Tuesday, September 12, 2006

But when Clay Aiken lost American Idol, she cried buckets.

A group of girls is talking about television.

Girl: (Complaining) The only channel I have is the news. Like I really care who blew up who in Israel today!

-- In line at the used book store, overheard by Vicky

15 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is neither stupid nor hilarious.

7:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are you kidding me?! If that's not stupid/ignorant/selfish, I don't know what is.

9:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

People get blown up in Isreal all the time. It's like watching reruns - it's not particularly interesting. Maybe I'm being selfish but how are you helping those people by watching it on TV? You're not. And if you find it entertaining, then maybe you're the selfish one.

11:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is a disgraceful thing to say, but from a cynical point of view it's pretty darn accurate for most people of our age and social class. Nobody gives a fuck who kills who, as long as there's still shopping, drinking and Starbucks.

11:13 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

11:11pm - To be fair, this girl displayed a pretty cavalier attitude toward the situation over there. You don't need to find it "entertaining" to care.

11:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hopefully, they all blow each other up and we won't have to hear about it all the time.

11:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

just because you dont care what is going on in Israel doent mean you should complain about hearing about it..thats kinda sick

1:21 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ivey.

7:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But it's the only channel she has.

1:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

also interesting to note, there are plenty of conflicts at any given time, but all we hear about is the middle east.

2:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would like a well-educated student to tell us why that is. Any volunteers?

11:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

did anyone else notice that the group of girls "is" talking?????

maybe you should check that Vicky.......

1:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You have to take [group of girls] as an entire unit. In this case it is singular so the verb reflects that. If it was [groups of girls] or [girls] the verb would be "are".

You bet I pay $5000 a year to know that... *sigh*.

10:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I REALLY hope she's in MIT... That would make this the best story ever...

2:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2:02 PM & 11:21 PM - We hear most about the Middle East conflict because it is the most Westernized of the areas in the world currently involved in conflict.

6:43 PM  

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