Flippy - I Rant, You Read

Friday, July 01, 2005

early evening

Idiot of the Day - The Dumbing Down of America

Let’s start off with Prickly City, a right-wing comic in our paper that I’ve never found funny or even relevant.  All of his material is taken from like ten years ago.  But the topper, today’s comic.  See if you can spot the blatant stupidity that was so simplistic in nature that I don’t even know how it got published.

See if you can spot the grotesque spelling error, the lack of imagination and the oddly large lips on the black character in the strip.  If Scott Stantis can’t even spell optimist, then he doesn’t belong in a major newspaper.  Bring back the silliness and enjoyable Franklin Fibbs.

Next on my stupidity hit list - nightly I receive an email from a realtor in my area regarding homes for sale.  Last night I got one for a house on Russling Leaf Drive.  While I’m sure it’s a lovely house and I wish the owners good luck in selling, I’m damned sure I’m not going to be buying a house on a misspelled street.  What has happened to the city in allowing names like this?  Another one nearby, Eifel, off of Ann Road and US-95.  How can anyone stand to live on it...or even see it every day?  I have to avert my eyes.  The street names in this city are becoming more and more,well, unlivable.  What manly guy wants to live on Panda Bear?  Or, who wants to live on Gnatcatcher?  At first I didn’t like my street name, but looking around, I now feel grateful.  It’s spelled properly and often I don’t have to spell it for anyone.  Say it slowly, yes, but not spell it.  I consider that a great success.

Maybe next week we’ll take a few drives around the neighborhood and take pictures, so you too can enjoy the horror of Las Vegas street names.  If they’re not pretending to be in California on the beach, they’re picking names that people are ashamed to say.