Thursday, October 23, 2008
undecided?
Undecided
I haven't really bought into the whole David Sedaris thing, probably just because everyone in my age group thinks he's the best writer that ever existed, but I have to say this made me laugh out loud. Especially this bit about the undecided voters who keep showing up on the evening news:
"I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked."
I haven't really bought into the whole David Sedaris thing, probably just because everyone in my age group thinks he's the best writer that ever existed, but I have to say this made me laugh out loud. Especially this bit about the undecided voters who keep showing up on the evening news:
"I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked."
