Lighten Up Francis

I’m imagining the reaction of most liberals to the previous post about the Tarted Up Chanteuse Wrestling Night. I’m sure none of them would be angered about the thought of two idiot women having a slugfest in a ring; they probably wouldn’t even mind if somebody died, after all they’re just humans. I would imagine that the most incredulity would come over even the idea of putting a dog in with an alligator and seeing what happens.

If Dennis Prager or Michelle Malkin suggested such a thing, it would probably cause an uproar in the blogosphere. Thankfully, The Far Wright is still way below the radar screen, and I’m able to make silly suggestions like that. Like an awful lot of things that happen, or that I’d like to see happen, it would be----Funny, but wrong. (trivia quiz, what movie is this line from) Segue for a moment: my kids loved the movie, and we sort of changed the saying to accommodate when our kids go a little overboard on something they think is funny----Funny, now annoying. (we tried to cut it down for ease of use, but using the acronym FNA was not something we wanted to be using in public)

The point: it was meant as humor, and not something I would honestly think about doing(clarification---putting the dog and gator together, I have no qualms about seeing tarted up chanteuses whacking on each other in public, especially if we can make a buck off it). I know that a lot of people out there though would be offended and make some noise about it even being suggested. This leads me to an example that I always found amusing. You must remember ‘The Far Side’ cartoons. In one of his compilations, Gary Larson wrote about one cartoon he did that had a number of people writing in and complaining about how sick he was, and what if children took notice and did the same thing. The cartoon was simply labeled “Tether Cat.” It showed two dogs playing on a tether ball game, only with a cat on the rope instead of a ball. If it had showed two kids whacking a cat around a tether post, that’s bad; but, it showed two dogs, standing on their hind legs, playing a game that, if dogs could actually dream up and do, they would do it. It was funny. If these people actually saw their kids doing something like this, they shouldn't be blaming some cartoonist with a quirky sense of humor. They should look in the mirror and wonder where the heck did we go wrong.

OK, so the answer to the trivia question is Steve Martin's version of Cheaper by the Dozen; it comes after his kids stick the underwear of their sisters boyfriend in hamburger, then all the dogs in the neighborhood go nuts and attack the guy.