Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Model of Sarcasm

Do you ever feel like you aren't quite sarcastic enough? Do you wonder if your everyday conversations are lacking a bit of cynical zip? Don't worry, dear reader, The Writings are here to help. Feel free to use these five quick talking points to help unleash your inner wiseacre.

- Any film featuring Zack (Zach? Zac? Zaq?) Effron has potential to be comedy gold. On top of his enourmous talent is the fact that the idea of having an adult become a kid again is one that is completely original and has never been seen in film before. I'll be the first in line to see his new flick.

- TV needs more prime time cop dramas. I really don't know how we, the American public, get by with only having three to choose from in every half-hour block. More doctor shows, too. It's amazing how these genre's can have so much untapped potential.

- I can't get enough of the Subway $5 Footlong song. It's so catchy, and hearing the tune over and over never makes one feel like going Van Gogh on his own ear.

- The commercial for Life Alert features some of the greatest acting ever captured on film. We're talking about Oscar-worthy stuff. Al Pacino and Meryl Streep could be taking notes.

- The ideal neighbor when you live in an apartment with thin walls is one who is seemingly hearing impaired when her alarm clock is involved. Waking up to your neighbor's alarm each morning is undeniably pleasing, and the joy can extend for nearly 30 minutes as the neighborina's ears refuse to acknoledge the continual beeping of her waking device.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just FYI Daryl it was Van Gogh that cut off his ear.

Logan

Derek D. Larson said...

Horrible excuse for shoddy fact-stating time...

Lousy copy editor.

... I mean, I have no idea what you're talking about. It looks like it says "Van Gogh" to me.

Even if you did somehow read "Da Vinci" in there, I never explicitly said anything about cutting off an ear in referring to Leonardo. Perhaps going Da Vinci on one's ear means painting The Last Supper upon it. That would probably hinder the hearing slightly. Think about it.

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