sample the following gem, off the IHT:
"...Observers of human comedy have tried for centuries to explain how so many people can be so ignorant yet manage to feed themselves and reproduce..."
a fine example being 99.999% of wee islanders. of all colours, orientations and educational "qualifications". ::cough, splutter::
ok, a wee sidetrack there. the journo of this article was actually pointing out today's sad state of affairs - via a survey held in the UK - whereby today's youths are not only a collective herd of ignoramuses. but also apathetic, defective, feckless and anal-retentive.
sample these bits:
"...A new British survey commissioned by Blenheim Palace reveals that 10 percent of the 2,000 people questioned thought Adolf Hitler was a fictional character. He never lived. He never ran He never blitzed London. He never invaded Russia or created the Holocaust..."
i'm appalled. but if these same 10 percent of the 2,000 people were asked who's the Page 3 Model of the day, i'm very sure they would be spot on.
i must clarify though there are geezers out there who are apathetic, defective, feckless and anal-retentive as well. like those working over here at the workplace. who seem to be inhabitants of another planet. or exist in a parallel cosmoverse.
makes me wonder if there is some massive conspiracy breeding program going on which i'm not aware of; as the number of apathetic, defective, feckless and anal-retentive thingies is growing. rather rapidly.
looking from a different angle though, if not for this herd of apathetic, defective, feckless and anal-retentive thingies, there won't be enough material for me to blah/rant/waffle/whinge about.
innit?
as enscribed by the letter b @ April 15, 2004 08:25 AModd, i didn't seem to receive these comments from you's on friday itself. anyhoo..
DW - heh. they would even get the year of the founding of the wee isle wrongly. or are unaware that david marshall was the geezer who first came up with the idea of independence in 1955.
oh, and ask them if they know what's happening in the middle east, they'd go, "HUH? middderr what??!"
giles - yep, but at the current workplace, i always go home mentally draining. no doubt they are material for my constant windings up.
simon - yep, just look at the rising number of teenaged wee islanders registering with blogspot. i hardly come across local bloggers who are of my age thereabouts.
as blahed by breanagh @ April 18, 2004 08:31 AMIt's a race to the bottom. Just like in the blogosphere.
as blahed by Simon @ April 16, 2004 10:38 AMi must admit i think that it is evolution at work. genetic forces are creating a race of stupid "sub-humans" who will unquestioningly do really shitty dull jobs for no money and let the rest of us with brains have a great time at their expense.
as blahed by giles @ April 16, 2004 10:28 AMAgree without any reservation.
Not sure how our resident mini wee-islanders would fare if the same survey was done on them.
One thing's for sure, the Head Sage will not be a fictional character. :)
as blahed by D W @ April 16, 2004 09:38 AM