Fox News, on the rare occasion that it is on in the Petit Autohibography household, has an annoying habit of announcing upcoming news stories with questions which, it is easy to suppose, they are inviting the viewers to answer.
"Unexplained fighting breaks out between teens in a Long Island town. Just what is going on?"
Fucked if I know. You're the news bods, not me.
"A new superbacteria kills a perfectly healthy athlete. Antibiotics don't work. What can YOU do to stop it?"
Die with dignity whilst infecting as few people as possible.
"Was a hand grenade thrown at President Bush?"
If you're not sure...no.
I think I might start commenting like that. Should I?
I especially hate that when it's "A common household object -- it could SAVE YOUR LIFE... find out how... tomorrow."
Heh! GREAT post. Hilarious!
HA! Stuart, this reminds me of an old 'Saturday Night Live' sketch called "Action 8 Newswatch". (Our top stories tonight: the president has been assassinated. But president of what? We'll tell you in the next half-hour.)
Here's more (copy and paste URL below):
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99anewswatch.phtml
(P.S. I think Jen knows the SNL sketch based on her post...)