These are challenging times for the aspiring humorist. This is from a blog post I did last month, purely in an attempt to be funny:
Gasoline prices have dropped dramatically, even drastically, in the last couple of weeks . . .there's some collusion going on here, folks. When prices go down like this, it does not just mean that the oil companies make obscene profits, though they surely do. We are also being sucked into driving even more, which means we will become even more dependent on all that oil. I tell you, this is one of the most evil, ingenious plots I have ever come across, and if it's not a reason for the immediate impeachment of George Bush, I don't know what is.
And this is from an actual, straightforward story yesterday.
WASHINGTON — There is no mystery or manipulation behind the recent fall in gasoline prices, analysts say. Try telling that to many U.S. motorists.
Almost half of all Americans believe the November elections have more influence than market forces. For them, the plunge at the pump is about politics, not economics.
Television got to the point that it was beyond being able to be parodied when there was an actual made-for-TV movie called "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island." What outrageous invention could you come up with that could top that? I think we may be at that point in our American political life right now. People will do anything, say anything, believe anything. It is impossible to parody a culture like that.
