Scene: Watergirl and PB are driving to see a band at a bar downtown and are having one of their typically random conversations, this one about power.
PB: Well, I mean, when you look at it, how many people actually died at Three Mile Island?
WG: None. In fact, most people were exposed to less radiation than they would have gotten from an X-Ray.*
PB: And yet people have problems with "nucular" energy.
WG: Right. Wait, did you just say "nucular"?
PB: Confused look
WG: Please tell me you said that ironically.
PB: Still confused
WG: Because you sound like George W. Bush
PB: No idea what she's talking about
WG: The word is nu-cle-ar. If I lost points for liking NASCAR, you lose points for that.
PB: That's different. NASCAR is redneck. That's just an accent.
WG: It's not an accent. It's a mispronunciation of a word.
*I read this somewhere. A quick internet search indicates that it's fairly accurate.
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