A discussion with my son

James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 13 May 1999 19:48:52 -0400 (EDT)

After reading all my juno mail yesterday my son and I were taking a
drive.  This is an approximate representation of the exchange between
us...

Dad:  Hey, I have a friend on a listserve from Australia and I asked her
what she thought of that Simpsons episode set in Australia.

Son:  What did she think?

Dad:  She said it didn't go over very well over there...

Son:  Why not?

Dad: Well, she basically said they used stereotypes to get cheap laughs.

Son:  It worked!

Dan and Son:  hahahahahahahaahahahahaha

(Dad thinks to himself, "We've probably both watched that show just a
little too much....)

Dad:  There were other responses too . One guy said  the humor was
actually directed toward Americans because only Americans are stupid
enough to think that way.

Son:  (smirking)  He's right!

Dad:  Did you know those guys don't even have CNN down there?  And that
there's usually only one televsion set per town...everyone goes to
something like a theater to watch the one television.  There's been riots
down there when someone accidentally changed the channel.  I think just
last week four people were killed in a...

Son:  Haw haw, Dad.

Just thought I'd share that with you.... :)

Jim

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