Ringo
Here’s what I love about Ringo. When he sings “Honey Don’t” and says, “Oh, rock on George one time for me.” I love that. Even more, on the song “If You’ve Got Trouble”, I love when he says, “Oh rock on, ANYBODY”. That’s fantastic.
Here’s what I don’t love about Ringo. When he calls out to the crowd, “What’s my name?” and everybody shouts, “Ringo!” Then he says it again. “What’s my name?” Again. “Ringo”! On and on he goes.
Come on. He knows his name.
He also knows everybody there knows his name. They bought a ticket. It’s my firm belief that anybody who gets in front of a large auditorium of people and leads a chant of his own name may very possibly have issues at home.
But I ain’t judgin’.
Talkers
Ever talk to somebody and before you can complete your thought they IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPT WITH THEIR OWN STORY?
“The traffic in Dallas was like nothing I’d ever “OH EVERY TIME WE GO TO DALLAS WE GIVE OURSELVES AN EXTRA HOUR THE TRAFFIC IN DALLAS IS AWFUL I KNOW.”
“I used to call my mom every Sat “I NEED TO CALL MY MOM BUT I’VE JUST BEEN SO BUSY I’M GONNA DO BETTER AT THAT.”
Or when you’re the recipient of somebody’s endless run-on-sentence-autobiography and you begin to lose track of what’s actually being said, and begin to marvel that a person can actually drone on for twenty minutes and not realize YOU HAVEN’T SAID A WORD THE ENTIRE TIME.
I’m getting a little dizzy thinking about it.
Commercials
I love old commercials. 50 years later, I can still remember the jingles to some of them.
“You get a lot to like with a Marlboro. Filter, flavor, pack or box.” Or how about…
“Mmm Mmm good, Mmm Mmm good. That’s what Campbell’s Soups are Mmm Mmm good.”
“My bologna has a first name it’s O.s.c.a.r. My bologna has a second name it’s M.a.y.e.r. Oh I love to eat it every day and if you ask me why I’ll say, ‘cause Oscar Mayer has a way with b-o-l-o-g-n-a.”
There was a certain charm to those jingles. It was a simpler time.
I don’t know why, but if I see one more My Pillow commercial I may have to fast from TV so I don’t do something that may jeopardize my standing in the Christian community.
Fox News
I don’t know what you watch, or where you stand on the issues. My guess is you’re a person who leans conservative, but I don’t want to assume too much.
Fox News is very entertaining. They deliver news that’s very well produced and professionally executed. They’re very “pretty”. Here we go. Hold on.
They’re “fair and balanced”.
Fair? Maybe. I’m not one to say what’s fair. I suppose it seems fair if you agree with them. We all think we’re fair. Ever hear someone say, “I’m not really very fair”.
Balanced? Again, by who’s standard? Oh, they’ll get one poor liberal sap to sit on a panel of five conservatives while they swarm him like ants on a grape.
It’s hilarious.
Next time you want a laugh, turn on Fox News with the sound down and listen to Weird Al Yankovic. You will literally laugh your face off!
You will have no face.
You may even be forced to ask people, “What’s my name?”