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Bob Franken

“Thank you for asking.”

If I am ever able to realize my dream to establish an Insincerity Hall of Fame that phrase will have a prominent place.

It’s the usually dismissive response from someone who has just been asked “How ya doin’?” I always want to fire back with “Thank you for answering” or “Thank you for thanking me for asking”.

A perfect place for the Insincerity Hall of Fame.

Come to think of it “How ya doin” belongs in this memorial to meaninglessness.

Truth is we don’t really don’t care how you’re doing. In fact the possibility you might tell us causes us to shudder.

“Nice to see you” is another one, almost always the automatic greeting from someone who is looking over your shoulder and doesn’t really see you at all. Read the rest of this entry »

Bob Franken

There’s a song by the blues ensemble “Fathead” with a terrific title: “First Class Riff-Raff”. I would call it to the attention of all our big-headed politicians who get so caught up in their delusions of grandeur they don’t remember how Americans see them: As First Class Riff Raff.

Riff-raff.

It’s easy for them to forget that the their esteem and the terrific honorifics are merely the reflected glory of their offices. We chose them after they probably went through demeaning gyrations in order to be elevated onto their government pedestals. So it’s easy to understand why we take great delight in knocking them off.