"David" wrote in message news:[email]...
They could always do what they've got the ability to do, i.e. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
This is why Argentina gets no respect at the U.N.
And yet, it's nearly impossible to find Lisa or Marge Simpson nudes in the country. Except on the black market of course.
On Apr 14, 11:32 pm, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain" wrote:
I thought they had Margaret Thatcher on?
Um, okay, so Simpsons writers tried for a cheap/cynical historical-revisionist drive-by "shock" gag without checking their basic high-school facts first...
...Do freakin' tell. :/
Derek Janssen wrote in news:QZVMj.13876 $vz2.7933@trndny05:
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You prpbably don't miss American Idol, though LOL
Derek Janssen wrote in news:QZVMj.13876 $vz2.7933@trndny05:
It was the 'Simpson Gene', wasn't it?
Or perhaps that retcon of Principal Skinner's history? 7:^|
Either way, I have long since moved on to well-wishing for a late-night 'genie show' that leaves no fetish unexplored. With all the slapdash 'entertainment' on the small screen these days, I'd say it's *lo-o-o-ong* overdue. 9_9
Signed, Warewolf who hopes that said project won't as drol as the last few attempts at 'adult humor'.
*plays with his Stripperella yo-yo just to hear it squeal piteously*
So down there in, say, Argentina, or...Rand McNally, all their water runs backwards?
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:15:44 GMT, Derek Janssen wrote:
High School? Maybe a college class on Latin America, but no way you'll see something that specific in a US high school class! I mean, *maybe* in a prep school . . .
BTW, looking for accurate history in The Simpsons may not be the best course of action; last I heard FDR did *not* mint a trillion dollar bill . . .
Anyway, what a surprise Argentina's government uses a foreign scandal to get people's eyes off domestic troubles. Well, better than last time, when they invaded the Falkland Islands . . .
Yet we still get masterpieces like "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" . . .
I can see why Argentina would be upset---all the episodes over the last ten years have sucked!
"Antonio E. Gonzalez" wrote in message news:[email]... On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:15:44 GMT, Derek Janssen
The difference between young and old is the difference between looking forward to your next birthday, and dreading it!"
The exact opposite to birth-day is death-day. In between they could be called anniversary-days.
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Sssh! Don't give them any ideas!
Besides, the use of foreign affairs to through domestic problems into relief is a trick used by many politicians in many countries. Argentina's leaders are merely following the herd.
I am Argentine, and I was not offended by it. It's all in how you interpret it, and I actually thought it was kind of "ridiculously funny". I am almost certain, or at least I sure hope, that the Simpsons scriptwriters purposely/deliberately chose to make a mockery of the ignorance some people have of world history. In its irony, I thought it was kind of amusing. Especially the part about Peron "being married to Madonna"! It makes fun of how some people get their "information" solely from movies; from pop culture representations, believing anything they see on TV or in a movie to be the truth. It's shocking to me that some people REALLY DO rely on pop culture to get their facts! Madonna as Peron's wife?! HAHAHAHAHA, you have GOT to be kidding.....and I think they were! I think the Simpsons have made a deeply ironic and self-critical joke and in making fun of themselves, they can't possibly be aiming to offend anyone. Boys and girls, this Simpsons episode is just screaming to you to read your history books. It's saying, in essence, have your fun and watch the Simpsons, but also read and question....Check your facts using multiple sources. Always think critically and make sure you have "the whole picture". If anything, this episode has got people thinking. And what can be better than that?
Uh-, brenda-d, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't _have_ to think all the time. Just like that rainforest scare a few years back: our officials saw there was a problem and they fixed it, didn't they?
Seeing as how it was Brazil that was made fun of in an OFF episode, and not Argentina, I am puzzled. Apparently the Argentinians aren't smart enough to tell the difference between themselves and Brazil. Sort of like US citizens trying to find out what state Springfield is in. Or Homer trying to find Canada on a map. Or Marge trying to find Long Island on a map.
Mr. Museum
On Apr 22, 1:15 am, "[email]" wrote:
Or a situation where the so-called "bias" fluctuates. Or how to tell a nigger from a cracker. It goes on.
On Apr 15, 1:32 pm, "Orson Wells as CitizenCain" wrote:
"You forgot Internets where it's a tube of serieses."