I had such a scattered week, that I decided this week to just post some random tidbits about it. Websites like AOL and MSN do it all the time, so why not me?
Today I discovered the little locking thingy on the toilet seat which, if engaged properly, stops the seat from shimmying around.
The other day I read about a fellow whose girlfriend saw a bluish star in the sky, pointed to it and asked earnestly, “Is that Earth?”
This past week we saw proof that the English language has too many words with more than one definition, and it can cause people some inconvenience. A mother wanted a cake for her son, who graduated with high honors from college. Anxious to spread the word around during his party, she asked for the Latin term to be put on the cake when she ordered it from Publix food market. When the cake was delivered, it read “Summa – – – Laude” because the computer filter in their bakery order department removed the word “cum” as being an obscene term for a certain male bodily fluid rather than the word for “with.”
I don’t want to go too soon into more discussion of the recent mass school shooting, but a student mentioned that a coach told the shooter-to-be once, in so many words, that he had extreme body odor. He would have done better to offer the use of the gym showers. Teachers should not assume that all kids who stink are choosing to do so: maybe the parents could not–or would not–pay the bills and the water was shut off. Maybe a parent, like some of the ones with multiple kids found in “houses of horror,” forbade the children to shower. Just saying.
When folks use a website’s “Contact Us” feature and start their email with “You guys suck,” my experience has shown that nine times out of ten the problem was theirs, not the website’s.
If the networks are going to end May sweeps two weeks early, they should start the seasonal replacements two weeks early. Just saying.
After writing to my broadband provider four times with no response, I have come to the sad conclusion that they do not care. If you want to know who they are, drop me a line and I’ll tell you, so you can decide if you also want to jump ship or lodge your own complaint. What does it take to write a reply to a question? Apparently too much effort.
“Survivor” tried to pull a fast one by not revealing the winner of “Ghost Island” at 10:00. Sorry, Probst: I fell asleep this time. Make it 10:00 or I won’t make it.
Probably the best commercial I’ve seen in a long while is Santander’s “Piggy” ad featuring a living porcine vessel which finds its way home. The fridge can wait when it’s on the air.
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