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AUGUST 21, 2009 10:44AM

Random Statements of Fact

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Really. I mean it now.
 


A Tylenol tablet does not cost a hospital $26. You are already paying for everyone else’s healthcare. Moving on…

If the Mayans knew anything about the apocalypse, they would never have given that Spanish guy a fruit basket.

There is a fine line between telling the truth and being a weenie. If you’re wondering where you stand, you should probably dial it back a notch.

We put a man on the moon, but we cannot manufacture a women's shaving cream dispenser that doesn't break the very first time we drop it in the shower.

The Fox Corporation has the highest rated cable news channel. Last week, four and a half million more people watched Two and a Half Men than the Octomom on Fox. This is a sign that perhaps the American soul is not yet dead. Rupert Murdoch is not an American.

The Wiggles are coming to PBS Sprout on Monday morning. In other news, on Monday afternoon I will be drinking my lunch.

There is not a sugar shortage. Stop inventing crises – we have enough real ones to go around.

Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict with a personality disorder.

People are allowed to wear shorts on vacation. If you had to look at 85-year-old men in shorts at the beach all day like Floridians do, you would be pleased as hell to see Michelle Obama’s legs on the news. Shut up or stop sending your parents to retire in Boca. They are dragging down Obama’s approval rating because they know they are first to go if the Death Panels have anything to say about it.

Blacking out sports doesn’t sell more tickets. It reminds people that there’s a Sopranos marathon on A&E.

Yes, you have the right to wear your bed sheets over your head and carry a gun at a town hall meeting. You also have the right to shove a watermelon up your butt. Both are a pain in the ass. Stop it.

Weren’t you the same people who were yelling at us three months ago because we were going to “shove socialism down your throat without public discourse”?
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Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua.
a good dead language is sooo ontological
I should just start writing completely in Latin.
One correction, Murdoch is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He has to be one to own a TV or Radio staion.
OES - Does that make him an American? Let's ask Rush...
And yes, I do know that he was naturalized in 1985.
I make the funny ha-ha, not the edumacational.
perhaps murdoch is a weenie? rAted!
I could add a number of things to this, but then I would start a rant and or end up writing a post of my own. I'll live with yours. It's excellent.
Loved this! You have given my hope...kinda! And I'd be drinking my lunch if I had to watch the Wiggles, too!
Great rant, Jodi. Thank you especially for calling out the "sugar shortage." WTF? It's like saying we have a shortage of celery. I'm pretty sure we can grow more.

P. S. Your hospital only charges $26 for that Tylenol? Such a bargain!
I was only commenting in the spirit of your headline. ;) Murdoch is also Jewish, which is embarassing.
OMG Jodi! That picture is GREAT!
I want it on a tee shirt!
Lady you speak the truth and my favorite truth was about Rush. That man blows hot air whenever he opens his mouth.
Thanks for this it adds to my Friday.
you started my day off with a big belly laugh...the poster is perfectly true and wacky too. love it! thanks.
Randomly enjoyed your facts, lady.

OldEnglishSheepdog commented:
I was only commenting in the spirit of your headline. ;) Murdoch is also Jewish, which is embarassing.


He may be circumcised but he's no Jew. Actually, he may or may not be circumcised, and no, I don't want to know. ;-D

We ride around in a big red car.........

OK, kidding. But hey, at least it isn't a Spongebob marathon.

Thumbed for Wigglelocity.
Chuck - Perhaps? PERHAPS? Perhaps I'll be having an adult beverage this evening. About as likely.

Toochie - I had to stop myself. No one wants to hear about my personal issues with three-tined forks again.

Fab - I won't have to watch it, but I will have to listen to it.

Lisa - They are just setting us up as an excuse to use more high fructose corn syrup. Just wait and see.

OES - I've used "boinking" in a title. I'm probably not a good person to hold accountable for truthiness.

ladyfarmerjed - I wonder what would happen if the far right was led by a sane person with decency and humanity?

Nah...

nofrillsmonkey - I didn't know that there was such an illustration until today. "How would you like a nice steaming cup of shut the fuck up?" has been a standard question in my house for years. It's good to know we are not alone.

screamin' mama - Thank you.

Bill - I still say we allow his fellow conservatives to decide if he's a "real American" or not. They would have to do so without knowing who he was. As in... "Is someone who lives the majority of their life in another country then comes to America just to take a job a *true* American?"
I love it when you rant! When I try, it just sounds like I'm whining! Love and agree with all of these, especially the Rush one--you've nailed the problem, I think. Love the poster. Can I have one for my living room wall? And love the Latin! I haven't tried to translate Latin since college (a millennium ago, when Latin was everyone's second language!). I was delighted to realize I could still do it! Guess I'm not in dementia yet (though some of my friends/family might disagree!). Rated. D
Freakin' Brilliant.

You totally managed to do this without sounding like a whiny cunt. Oooooops. I meant whiny bitch, of course.
Yarn Over - Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi.

Duane - Now THAT is a compliment! (I do strive to be neither.)
But what if you're telling the truth that you are a weenie?
I know, late again. The shaving cream is a clever way to force you to buy more. it isn't just woman's either. A clever tribute to William Tecumseh Sherman too. I'd rate your posts if they were blank you gorgeous thing you;)
Your rants are the best rants on OS. Isn't there an award for that, or something? What on earth are "The Wiggles"?
adjusted retort: is a Major Weenie
hee hee heelarious!
Yes, these are good words.
Aren't both the Wiggles and Rupert Murdoch Australian?

