Sunday, October 02, 2005

Things I just don't understand

Carmen. Set in Spain, about Spanish people, sung in French.

"The One Thing You Need to Know", the title of a book that's nearly an inch thick.

"The Idiot's Guide to Fertility" I'm very frightened for some reason.

Drip dry or dry clean bedsheets. Or towels, placemats, bedspreads.

Hairless dogs or cats, why not get a pet iguana?

A pastor who thinks that Harry Potter books are the work of Satan, but is a big Lord of the Rings fan.

A made for TV movie set in France that used English as their "French" language, but the actors all spoke with French accents! Except the English character who spoke with an English accent. Shouldn't it have been the other way around?

2 comments:

The Moody Minstrel said...

Carmen. Set in Spain, about Spanish people, sung in French.

"Star Wars", set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but all the humans speak English, the evil ones (and certain Jedi knights) with English accents.

"The One Thing You Need to Know", the title of a book that's nearly an inch thick.

"Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten". Oh, really? I guess I don't need to know what's in your book, then.

"The Idiot's Guide to Fertility" I'm very frightened for some reason.

Mr. Spock's famous guide to having and raising children. He keeps reiterating over and over that people should just trust their instincts. The fact that his book continues to be a best seller proves that people just aren't paying attention.

Hairless dogs or cats, why not get a pet iguana?

My friend Seymour had a pet iguana. One day it went to sleep on a windowsill on a chilly autumn day and never woke up again. Cold blood can really suck.

A pastor who thinks that Harry Potter books are the work of Satan, but is a big Lord of the Rings fan.

A pastor who whines about how bloody and barbaric Muslim extremists are while at the same time passionately reading Bible quotes about how the Hebrews slaughtered the old Semitic tribes, killing all the males and married women, cutting babies out of pregnant mothers, and enslaving all the young girls.

A made for TV movie set in France that used English as their "French" language, but the actors all spoke with French accents! Except the English character who spoke with an English accent. Shouldn't it have been the other way around?

Japanese TV movies in which all the American and European characters speak fluent Japanese...even though many if not most Japanese still can't believe foreigners can learn their language.

If I were you, I'd activate word verification if you can before the spam onslaught starts...though it usually takes a year or so.

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