"Oh, I'm so glad he got in! , he really deserves it..."
"Did you know the White House was built by black slaves?"
"Was it? That's terrible! They should tear it down and build it again!"
I kid ye not, that was part of an actual conversation overheard in the dining area at work. Well meaning and kind hearted gibberish, of course, but I wasn't about to get involved in the conversation, so I quickly left the room before I burst into a fit of giggles.
It's that whole "Aw, isn't it great?, he's so brave!" bullshit. People acting like the guy's a nine year old paraplegic who's just won his first swimming badge. Wonder what the reaction will be when he gets down to business and displays more of the 'tough bastard' side needed to govern any sizeable country. Maybe I'm not entirely comfortable with politicians unless they register somewhere on the Cunt-O-Meter. **
It'll come.....
In other news, I think I may be a tad lovesick. Or something like that. Not for anyone in particular, you understand, but the symptoms have been manifesting themselves ever more clearly for the past month or two. That inescapable feeling that you're spending too much time on your own and that something vast and important is missing from your existence. Or maybe I just need to buy more porn............. ("~)
I believe it's what Kinky Friedman describes as 'Spiritual Horniness'.
Winter Warmer No4
Bauchredner by Gastr Del Sol, from the Camoufleur album
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