July 10, 2009 | reviews
1. Why is the surgeon general neither a surgeon nor a general?
2. Why does the news use the phrase ‘closer to home now’ when they transition from world news to local? If you’re watching TV in Pennsylvania, aren’t you going to figure out for yourself that a story about a Philadelphia man has nothing to do with elections in Burkina Faso?
3. Why do people always ask a question that has nothing to do with question begging, when they beg the question?
4. Why do they always advertise ‘the next Ultimate Fighter” on Spike TV’s reality show? If there’s an ‘Ultimate Fighter’, there should only be one season of the show.
5. Why is it that in a cop show, whenever someone is pointing a gun at someone else, the victim will inevitably bring up something sordid in the gunman’s past that will make him break down and drop his weapon? [please see our Cop Cliches list]
6. Why do people still mispronounce bruschetta? (bruce-sket-uh)
7. Why is the country always named when it’s immediately obvious? Oh, the G8 Summit is being held in THAT Paris! My bad. Thought they meant Paris, Texas.
8. Why do lawyers no longer solicit but johns in brothels do?
9. Why do bands named after geographical locales always blow? (to find out, please see our list)
10. Psychics are ridiculous enough. How is it that people believe that meaningful telepathic communication is possible with your pet?
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