Obamacare…gay marriage and now Cuba
You couldn’t do this during the soaps?!?!
Thanks Obama
You know, I can understand the interruption for unexpected news flashes or weather.
But breaking in to show stuff which has already been in the news is just plain idiotic.
Totally agree. If they interrupt a show, it should be to announce something along the lines of, “A tornado warning has been issued for your area. Seek shelter now!”. Or perhaps, “A 9.0 earthquake just obliterated Los Angeles.”
The gay marriage ruling, I can almost see. Almost. It’s at least major news.
But Cuba? :rolleyes: That’ll get mentioned somewhere around the mid-point of the news tonight.
It reminds me of that Weird Al song:
A devastating earthquake in Peru
Thirty thousand crushed to death, many more were buried alive
On the Richter scale it measured eight point two.
And I said ‘God, please answer me this question:
Why’d they have to interrupt The Simpsons just for this?
What a drag! And I was taping it and everything.’
Every time the forking local hockey team wins a championship game, our local ABC station has to break into the network programming. And this always happens at about 10 minutes before the local newscast. So you don’t see who got murdered or how they solved the murder or whatever.
But a championship is big local news. Shouldn’t they break in?
Well:
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Anybody who cared would be watching the actual game, which is being broadcast on another channel. Anybody who is tuned into your channel is doing it to deliberately avoid the game.
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It’s only 10 minutes until the local newscast, which will be 100% devoted to the game.
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They could flash the score of the game onto the screen along with “stay tuned for details.”
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All they do is cut to reporters standing live around the city in bars surrounded by drunks reporting “Everyone here is excited by the victory” while the drunks make zoo-like noises and chant “We’re Number 1!”
If only those poor people jumping up and down for over-priced warehouse stock were on every day & at the same time.
"Dammit…! Gilligan was about to get off the island and there was Another Damn News Flash! So What if Greece stays with the EU? And where’s my soup…?
So you couldn’t break into this thread to tell us the news?
(I found it on Yahoo, way down.) But I agree, dumb to break into anything for the news, unless you live in Havana aka Miami.
Oh God I forgot about Greece.
Well it looks like I’m not seeing the Showcase Showdown AGAIN
dammit Obama
Send someone important a link to this video clip with an angry note attached. Who that person is is up to you-- should it go to Pres. Obama, Drew Carey, or the head of CBS News? Well, once you figure that one out, your problem should be solved. Perhaps cc the president of Greece as a preemptive measure.
Remember to have your Castros spayed and neutered.
There are 6 time zones covering all 50 states. It’s hard to schedule everything for the window of the daytime soaps. I blame the media instead. It saves me from having to adjust my outrage level based on my approval of the who’s butt is in the Oval Office chair.
I realize you probably didn’t know this, but that’s several million people. It still wouldn’t be funny if Fidel, Raúl and their closest relatives were the only ones, but hey, knock yourself out.
You do realize that’s a play on a line from The Price is Right, right?
I knew it was a play on something, but on what doesn’t matter - still a highly offensive thing to say.
I think we finally found out who PSXer is a sock of.
Note to mods, I’m kidding.