ROFCIBC
Well-Known Member
Hey Gang,
I was going to post this under that thread but decided to start a new one.
The monkey has succeeded!
OK, gang what the hell does this mean?
This morning I had one of those “early getups…can’t sleep” moment. (FWIW I’m an early person anyhow…but I digress)
Turned on the TV, which was on the Fox network (don’t know why…it just was) and the breaking story was the crash at Teterboro airport. Being a pilot, and interested in things aviation, I began watching the “Breaking Story”….
They had the morning show trio, two Goobers and a Ditzo covering this event.
I must digress for a moment. I have a lot of personal names and labels for a lot of folks. Guys who have a mouth and no brains…”Goobers”, girls similarly equipped “Ditzos”. Nothing sexist, nothing derogatory, just my vocabulary. If this bothers you…move on, don’t read any farther…
OK, so we have a tragedy, involving humans, who’s lives may be in jeopardy.
As the program unfolds I began to think of the old saying about,
“Put a monkey at a typewriter and given enough time, according to the laws of chance he will eventually type out an encyclopedia!” For there on TV right before my very eyes were not one, but three monkeys, i.e. 2 Goobers & 1 Ditzo!
I was also reminded of a comment one of my troops made in an after action report, mainly,
“The head’s mouth moved!” Referring to a physical attribute (mouth moving) that had no connection to a brain (head).
These three “reporters” personified that as they proceeded to “report” on the accident. After a while I became nearly mesmerized by this show. Not because of the intelligent information, but by the realization that three people so stupid could actually have the ability to breath air and thus survive!
The crowning glory, at which time I turned the channel to some paid programming infomercial was when the Ditzo made the following observation.
They showed a file photo of a RJ, except this was a 50 or perhaps 70 seat version used commercially. The accident aircraft was the 20 seat version. On and on she went, with concurrence from the twin Goobers about how much of the airplane was NOT visible on the overhead pictures. Comments based on their concept that the accident aircraft was the same one in the file picture. Eventually somebody, probably a third grader at a local school, pointed out the accident aircraft was NOT a long 50 or 70 seat RJ. Quickly the “Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest” trio caught on and a new file photo showing the 20 seat version was shown. But the best was yet to come.
Remember dear reader these three had been babbling on and on about how LONG the airplane was and how much of it was NOT visible due to that length.
They all three, as if on cue, quickly switched to the idea that the airplane in the accident was NOT the longer version, but the much shorter one, and Viola! they were looking at most of it. But the crowning glory came from the Ditzo when she proudly announced, referring to the accident aircraft,
“This was obviously not the limousine version!”
No kidding, she really said that…at which time I switched to the aforementioned infomercials about exercise equipment and male enhancing drugs!
I guess PT Barnum had it right,
“There’s a sucker born every minute”….!
I was going to post this under that thread but decided to start a new one.
The monkey has succeeded!
OK, gang what the hell does this mean?
This morning I had one of those “early getups…can’t sleep” moment. (FWIW I’m an early person anyhow…but I digress)
Turned on the TV, which was on the Fox network (don’t know why…it just was) and the breaking story was the crash at Teterboro airport. Being a pilot, and interested in things aviation, I began watching the “Breaking Story”….
They had the morning show trio, two Goobers and a Ditzo covering this event.
I must digress for a moment. I have a lot of personal names and labels for a lot of folks. Guys who have a mouth and no brains…”Goobers”, girls similarly equipped “Ditzos”. Nothing sexist, nothing derogatory, just my vocabulary. If this bothers you…move on, don’t read any farther…
OK, so we have a tragedy, involving humans, who’s lives may be in jeopardy.
As the program unfolds I began to think of the old saying about,
“Put a monkey at a typewriter and given enough time, according to the laws of chance he will eventually type out an encyclopedia!” For there on TV right before my very eyes were not one, but three monkeys, i.e. 2 Goobers & 1 Ditzo!
I was also reminded of a comment one of my troops made in an after action report, mainly,
“The head’s mouth moved!” Referring to a physical attribute (mouth moving) that had no connection to a brain (head).
These three “reporters” personified that as they proceeded to “report” on the accident. After a while I became nearly mesmerized by this show. Not because of the intelligent information, but by the realization that three people so stupid could actually have the ability to breath air and thus survive!
The crowning glory, at which time I turned the channel to some paid programming infomercial was when the Ditzo made the following observation.
They showed a file photo of a RJ, except this was a 50 or perhaps 70 seat version used commercially. The accident aircraft was the 20 seat version. On and on she went, with concurrence from the twin Goobers about how much of the airplane was NOT visible on the overhead pictures. Comments based on their concept that the accident aircraft was the same one in the file picture. Eventually somebody, probably a third grader at a local school, pointed out the accident aircraft was NOT a long 50 or 70 seat RJ. Quickly the “Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest” trio caught on and a new file photo showing the 20 seat version was shown. But the best was yet to come.
Remember dear reader these three had been babbling on and on about how LONG the airplane was and how much of it was NOT visible due to that length.
They all three, as if on cue, quickly switched to the idea that the airplane in the accident was NOT the longer version, but the much shorter one, and Viola! they were looking at most of it. But the crowning glory came from the Ditzo when she proudly announced, referring to the accident aircraft,
“This was obviously not the limousine version!”
No kidding, she really said that…at which time I switched to the aforementioned infomercials about exercise equipment and male enhancing drugs!
I guess PT Barnum had it right,
“There’s a sucker born every minute”….!
