You'll never beat Bowser with that attitude
Ben Skipworth
Issue date: 10/15/09 Section: Opinion
I'm not a planner. Ask anyone you choose, they will tell you the same. The night before my editorial deadline, the heavens opened sending me manna in the form of a topic. I was on the North Greenville sideline when it happened. Maybe it wasn't the fact that the statement was idiotic, it just opened my eyes.
There was a woman in the stands, after a head rocking Mike Johnson tackle, that yelled, "Take his hat off!" I quickly did a double take. The type of double take that you do when you think you see an ex-girlfriend when you're with your current girlfriend. Don't act like it hasn't happened before.
I was praying that this woman really didn't yell what I thought she yelled. Her husband looked at her and said, "You mean head, don't you?" The fan then preceded to use a few choice expletives to show her husband that she did not make a mistake. Hearing this conversation really got me into one of my crazy thought processes.
Let me start my rant off by bringing you back to kindergarten when the girl with the most cooties comes up to you and says, "Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider." That statement is completely wrong, because the entire world has gotten more "stupider."
We have people, liberal and conservative, that will fight to death over issues that they haven't even researched. Take for instance people that say Obama has actually done something thus far in his term. If SNL is ripping him for joining the Oprah Book Club instead of keeping his promises, you know it's legit. I didn't vote for him, but he's my president and I support him. It's crazy to try to say you actually want the leader of our nation to fail, so let's not make that argument either.
There are issues that I have no reason arguing because I haven't researched for myself. I thank God everyday that my parents taught me to dig deeper than what I'm told before I take a stand. Amidst the chaos and confusion, there are two smart men to lead this world in the right direction.
In 1983, two of the smartest men of all-time were introduced into pop culture. Their names? The Super Mario Brothers or Mario and Luigi. (See, you knew my editorials couldn't possibly be serious for too long.) How many plumbers do you know that give in to the stereotype of "plumbers are big fat guys that display way too much crack." Not these two.
The Mario brothers, instead, wore overalls. The brothers were Italian, so the overalls served a dual purpose. Not only did they eliminate "plumbers crack," they were also sensitive to their southern fans. Talk about being politically correct, those guys had the complete package. However, they did run around hitting bricks for loose change, that wasn't too smart. I usually just lift up Parker's recliner to find my pirate's booty.
So view the world as a glass half full for a while. Just when you think the world is full of incompetent people, you may just break out your old Nintendo and view the world through different eyes.
There was a woman in the stands, after a head rocking Mike Johnson tackle, that yelled, "Take his hat off!" I quickly did a double take. The type of double take that you do when you think you see an ex-girlfriend when you're with your current girlfriend. Don't act like it hasn't happened before.
I was praying that this woman really didn't yell what I thought she yelled. Her husband looked at her and said, "You mean head, don't you?" The fan then preceded to use a few choice expletives to show her husband that she did not make a mistake. Hearing this conversation really got me into one of my crazy thought processes.
Let me start my rant off by bringing you back to kindergarten when the girl with the most cooties comes up to you and says, "Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider." That statement is completely wrong, because the entire world has gotten more "stupider."
We have people, liberal and conservative, that will fight to death over issues that they haven't even researched. Take for instance people that say Obama has actually done something thus far in his term. If SNL is ripping him for joining the Oprah Book Club instead of keeping his promises, you know it's legit. I didn't vote for him, but he's my president and I support him. It's crazy to try to say you actually want the leader of our nation to fail, so let's not make that argument either.
There are issues that I have no reason arguing because I haven't researched for myself. I thank God everyday that my parents taught me to dig deeper than what I'm told before I take a stand. Amidst the chaos and confusion, there are two smart men to lead this world in the right direction.
In 1983, two of the smartest men of all-time were introduced into pop culture. Their names? The Super Mario Brothers or Mario and Luigi. (See, you knew my editorials couldn't possibly be serious for too long.) How many plumbers do you know that give in to the stereotype of "plumbers are big fat guys that display way too much crack." Not these two.
The Mario brothers, instead, wore overalls. The brothers were Italian, so the overalls served a dual purpose. Not only did they eliminate "plumbers crack," they were also sensitive to their southern fans. Talk about being politically correct, those guys had the complete package. However, they did run around hitting bricks for loose change, that wasn't too smart. I usually just lift up Parker's recliner to find my pirate's booty.
So view the world as a glass half full for a while. Just when you think the world is full of incompetent people, you may just break out your old Nintendo and view the world through different eyes.
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