Fast-growing small marijuana plants? Kindergarten slang for being upset? Wild growth of dandelions? Pissing up a rope? A room full of bed wetters? Exactly what did Barack Obama mean when he used this unfamiliar street vernacular (or, rather, scatological term), "wee weed up" see Barack Obama speaks? Didn't Jack Paar lose his job in 1960 by using the tame English bathroom term "WC' (water closet). Now, we have a President who can obliquely refer to our urinating without any repercussion. Oh, well ... if, during his campaign, he can slyly give the one-finger salute to Hillary Clinton and to John McCain without a public ripple, I guess he can insult his current opposition by questioning their bladder control.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Wee Weed Up
Fast-growing small marijuana plants? Kindergarten slang for being upset? Wild growth of dandelions? Pissing up a rope? A room full of bed wetters? Exactly what did Barack Obama mean when he used this unfamiliar street vernacular (or, rather, scatological term), "wee weed up" see Barack Obama speaks? Didn't Jack Paar lose his job in 1960 by using the tame English bathroom term "WC' (water closet). Now, we have a President who can obliquely refer to our urinating without any repercussion. Oh, well ... if, during his campaign, he can slyly give the one-finger salute to Hillary Clinton and to John McCain without a public ripple, I guess he can insult his current opposition by questioning their bladder control.
Now you are scraping the bottom of the trough when you try to make a federal case out of a silly comment. Maybe you need a new hobby.
ReplyDeleteCapt. You forgot the personal insult at the end of your comment ... "needing a new hobby" doesn't cut it.
ReplyDeleteIf memory serves, the Jack Paar incident erupted when the censors edited out his "WC" joke, and he was so upset about it that he (tearfully) threatened to resign.
ReplyDeleteBut, it appears that accuracy is unecessary when one is determined to find fault with every word, gesture and glance. The intentional distortions of the Obama health plan is another example of the vast right wing conspiracy which is determined to discredit and neuter Obama by deriding anything he says or does.
Still no good. Accusing me of "intentional distortions" doesn't cut it. You need to hurl a real brickbat or two. Perhaps, if you watch B.O. for a week, you can pick up some nifty rhetorical tricks (like I'm "baring false witness".)
ReplyDeleteDEN, I remember it the same way; the ironic parallel is that the flap about the Paar joke was blown out of proportion by little old ladies with tight girdles and bunched-up panties.
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