Saturday, January 29, 2005

Think Before You Speak

I went to an Air Force Academy basketball game tonight. They had a weird overflow parking area almost half a mile away from Clune Arena, where the Falcons play. As we were walking toward the arena, I heard this guy about thirty feet behind us making an idiot out of himself. He said, "You know, I hear they're not as good as everyone says they are." Oh really, Sherlock? Well who did you hear it from, then? What you just said is impossible, you moron. Either "everyone" says the same thing, or they don't, but you can't have "everyone" saying the same thing, and then "hear" something different. That doesn't make any sense. The guy was apparently trying to sound like he knew more than absolutely nothing about the team, obviously to impress his already uninterested wife. All I ask is that people start thinking about what they're going to say before they say it, especially if those people already know that they're idiots.

4 Comments:

Blogger Jess said...

I have a great "think before you speak" moment. Somewhere in Oklahoma, while driving from Houston to Nebraska, we passed a VETERANS hospital. Out on the front lawn was an old army tank with the machine guns and some old canons. These words actually came out of my sister's mouth: "MESS WITH OUR ANIMALS AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE MEANING OF PAIN." After several moments of me not being able to breathe, she realized her mistake.

1:28 AM  
Blogger John said...

Shoot, Andrew--I'd let this guy off on his colloquial grammar and instead dress him down for the sheer idiocy of deprecating the hometeam... in the middle of a 19,000 acre federal installation... surrounded by 4,000 killing-machines-in-training that most likely favor the blue squad... all while implicitly admitting that one is spending time and money on an event one believes to be overrated. It's like wearing socks to a nude beach.

2:08 AM  
Blogger Vaughan said...

Jess- That's hilarious! For some reason, I'm reminded of the time my mom told my sister about a woman who had torn off her baby's arms, and when my mom finished the story, my sister asked, "What did she do with them?"

John- An excellent point I neglected to notice. That guy is now an idiot on multiple levels.

9:20 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Andrew- your mom actually told your sister a story about a woman who ripped off her baby's arms? You win for most material-making family. That's hilarious.

2:18 PM  

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