Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Maybe it's a tumor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_go_co/kennedy

In all honesty, and will all due respect to the immense legacy of the Kennedy family in the US, can you really say that the second you see the headline that your instant mental response is (in your best Arnold) "It's notta tumah!"?

Can anyone remember what the plot of Kindergarten Cop was? Can you remember any image other than an enormous Schwartzenegger surrounded by teeny-tiny 5-year olds? Can you remember any other actors in that movie?

But there it is. In all it's beautiful, wonky, non-sequitoricity (not a word, but go with it). The impression that even your grandma can do. That irrascible, Teutonic growl - "It's notta tumah!" Ready to hit your funny bone, even at the most inappropriate of moments.

Even stranger, who is Ted Kennedy's nephew-in-law? Six degrees indeed.

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