You be the judge

1. The socialite couple who crashed the White House dinner last week should be:

a. Thrown in jail.

b. Hired as security consultants for the Secret Service.

c. Given their own reality show.

d. Ignored. What’s the big deal?

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2. The most likely scenario involving Tiger Woods and his wife is that:

a. He was driving away for some normal reason, and just lost control of the car. She tried to save him by bashing the windows in with a golf club.

b. She was mad at him for cheating and chased him from the house, bashing the car windows in with a golf club.

c. How dare we even speculate about this? It’s none of our business.

d. Who cares? He’s a golfer, ferchrissakes.

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3. Oprah Winfrey is retiring from her daily talk show. This is evidence of:

a. The death of daytime television.

b. The death of the book publishing business. Without Oprah, who will know what books to buy?

c. Her desire to leave TV and run for office, eventually rising to the position of U.S. president in 2016.

d. Falling ratings, nothing more, nothing less. She couldn’t stay at the top forever, could she? So she’s leaving.

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4. The fact that college football star Tim Tebow wears bible verses imprinted on his eye black and takes every opportunity to publicly profess his Christian faith is:

a. annoying.

b. admirable. He’s a young man who’s not afraid to express his beliefs.

c. a ploy for media attention.

d. evidence that God actually does reward those who pray to him on a football field.

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Discuss.

9 responses to “You be the judge”

  1. lane says:

    what a beautifully laid out post. so thoughtful, so fun.

    ah the general idiocy of american life!

  2. ScottyGee says:

    1: d. They sure look rich and connected.
    2: I’m surprised that nobody’s talking about the fact that he was driving a Cadillac and not a Buick (one of his major sponsors).
    3: God, wouldn’t you be ready for something new after all of those years?
    4: a. If it were d, the Cardinals would’ve won the Superbowl last year.

  3. Dave says:

    You know, the NY Times gave me the impression that (a) was the right answer for Question 2. I am such a sucker.

  4. Marleyfan says:

    Nice post.
    1. D, unless it was illegal.
    2. D, but probably B is likely
    3. E, i agree with ScottyMcGee (again).
    4. C, Dumbass, he should be wearing a TGW headband instead.

  5. Stella says:

    On #3 – I hear our gal is planning to come out in 2010. Join us, Oprah!

  6. Dave says:

    Come out to where?

    Oh, you mean like Meredith Baxter.

  7. ScottyGee says:

    5: God I hope that is true! That would be amazing!

  8. Rachel says:

    Stella, can you name your sources?

    The media takeover is almost complete…

  9. Nat says:

    1. The fact that they got in is unnerving. Good thing they just wanted to crash the party.

    2. OK, Tiger has apologized for his “transgressions,” but CNN’s question, “Do you accept Tiger’s apology?”… hah?

    4. “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.” Matt. 6:1

    Not that it’s any of my business, I’m not religious…