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Edited on Wed Nov-01-06 05:11 PM by Jamastiene
My community college has had a Halloween Festival every year since I got there. It seems like I've been there a hundred years now. Well, this year, they waited until today to have a Fall Festival instead. They had hot dogs, nachos, soft drinks, a NASCAR simulator, and karaoke.
Well, I got my hot dog during my piddly little break for lunch, because I was famished. I wondered why the place was so empty during a normally packed lunch hour. I stopped in the middle of the student lounge with my hot dog. I was arranging all my napkins because I'm a slob, when, lo and behold, the guy, who tried to give me a Christian Coalition flyer a couple of years ago, grabbed the mike. I'd be willing to bet Jesus had his fingers in his ears once he heard that guy sing. It was one of those sappy newer right wing style Christian songs I have never heard before. I swear my hot dog wilted. Not only was the guy off key, but he was actually singing louder and louder with every new verse.
My classmate who was being so kind to me today carried, "Jaws" (my bookbag on wheels that attacks and trips people when I'm not paying attention) for me. He heard that and said I'd clap really loud for him if he'd stop that. I said, "Let's escape." We went outside. When we stepped out the door, people were rolling. They had these looks on their faces. You just had to see it. No one really said anything but they knew why we made a fast exit. Like I said, I wondered why the place was so empty during a normally packed lunch hour. I understood once that guy started crooning and swaying and curling my toes.
After we ate, we went to our afternoon class. It's in the same building. I wondered why the doors were closed to that one hallway we use. Well, we opened the doors and went to class. Midway through class, someone opened those doors again, and I kid you not, that guy was at it again. He was even louder than he was earlier.
That's when it dawned on me. They win elections because they are more full of hot air than we are. They never shut up and they get louder as they keep going and going and going on about things. That's all there is to it, ultimately.
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