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May. 25th, 2008 08:10 amYesterday was spent, according to plan, in total laziness, with lots of mindless TV-watching. Among others, I watched the Simpsons episode where Homer joins the army, and couldn't stop laughing when one of the 4 most stupid recruits pulled the trigger off a hand grenade and said, "This avocado just put a ring on my finger!"
I don't have a satellite dish here, so I can't watch Austrian TV, but I listen to the radio via internet (part of the morning ritual). Yesterday there was a lengthy piece about Austria having slipped down a few places on the wordwide corruption index, and about current attempts to create a new anti-corruption law plus more or less (that's the bone of contention) independent authorities. An international expert on corruption stated that women are less susceptible to bribery, and I thought, you idiot, of course women are less susceptible to bribery because so few of them are in positions where trying to bribe them would make sense.
While switcing channels, I happened upon Pro7 (German) and was, well maybe not shocked but certainly aghast, when the TV presenter's interlocutor in a show called talk talk fun turned out to be a naked human arse whose twitching buttocks were obviously meant to create the impression of moving lips. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't shocked by the appearance of a naked arse, but by the thought that somebody might find this even remotely funny. Ridiculing the Germans' sense of humour is a much-used cliché, especially in Austria, but like all clichés, this one, too, seems to contain a grain of truth. (Sorry, German friends!)
Today there *will* be toenail-painting and general beautification. Unfortunately I forgot to buy hair colour, so hair-dyeing ill have to wait till next weekend.
I don't have a satellite dish here, so I can't watch Austrian TV, but I listen to the radio via internet (part of the morning ritual). Yesterday there was a lengthy piece about Austria having slipped down a few places on the wordwide corruption index, and about current attempts to create a new anti-corruption law plus more or less (that's the bone of contention) independent authorities. An international expert on corruption stated that women are less susceptible to bribery, and I thought, you idiot, of course women are less susceptible to bribery because so few of them are in positions where trying to bribe them would make sense.
While switcing channels, I happened upon Pro7 (German) and was, well maybe not shocked but certainly aghast, when the TV presenter's interlocutor in a show called talk talk fun turned out to be a naked human arse whose twitching buttocks were obviously meant to create the impression of moving lips. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't shocked by the appearance of a naked arse, but by the thought that somebody might find this even remotely funny. Ridiculing the Germans' sense of humour is a much-used cliché, especially in Austria, but like all clichés, this one, too, seems to contain a grain of truth. (Sorry, German friends!)
Today there *will* be toenail-painting and general beautification. Unfortunately I forgot to buy hair colour, so hair-dyeing ill have to wait till next weekend.
