WORZALA'S WEDNESDAY WORD 12-20-06
Today's Wednesday Word is "You" as in "You have got to be kidding me Time Magazine for making 'You' the Person of the Year."
How long did the debate rage at the office before everyone agreed to this total cop out? Did everyone laugh out loud at the editor who suggested it until they realized that they were serious? How long did the awkward silence last after that? Ten minutes? Two hours? Did they start to cry? Was that it Time Magazine? Did you pick "You" because the editor started to cry? What sort of news magazine are you? You're Time! You're supposed to make people cry!
This is like in high school where the cool kids pick an unpopular kid for homecoming court, but then everyone votes for him "as a joke" and he winds up Homecoming King. And then it's too late to tell anyone that it's a joke and all you can do is sit back in horror and watch. Not that I'd know, I didn't go to Homecoming... ever. Not even when they elected me King.
Kim Jong Il continuing to play chicken with all of Asia: not worthy of Person of the Year.
Warren Buffet donating $9 Gazillion to Bill Gate's charity: not worthy of Person of the Year.
My Girlfriend for putting up with me: Not Worthy of Person of the Year.
Instead, "you" are the Person of the Year. Why? Because some tweens with too much time on their hands have flooded the internet with Black Eyed Pea music videos comprised of Final Fantasy XII screen shots. So "you" have revolutionized digital media. Because every 20-something who isn't happy that they aren't married yet swarms Craigslist. So "you" have changed the way the world looks at relationships and dating. Because every moron who can slap their hands down on a keyboard has a blog (myself excluded, I've won awards for my two fisted style of inter-nalism) So "you" have turned the world of reporting on it's frickin' head.
Riiiiiiight.
I have some questions for the good folks at Time magazine. If "you" are Person of the Year, how far does that extend? Are non-American's the Person of the Year? What about Osama Bin Laden? Is he Person of the Year? That takes some massive balls to give the guy behind 9/11 the title of Person of the Year. Especially 5 years after the fact. I ask you, the loyal reader, what kind of compliment is it to be Person of the Year if it means you're lumped in with terrorists, dictators, and Terrell Owens? Can you include it on your resume?
I can't wait for the next issue of Time magazine and the hard hitting expose entitled "Horses: Pretty or REALLY Pretty". That's the kind of product we can apparently expect from Time Magazine now that We have flipped the world on it's ear. Personally? I blame "you".
How long did the debate rage at the office before everyone agreed to this total cop out? Did everyone laugh out loud at the editor who suggested it until they realized that they were serious? How long did the awkward silence last after that? Ten minutes? Two hours? Did they start to cry? Was that it Time Magazine? Did you pick "You" because the editor started to cry? What sort of news magazine are you? You're Time! You're supposed to make people cry!
This is like in high school where the cool kids pick an unpopular kid for homecoming court, but then everyone votes for him "as a joke" and he winds up Homecoming King. And then it's too late to tell anyone that it's a joke and all you can do is sit back in horror and watch. Not that I'd know, I didn't go to Homecoming... ever. Not even when they elected me King.
Kim Jong Il continuing to play chicken with all of Asia: not worthy of Person of the Year.
Warren Buffet donating $9 Gazillion to Bill Gate's charity: not worthy of Person of the Year.
My Girlfriend for putting up with me: Not Worthy of Person of the Year.
Instead, "you" are the Person of the Year. Why? Because some tweens with too much time on their hands have flooded the internet with Black Eyed Pea music videos comprised of Final Fantasy XII screen shots. So "you" have revolutionized digital media. Because every 20-something who isn't happy that they aren't married yet swarms Craigslist. So "you" have changed the way the world looks at relationships and dating. Because every moron who can slap their hands down on a keyboard has a blog (myself excluded, I've won awards for my two fisted style of inter-nalism) So "you" have turned the world of reporting on it's frickin' head.
Riiiiiiight.
I have some questions for the good folks at Time magazine. If "you" are Person of the Year, how far does that extend? Are non-American's the Person of the Year? What about Osama Bin Laden? Is he Person of the Year? That takes some massive balls to give the guy behind 9/11 the title of Person of the Year. Especially 5 years after the fact. I ask you, the loyal reader, what kind of compliment is it to be Person of the Year if it means you're lumped in with terrorists, dictators, and Terrell Owens? Can you include it on your resume?
I can't wait for the next issue of Time magazine and the hard hitting expose entitled "Horses: Pretty or REALLY Pretty". That's the kind of product we can apparently expect from Time Magazine now that We have flipped the world on it's ear. Personally? I blame "you".
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