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November 28, 2006
Rejected blog fodder
-- The divorce of Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock
Rejected because: Sure, the divorce of a former Playboy bunny and a B-list rock star only months after their three (!) weddings seems eminently risible, but we must remember that famous people hurt, too, that the ups and downs of their personal lives are not played out for our amusement, no matter what the rubbernecking gossip columnists would have us believe. As Kid Rock once sang so movingly: "Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogy said up jump the boogy."
-- Headline from Toronto Star: "Bush launches diplomatic offensive"
Rejected because: There's a facile joke to be made here about how Bush couldn't possibly be any more offensive if he tried, but considering the outcome of the mid-term elections, it seems like piling on. Or, to put it another way, it feels like "over-thumpin'."
-- New York Times article on the rich vs. the super-rich in which people who earn salaries in the low six-figures whine about their sad lot in life.
Rejected because: Hard to smirk when jaw is on the floor.
Posted by teb at November 28, 2006 10:56 AM