Friday Fun: Area Eccentric Reads Entire Book
The Onion is always very funny, if sometimes cutting a little too close for comfort:
GREENWOOD, IN—Sitting in a quiet downtown diner, local hospital administrator Philip Meyer looks as normal and well-adjusted as can be. Yet, there's more to this 27-year-old than first meets the eye: Meyer has recently finished reading a book.
Yes, the whole thing.
"It was great," said the peculiar Indiana native, who, despite owning a television set and having an active social life, read every single page of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. "Especially the way things came together for Scout in the end. Very good."
*snip*
According to behavioral psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Schulz, Meyer's reading of entire books is abnormal and may be indicative of a more serious obsession with reading.
"Instead of just zoning out during a bus ride or spending hour after hour watching YouTube videos at night, Mr. Meyer, unlike most healthy males, looks to books for gratification," Schulz said. "Really, it's a classic case of deviant behavior."
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I'm a regular reader of the onion. Yeah, I know what you mean about cutting close. This one http://www.theonion.com/content/news/e_mail_from_aunt_accidentally got sent around my family.
Good........
Laughing out loud! This is too funny..... I keep reading about what the digital age is doing to our attention spans, and this captures that concept perfectly.
That was hilarious! What a sad commentary on today's day and age.
I really enjoyed this post. It really is depressing that people read so little these days.
You might also enjoy this comic:
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/061808/legalize-books.gif
Cheers!
-Chris
Nice post Keep the good work
I think the Onion has a tendency to have a smug middle class bias and are sophomoric. The old National Lampoon had a sharper and more cultured point of view. I seldom laugh when I read the Onion.
This snippet is a good example of the dull work that they peddle. It appeals to both sides of a cultural dispute over the arts. The low brow anti elitist can view the subject as a guy who thinks he is special for merely reading a book. The literate see it as a comment on the low culture's pointless use of thier leisure time.
Very interesting blog. Keep up the good work.
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