I recently watched an episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. I'm not sure if it was a current episode or not, but in his now-infamous New Rules bit, Maher's main rule was that we can no longer use the word 'French' like it's a bad word, a synonym for pinkosocialistAmericahater. This rule reminded me of the saying "Pardon my French." People will often say this to excuse themselves for saying something offensive. But all of our best 'offensive' words - damn, shit, fuck, crap, the other 'c' word, etc. - have Germanic roots. So the phrase should be "Pardon my German." We've been hatin' on the French for quite a while now.
I don't know why I wrote that. I need to do more stuff if I'm going to get through this NaBloPoMo. I'm planning on walking-in on a yoga class tomorrow night. I should get something postworthy out of that.
Until then, I leave you with a zen question to meditate upon. Why do all of the actors on Heroes deliver their lines in a stage whisper?
I'm grateful for chocolate milk (20).
Maybe they all have some degree of super hearing and it would be too painful to talk in a "normal" voice...
ReplyDeleteVery interesting...Of course, it might carry more weight if you had actually seen an episode this season. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
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