Words I Am Already Tired of
1. Wall Street
2. Main Street
3. Any combination of Wall Street and Main Street in the same sentence.
Where did this gelatinous blob of bland rhetoric come from? “We have to help Main Street” and other variations have turned into the “Support the Troops” of 2003, a meaningless phrase that both sides feel compelled to say while arguing for their positions.
Who lives on a Main Street anyway? I’ve seen every street name except Main Street. And who would even want to live in a town so uncreative that the best name they could think of for their main street was Main Street?
“Hey, where do you live?”
“Town.”
“Yeah, but which one?”
“No, it’s called Town. That’s what we named it.”
“I don’t get it. Where in town do you live?”
“Alley Way.”
“You live in an alley?”
“No, I live in Alley Way. It’s real easy to find. Off of Side Road. Next to Circle Turn. You can’t miss it.”
“Someone is missing something.”
I hope there’s a town somewhere that named their smallest, most out-of-the-way road Main Street. That’s a town I can believe in.
[F]oxymoron said,
October 3, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
I’d also like to add to this list:
President…
Vice President…
And…
Sixth Finger…
Jason said,
October 3, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
Sixth Finger?