I could spend an inordinate amount of time writing about Korea’s “Lil Kim” croaking…..or could wax poetic about the quality of the politicians we elect or ……crap! Let’s do something completely different!
I know that I may seem like a bit of a stuffed shirt because I spend so much time on politics and economics….but I do think about other stuff….really! I do!
Like today, there is a story about a woman (name omitted because of CRS) that is trying to be the first person to ski solo across Antarctica…..my first response was….WHY? I mean think about it….who cares? After ten years ask who was the first person to ski solo across Antarctica and the only time anyone will know is probably during Woman’s History month….which is March in case anyone is interested.
Think back….without the use of Google….who was the first person to climb Kilimanjaro? Or Everest? It will be some white guy that has guided to the top by a Sherpa….so I ask again who was the first person to climb Mt. Everest?
The same with America….who discovered America? Let me interject…..how do you discover some place people already live? So who really discovered America?
These so called “records” are nothing but ego trips by people with more money than brains…..NO ONE really cares! If you want to be impressive then be the first to cure cancer or hunger or be the first to find D.B. Cooper….but skiing across Antarctica? NO ONE cares!
Just once I would like to see these self-centered megalomaniacs do something that will improve society or the world…but that is out of the question….they just cannot take the time to do anything that will benefit anyone but themselves….and that is the human condition.
And now we return to our regularly broadcast content…….and just in the nick of time….huh?
Damn. I guess you don’t want to know that I hold the record for having the largest….
I better stop right there…. 🙂
No idea who climbed Everest. No clue the name of the first Asian to migrate to America and step on the land we call America.
Morning Terrance…and there it is….few, if anyone could tell you…..these people really need to learn to live in reality…
Yes, being first at anything will most likely gain you 15 minutes of fame and maybe a free beer or two at the local pub..
BTW, Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to scale Everest and when asked why, he said “Because it was there”. I promise I did not check any search engine. For some reason I have always known that. God knows why.
Larry, first of all…I Hate Xmas shopping!
Like I said some Sherpa guided him to the summit so I guess he was the first white guy and that is what is important….but why skiing across Antarctica? Some people will do anything to be famous for a little while…..sad!