Hum Anger
Superb first paragraph to the story:
A FRUSTRATED son chained and padlocked himself to railings outside two TV studios in protest over the government turning a deaf ear to a constant drone that is driving his elderly mother mad.
Power Cuts Anger
Bakery faces crisis over power cut
A nice bonfire ought to sort it out.
1 comments:
Well, it cuts both ways. It's not just the angry right-wing that parade around with idiotic signs---I have seen TWO carried by protesters that rival any of these.
One was a scatty-looking woman carrying a hand-lettered poster board emblazoned with this passionate plea for the legislature to increase public ed fundig:
"EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE! TRY IGNORENCE" (*sic*) We had a fit laffin'---obviously, this protester had heard the saying, "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance," but darn it,left out a few words, and changed the meaning. And didn't check her dictionary for spelling, either. Maybe she was making some darkly ironic point, but I...don't think so.
My other favorite is "A MIND LIKE A MAN IS A TERRIBLE THING"...a really strange mis-quoting of the United Negro College Fund's '70s ad slogan which was, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." But no, this marcher had too much on his mind to, like, get the phrase right, and...a "man is a terrible thing?" I agree, some days, but, PEOPLE, if you are putting yourself out there, get some help editing your passionate proclamations!
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