Including myself! --- On Mon, 12/21/09, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bob <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENTS] A little story To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 6:21 PM Lee Fox News is the official name. But Fox has some common names. Fox Noise and Cluster Fox are two I've heard. Not very complimentary, but appropriate. Fox News is considered by a few million Americans to be a highly reliable source of news. Scary. Bob Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:55 PM, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob: > > Similar thing happened to me at the Buick dealer in Minneapolis two > weeks ago, except the TV was set on Fox network. I had no idea that > TV > was such irrational nonsense. If I though it would do any good, I > would > write in and tell the FCC that Fox should not be relicensed to > broadcast > when their current license expires. > > Lee > > [email protected] wrote: >> ENTS, >> >> Back when I was younger, before my hair turned gray and starting >> falling out, I imagined how I might recognize the onset of decline >> into old age with its attendant feelings of powerlessness and the >> eventual oblivion? >> >> This morning I think I discovered the metric needed, while waiting >> for >> my car to be serviced at the local Buick dealer. It was a little too >> raw to go outside and wander around looking at trees, so I stuck it >> out in the waiting room, which meant I was exposed to the T.V. set. >> Game shows. Horror of horrors. Two little old ladies had copped the >> set were glued to the wins and losses. They discouraged any thoughts >> of channel changing with piercing looks. I audibly mumbled my >> displeasure, but wasn't about to chance getting swatted by an old >> lady's purse. I sullenly set through the hoopla. >> >> Game shows. What better measure of mental decline than a tally of the >> number of hours spent watching giddy contestants alternately scream >> and bawl and confirm our addiction to materialism. Where do we cast >> our ballots for euthanasia? >> >> Bob >> >> -- >> Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org >> Send email to [email protected] >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
