oddball out

4 things that i don't quite understand: 

ONE
i don't know why toy makers make toys to annoy the adults. it's really not for the children's amusement because you know that when that damn elmo is giggling for the millionth time within five minutes in that obnoxious nasal tone, that the person who made it is surely snickering in his office to know that you're almost to your boiling point while he's sitting on his nice leather office chair, eating filet mignon for lunch that's all paid for by you.

TWO
i don't get how they have telephone lines for the hearing impaired. [this is an honest-to-god curiosity of mine--not out of ignorance] i asked my cousin a question regarding that the other day and she said, 'maybe they talk really loud,' which did seem plausible, and then i wondered if they sent text messages if you requested that line...but then i got to thinking, not everyone only uses their cell phones like i do. a lot of people still use landlines which don't have screens for text messages...

THREE
i love sports, and i participate them, but if you ever sit down and think about the concept of sports, i swear, you'll ask yourself why you're that stupid. the concept of sports--any sport--is basically you going after something to fetch it, but it was you who threw it. for example, golf. you hit it, and then you have to go get it, and then hit it again. it's a lame sport, really. nothing is more retarded than going, 'oh look at how far i got it!' --great. now you have to go that far to pick it back up. the only good division i can think of for golf is the driving range. i go to the driving range a lot and my only goal for the 100 something balls i buy is to hit the guy in the plastic cart below. and trust me, i have used this own theory on myself, and i really can't tell you why i still play half the sports i do.

FOUR
i don't get why we, as americans, have to try to sound smart by using foreign languages for certain things when it sounds really funny when it's translated. for example, the term 'eau de toilette' which is a type of perfume. not only is it freakin awkward for americans who don't speak french (or any other foreign language for that matter) to pronounce in our american accent, but literally translated, this perfume means water of the toilet. sounds attractive doesn't it?! you're wearing someone's ass-water for $40 a bottle. congratulations.


** this is my last post before i dive head first into my finals, but this is also the last post before i jet off to FRANCE!!! i will be in france for a week, and be sure that i will let you know how that goes when i come back :]