Entries Tagged as 'Boob Tube'
Let me apologize first. I'm going to have to use some language here that honestly I wouldn't say in front of… well, at least not in front of my in-laws or extended family. Sorry about that.
Well, it finally happened. The moment has come where I said the phrase, "kids these days" after not understanding what has probably become the common vernacular. I always felt that I was hip to the modern lingo, but apparently not. Apparently I'm a 90 year old codger shaking my fist at the hippies with their damned rock music. (See also:
Osteoperosis)
We recently saw the movie
Juno, (which I highly recommend) wherein the title character remarks, "use a dick!" in response to her step-mother telling off an ultrasound technician who made an off-color comment about Juno giving her baby to an adoptive family (because she is so young). I get the sentiment (…I think). I even agree (that is, if I'm correct about the sentiment). But I couldn't help but think… what?
Maybe instead of "use" she actually said, "you's"? That would kind of make more sense, I guess.
Either way, between this and the Osteoperosis, I am feeling pretty old today.
Last night we watched a bit of
1 vs. 100, which is a pretty decent trivia show. My one complaint is that when you get a question wrong, they don't tell you what the right answer is; or, when you get a question like, "Which one of these animals is NOT indigenous to Africa? (a) the mascot for Toys R Us, (b) the mascot for MGM, or (c) the mascot for Kellogs Frosted Flakes?" – and get it correct (C – Tiger… Giraffes and Lions are indigenous to Africa) – they don't tell you where Tigers are indigenous to. (I suspect Asia…)
Aside from the fact that the questions were too easy last night, I did end up learning something. One question was something like, "If you're at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude, are you at (a) the north pole, (b) the equator, or (c) the south pole?" I knew the answer was the equator, but that doesn't necessarily involve longitude at all. So where is zero degrees longitude? WHERE, BOB?
Turns out, (as I suspected) it's out in the middle of an ocean somewhere. The South Atlantic, to be specific.
Right under Africa's chin.
