Comments on: Fear Is The Mindkiller*

By: Trainer

Trainer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:12:21 +0000

Yes, because we all know extreme stress and humiliation in front of peers causes people to suddenly be able to say new sounds. And the cheek pinching to round out the lips would be considered assault in schools today.

By: Dr. Ding

Dr. Ding — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:18:19 +0000

LOLing. Okay so I’m snorting and swallowing my coffee badly. Snickering I think it’s called.

That was good commenting, Trainer and ndb! Having flashbacks to high school German teacher “O mit Umlaut! Say it. Say it!”

By: ndbeasle

ndbeasle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:52:59 +0000

BFF = Bitchin’ Fun Fräulein

LTC = Leading The Charge

GMFB = Gigantic Mouse Faced Butthead or Generally Mentally deFicient Buffoon or just plain ol’ George Mother Fucking Bush (How’s that for a mental picture?)

The Dick = …okay I’ve got nothing

Army Jen is in Iraq. Her husband got back from Korea right before she left. Fifteen months is a long time. Imagine missing an entire year of your kids’ school bracketed by the Summers before and after. I can’t.

By: Trainer

Trainer — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:48:00 +0000

ndbeasle, they’re going to drag you before the House Un-American Activities Committee someday and ask you, “Have you ever or are you now saying ‘Qaeda’ outloud?” Be sure to plead the 5th and DON’T mention my name because I love hard vowel sounds all strung together. Those and “o umlaut”.

By: Dr. Ding

Dr. Ding — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:45:09 +0000

ndbeasle:

BFF = best friend forever

LTC = long time companion

GMFB = Gas mask fitting both

The Dick = either Dick Cheney or Jen’s hub

Am I even close?

By: ndbeasle

ndbeasle — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:19:52 +0000

OMFGJ, there are zombies in my shed?!!

As long as they have no links to Al Qaeda, I guess I’ll be okay. Maybe my BFF LTC Jen can do a 15-month tour in my backyard. It’s a lot closer to her 9- and 7-year-old kids than where GMFB and The Dick has her right now.

Does it make me un-American that I love saying “Qaeda” out loud? Has there ever been a word with harder vowel sounds?

Guess it’s only fair. I used to lay in bed at night worrying about a little thermonuclear annihilation. Why should my kids get a good night’s sleep?

By: Dr. Ding

Dr. Ding — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:54:21 +0000

DrMiggy:

Almost choked on my turkey bacon when I read that the “danger at your fingertips” wasn’t some kind of keyboard-activated dirty bomb but rather artificial nails. Wow. Channel 2 is really catering to the alarmist masses.

“Fear junkies” = incredibly apt term. You’re right, we somehow get all excited and overaroused by playing into this stuff.

And your last line? Priceless.

Rock on, Dr. Miggy. Rock. On!

By: drmiggy

drmiggy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:31:53 +0000

There wasn’t all this hysteria always. I’ve lived here my whole life and seen several tropical storms, often hardly hearing about them until they were upon.

I blame it on the downward spiral in local news reporting in recent years. I refuse to watch it anymore since channel 2 thought “The Danger At Your Fingertips!!!!” was an appropriate story for the 5 o’clock news. I’ve had fake nails before and they never caught fire when I was putting a kettle on for tea. It’s called coordination, and if you don’t have it you should reconsider using a range top, fake nails or not. All this alarmist bullcrap is just playing into and perpetuating the culture of fear that really collected steam after 9/11. We’re fear junkies, scrounging through the trash looking for anything to get us high.

And this country is going to hell and WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE BECAUSE OF IT!!!!!

By: askdrding

askdrding — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:38:36 +0000

Y’all ridin up in MY posse!

And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

By: The Pear Lady

The Pear Lady — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:41:58 +0000

How about feeding the panicked people to the zombies? That’ll keep ‘em busy for a while (all of ‘em). Uh-oh….evil thoughts…*slaps the mean out of my mind* bad brain!