May 14, 2008
How many blogs have been written on the theme of "words I hate"? Too many, I'd venture. Well, here's another one, bitches.
![][1]1. Flyover countryNATIONAL NEWS ANCHOR: "So-and-so was seen campaigning in flyover country yesterday." Flyover country? Surely you're not referring to the great Midwest. Know what, New York? I call YOU flyover country. As in when I'm flyin' from Kansas City to Europe with my nuts hangin' out, skeet-skeetin' on your Statue of Liberty. (As Darnell Jackson famously told The Kansan before KU beat Memphis in the title game, "We just say 'let your nuts hang.' Just let them hang." I've adopted that mantra, since it obviously worked.)2. HomelandersA few months ago I was listening to NPR and some asshole who'd written a book was discussing the finer differences between "metros" and "homelanders." He was full of backhanded compliments like, "Both sides can learn from the other. Metros are tolerant of gays and people of different cultures. Homelanders know how to slow down and smell the roses." Hey, why don't you slow down and smell the front of my pants? You know what us "homelanders" say to guys like you? We just say 'let your nuts hang.' Just let them hang.3. ChillAs in, "That bar is chill." Maybe I'll jump on the gravy train and start saying it in a few months, but I don't think so. Chill as an adjective, I hates it. 4. FreakonomicsIt's not really a catchphrase, more just the name of a book I haven't read. But I dislike it. Oh, look at you, authors of Freakonomics, you're so smart and clever.5. BreauxheimAs in, "Hey, breauxheim, let your nuts hang." Actually, I like it.6. BlerghTina Fey says "oh, blergh" all the time on 30 Rock. Is this catching on? I hope so, actually. Once again, I give it the thumbs up. THE END. [1]: http://media.lawrence.com/img/blogs/roguescarlet/flyover-country.gif
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tomking (Tom King) says...
" Hey, why don't you slow down and smell the front of my pants?"I just fell off my chair.
May 15, 2008 at 10:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
OnShakedown (Chris Tackett) says...
nice blog, broseph.
May 15, 2008 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )