Things I hate on the telie

Let's face it- we could each of us do a blog on this box over here and how much stupid stuff comes up. We have ourselves to blame of course. And like everything else, one man's art is another one's refuse.

Still, there is some pretty stupid stuff you just can't forget. Today, the Bongo and hoogey show... you know Bongo and Kathy lee Gifford... The show is no worse than any other morning show, but the last two guests were just worthless. The first was a woman who said we should worry about shrinkage in the winter. So much so that she thought we should all get baby powder to sprinkle into the cracks in our hardwood floors. But then don't vacuum it... just leave it there. My question- doesn't dirt do the same thing? And she wants us to stuff our ug shoes with newspapers and clean them with milk. Yeah. Milk. The second woman was supposed to be giving us some new taste sensations. Her first was pumpkin pancakes. They had to show us how to make pancakes! Who can't make pancakes. This wasn't sesame street or some kids' show. These were grown women sitting around a fake kitchen oohing and ahhing over plopping some pumpkin pie mix into your pancake batter and... ooh cooking it. Then the Bongo lady (whatever her name is) plopped her spatula on top of her cake! This is a no no among pancake makers. People do that with hamburgers too, and it's like, hey can I squeeze the juiciness out of this here burger for you? For pancakes... hey, they're cakes, right? Caky? You don't press the air out of your cakes do you? And it wasn't over This "cook" says, take some toasted hot dog rolls, put jam in them, and some butter, and bacon, and voila, you have this great snack. Are you serious? It's toast with bacon on the side, only you stick the bacon into your toast. This is a recipe? I made this kind of stuff after a long night of drinking in college (back in the day).

So if you have anything stupider than this, let me know. By the way, one of my students recently doubted whether stupider was a word. I said yes, and then checked on line, and one site said it was a word, but it was kind of an ugly word. Then I read it in a book this week. There it was... stupider!