Can You Say “Fourteen or Fight?”
One of my pet peeves is the apparent pride exhibited by so many of the wet-behind-the-ears and the recently WBTE in their clueless
ess about anything that happened before they were born; as in, “Oh, I’ve never heard of that. I wasn’t born,” no matter how historically significant the “that” may be. To which I say “As if!” as in “As if your narcissistic belief, engendered by your nauseatingly doting parents, that the world didn’t exist until that remarkable day when you entered the world makes it true.” I wasn’t born in 1863, but I’ve heard of Gettysburg. (“Gettysburg?” For you youngsters, or ignorant U.S. Americans of any age, ask your grandmother, or better yet, Google it.) As I said, I have heard of it, and I’m sure as one of our smart readers, you have, but according to this recent article in U.S.A. Today, 17-year-olds haven’t. Only 43% ... Read More...
