Saturday, December 17, 2005

Bah Humbug take six

Christmas season will result in all sorts of advice from experts on what we SHOULD be doing...from not shopping at Walmart to not eating candy to not smoking...

So here is a link to an old Onion article:

Nation's Experts Give Up

'From Now On, You're On Your Own,' Say Experts

June 16, 1999 | Issue 35•23

WASHINGTON, DC—Citing years of frustration over their advice being misunderstood, misrepresented or simply ignored, America's foremost experts in every field collectively tendered their resignation Monday.....

"Despite all our efforts to advise this nation, America still throws out its recyclables, keeps its guns in unlocked cabinets where children have easy access, eats three times as much red meat as is recommended, watches seven hours of TV per day, swims less than 10 minutes after eating, and leaves halogen lights on while unattended," said Dr. Simon Peavy, vice-president of the National Association of Experts. "Since you don't seem to care about things you don't understand, screw you. We quit."....

(not for the humor impaired)