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I'm afraid I use the word "idiot" way to much. My girlfriend said once "Who don't you think is an idiot?" And I have to admit, she had a point.
But, I wanted to clarify something. I don't sit around using the word the way Archie used "Ding bat." But when I blog, it just seems the perfect word to describe the latest criminal, or nasty neighbor.
With that intro out of the way...todays idiot isn't as bad as any other I've written about previously.
It's Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtnon, a Republican from Florida. Oh, no...she's not an idiot because she's a Republican. Well, okay, maybe a little. But what I mean to say is...that's not why I'm calling her an idiot.
I'm calling her an idiot, because Obama called her on the phone. And she hung up on him twice. She said, "I didn't vote for your sorry, inexperienced ass!"
Okay, she didn't say that. In fact, she didn't even think it. What she thought was that it was a crank call.
But that was where her idiot instinct took over.
I remember when I was 20, calling my mom and doing crank calls. She was divorced, and if there was a guy she was dating, I might say "Hey Judi, it's Steve. I've decided you should dye your hair blonde. And maybe get a boob job." She'd say, "Are you insane, Steve?" I'd then laugh and say it was me. I don't subscribe to the notion that a Punk'd style joke should go on more than a few seconds.
It got to the point where she'd answer the phone, and if the real Steve was calling, or someone selling vacuums, she'd say "Okay, Josh, stop it. I know it's you."
And, I can give this Republican Rep a little more credit because of the prank that radio station played on Sarah Palin. But it's for that reason, she is an idiot in my eyes.
If you think it's someone pranking you, the first thing you tell yourself is: Don't give them anything they can use to make me look stupid. Don't say "Oh yeah? If you're Obama, let me tell you...your wife has a big booty and you have big ears."
You don't hang up, thinking it's a joke. Your first thought is: Wow, this dude really sounds like the President elect.
You might even be caught off guard, and your first instinct is to say "Na uh. It's not you." At which point, he'll say "Yes, it's me. I wanted to call because..."
And you hear the "person" out. If it's a prank, they will say something outrageous like: "It's not going to work with that Hillary. She's already bringing Bill and his saxophone and cigars into the Lincoln bedroom." At which point, you KNOW it's a joke.
Or, this "person" says something that sounds very presidential. And, you may still think it's a prank. Nothing wrong with that. You still don't say anything crazy. Let the person talk. And, you can be vague in your answers.
Obama called her back a second time saying "how can I prove it's me?"
That's one of those cliche prank questions someone doing a Nicholson voice might say. And, what could you do? Ask the year Five Easy Pieces came out. He might rattle off the right year, or have notes nearby. Or they say something that ONLY that person would know. And you don't know it, so you can't confirm it.
So, you ask how he got the number? You ask what his shooting percentage was on his basketball team. Have fun with it. Nobody will play a crank call that has a great impersonator, with you simply asking innocent questions to get to the bottom of it. Because there's nothing there.
There was a great scene in that Michael Douglas movie (forget the title: American President, maybe). He first gets hung up on when he tries calling Annette Benning. She says, a second time he calls "you have a nice butt." Which, in reality, goes back to what I just wrote. Don't say anything that will sound ridiculous if it is the Prez.
Douglas later called a florist, who didn't believe it was him. That makes more sense. Why would the President call for flowers? He'd have one of his peeps do it.
But all this got me thinking...early on in Obamas campaigning, some hot celebrity (maybe Scarlett Johansson, I can't remember), said he was always texting her. He said that wasn't true. He texted back once (busted).
But why not have a President making some fun phone calls? He could record them for a DVD to sell when he leaves office. Sure, it might not be the classiest thing.
Not as classy as going to do speaking engagements for $250,000 a pop.
I'm afraid I use the word "idiot" way to much. My girlfriend said once "Who don't you think is an idiot?" And I have to admit, she had a point.
But, I wanted to clarify something. I don't sit around using the word the way Archie used "Ding bat." But when I blog, it just seems the perfect word to describe the latest criminal, or nasty neighbor.
With that intro out of the way...todays idiot isn't as bad as any other I've written about previously.
It's Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtnon, a Republican from Florida. Oh, no...she's not an idiot because she's a Republican. Well, okay, maybe a little. But what I mean to say is...that's not why I'm calling her an idiot.
I'm calling her an idiot, because Obama called her on the phone. And she hung up on him twice. She said, "I didn't vote for your sorry, inexperienced ass!"
Okay, she didn't say that. In fact, she didn't even think it. What she thought was that it was a crank call.
But that was where her idiot instinct took over.
I remember when I was 20, calling my mom and doing crank calls. She was divorced, and if there was a guy she was dating, I might say "Hey Judi, it's Steve. I've decided you should dye your hair blonde. And maybe get a boob job." She'd say, "Are you insane, Steve?" I'd then laugh and say it was me. I don't subscribe to the notion that a Punk'd style joke should go on more than a few seconds.
It got to the point where she'd answer the phone, and if the real Steve was calling, or someone selling vacuums, she'd say "Okay, Josh, stop it. I know it's you."
And, I can give this Republican Rep a little more credit because of the prank that radio station played on Sarah Palin. But it's for that reason, she is an idiot in my eyes.
If you think it's someone pranking you, the first thing you tell yourself is: Don't give them anything they can use to make me look stupid. Don't say "Oh yeah? If you're Obama, let me tell you...your wife has a big booty and you have big ears."
You don't hang up, thinking it's a joke. Your first thought is: Wow, this dude really sounds like the President elect.
You might even be caught off guard, and your first instinct is to say "Na uh. It's not you." At which point, he'll say "Yes, it's me. I wanted to call because..."
And you hear the "person" out. If it's a prank, they will say something outrageous like: "It's not going to work with that Hillary. She's already bringing Bill and his saxophone and cigars into the Lincoln bedroom." At which point, you KNOW it's a joke.
Or, this "person" says something that sounds very presidential. And, you may still think it's a prank. Nothing wrong with that. You still don't say anything crazy. Let the person talk. And, you can be vague in your answers.
Obama called her back a second time saying "how can I prove it's me?"
That's one of those cliche prank questions someone doing a Nicholson voice might say. And, what could you do? Ask the year Five Easy Pieces came out. He might rattle off the right year, or have notes nearby. Or they say something that ONLY that person would know. And you don't know it, so you can't confirm it.
So, you ask how he got the number? You ask what his shooting percentage was on his basketball team. Have fun with it. Nobody will play a crank call that has a great impersonator, with you simply asking innocent questions to get to the bottom of it. Because there's nothing there.
There was a great scene in that Michael Douglas movie (forget the title: American President, maybe). He first gets hung up on when he tries calling Annette Benning. She says, a second time he calls "you have a nice butt." Which, in reality, goes back to what I just wrote. Don't say anything that will sound ridiculous if it is the Prez.
Douglas later called a florist, who didn't believe it was him. That makes more sense. Why would the President call for flowers? He'd have one of his peeps do it.
But all this got me thinking...early on in Obamas campaigning, some hot celebrity (maybe Scarlett Johansson, I can't remember), said he was always texting her. He said that wasn't true. He texted back once (busted).
But why not have a President making some fun phone calls? He could record them for a DVD to sell when he leaves office. Sure, it might not be the classiest thing.
Not as classy as going to do speaking engagements for $250,000 a pop.