The Apocalypse will come from Down Under. Wait and see.

From an article in Time on Michelle Obama's shorts: "But the truth is there was a conflict. It is within each of us. While nobody would make Mrs. O wear couture in Arizona in August, the truth is, she just didn't look particularly good in shorts. "

Does Murdoch own Time Warner yet?
Hear, hear!! Each and every one of them, perfect Friday thoughts. And though I've not watched the Wiggles, if they're anything like the Teletubbies . . . hell, drinking just makes it spookier.
Has anybody seen Murdochs birth certificate? I'm jest sayin'...
My personal favorite: Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict with a personality disorder.

Good reading for a Friday morning! Now where's that coffee?
Maybe if they'd all wear shorts daily, they'd dismount their golden high-horses and get something done for a change.
Good random list BTW
Stim - True weenies never admit it.

Bob - I think you would be greatly disappointed with me in person. I actually have a random bullshit generator that does these posts for me. It's all based on algorithms and things I read in Gourmet magazine.

'ella 'ella 'ella - We could have awards, but then the Usual Unmedicated Suspects would start flinging poo at bystanders from their cages. This is why we can't have nice things. (P.S. Do NOT google The Wiggles.)

Chuck - I think the Constitution says that only native-born citizens can be Major Weenies.

trig - TRIG!?! Trig. Yay! (Just glad you're here)

Delia - Thanks!

Leeandra - Well, *I* wasn't going to point that out, but yeah. I don't know who owns Time Warner, but I'll bet they look horrible in shorts.

Owl - The horrific thing about my kids being ages 12 to 2 is that I have had to put up with the Wiggles AND the Teletubbies. Now I get Hannah Montana as an added torturous bonus.

Deborah - I shouldn't have read that while drinking water.

MAWB - Didn't you hear? There's a coffee shortage!

Boomer Bob - Well, if we're all up in arms over the first lady's shorts then maybe we won't notice that the only thing left in their arsenal is an army of dipshits scared to death that something good might happen to anyone else but them.

This is what happens when I can't formulate a complete post about any one thing.
Don't believer her Bobbot, she's a gorgeous lady, with astounding eyes.
What, only 13? I know you have more rant in you than this. But this is a damn good start....
I'll rate it... but it's too short. Much more to be said.
Someone had a couple too many cups of coffee this morning! Fantastic stuff!!!
"Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict with a personality disorder."

Definitely deserves to be repeated, often.
Love the list - did you realize two of them harsh on the Australians (though not w/o good reason)? Both Murdoch and the Wiggles call the land down under their birth place. There are a couple of Aussie history books which include the story of the rise of Murdoch and they scared the crap out of me. The rise of the Wiggles though, who could have seen that coming?
And I would just like to say "yes" twelve times! Particularly like #6, drinking lunch.
Thanks to everyone for their comments.

I just got the unexpected news that the SmallGirlChild will be starting preschool on Monday. I didn't think she would be starting until in the spring. So, I am running around the house like an idiot trying to get some stuff together for her.

As for my harshing on the Aussies - I do mention in my comments that there is nothing wrong with Australians. I know that they didn't get a vote about Murdoch or the Wiggles and I enjoy their beer.
I could write my own comment but I think I'll go with Cartouche's. Doubled down.
I've had it too in all of the same places.
Oh thanks a lot! Now I'll be humming all of Captain Feathersword's songs all night. (I hate that I even remember his name) Really, I loved this!
A socialist watermelon though. . .

Rated and appreciated.
I'd like to see Rush with a watermelon up his butt.
My kids are old enough that I'm not familiar with the Wiggles oeuvre. However, if we are showing old war-scars, I did take them to a Barney show and a Ricky Martin concert. (I brought a book and an Itty Bitty Book Light, and was the envy of every parent there.)

Also, you are whatever is more awesome than awesome.
Fabulous, Jodi! Just fabulous.
Sweet. Please do not hesitate to post if you have more of these, please.
Beautifully stated, Jodi. Esp about Michelle's legs. She not only has great arms, she has great legs, and those shorts were plenty long enough to cover what public modesty requires. And seriously, for Arizona in August, shorts are a lot smarter for day wear than ball gowns.

Or burqas.

The only sugar shortage I know of is in my baking cupboard. To soon be remedied by a trip to el grocery store. She who bakes birthday cakes and makes lemon curd can expect to run out of sugar now and then....

One of my favorite latin phrases is: Caeser si vivaret, ad remum dareris. (if Caesar were alive, you'd be chained to an oar.) I wouldn't mind seeing Rush Limbaugh chained to an oar, come to think of it. Think of all the flab he'd work off.... And he might even learn to keep his mouth shut once in a while.
On shaving cream dispensers, there's two options: one that doesn't break, but rusts; one that doesn't rust, but breaks. Pick your poison.

Personally, I'd rather be around breakable shaving cream dispensers in the shower than rusty metal. Just sayin'.
What can I say, Jodi? Hysterical. So clever, I wish I'd thought of it. Drat!

Rated for laughs.