Do I have to explain?]
[Do I have to explain?]
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Newspapers
Posting a quote at a reader's request, from a newspaper: "People who run at least three times a week are more likely to live than people who don't."
[Thus running could lead to eternal life.]
[Thus running could lead to eternal life.]
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Dead or alive
And the always popular toss: "Reporting live from Sylvan hill..."
[I always thought it worked better than reporting dead from Sylvan hill...]
[I always thought it worked better than reporting dead from Sylvan hill...]
Jet
"And that tsunami, that wave, was traveling as fast as an airline."
[Delta or Southwest?]
[Delta or Southwest?]
Photos
"Send us your photos. And here's a tip: use the landscape or portrait setting."
[Umm, versus the diagonal setting?]
[Umm, versus the diagonal setting?]
Scaffolding
On scene of the tornado aftermath: "You can see they have already taken measures to protect property, such as the scaffolding around this building."
[She's standing in front of chain link fence.]
[She's standing in front of chain link fence.]
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