Thought Of The Day

There are times when I sit around with nothing particular to do. It is during those times that my mind starts to roam about............call it a daydream.......maybe even a "day"mare......hehehe.

My mind got to thinking about the old Twilight Zone television show.............not because I was reminiscing about how great those shows were.........or how I wish there was something equal to it on television today. For some reason, I was also thinking about the hullaballoo over Don Imus' remarks, on his radio and tv program, about "nappy headed ho's". Things are pretty bad when people suggest that a rather well loved word is offensive. I was thinking how, if Rod Serling was alive today, how he might address the whole scandal.

What if Imus worded it different? What if he had said "chocolate covered ho's"? Now, before some of you that read this get your baggage in a cramp............consider the following:

What if Imus had stuttered and said "nappy headed ho-ho's"? Would people still be offended? Maybe because of the words "nappy headed". Hmmmm......surely not because of any use of an abbreviated word for a chocolate snack cake. Besides.......snack cakes shouldn't have nappy heads. Then again, I do not recall the controversy being about heads......nappy or not........it was all about him uttering the word "ho's".


Would Rod Serling have written a show where people would get all bent out of shape whenever they saw a t-shirt printed with what is shown in the above picture?........Just look at the letter "O" in the picture..........they look a bit "nappy" to me. Where is the outrage? Imagine what aliens from another planet might think if they came here and noticed how ridiculous it was for a large populus to be in such agony over a two-letter word.

For a long period of time, my father would refer to the JeHOvah's Witnesses as "Ho-Ho's". I thought it was funny........even I ended up calling them the same...............trust me, no moron ever decided to leave the Watchtower because the word "ho" was embedded on the middle of the name of their so-called God..........not even the nappy-headed witnesses........hehehe. But look carefully at the package of HoHo's............see that line "Chocolate Cake Rolled With Creamy Filling"? Now just what exactly could they be implying? Hmmmmmm.............for some reason......there is a large percentage of the population that finds that particular phrase very appealing......so appealing that they cannot wait to have one of their own to consume. What if Rod Serling wrote a show where JeHOvah's Witnesses worshipped chocolate cakes rolled with creamy filling, simply because they get excited wherever they see a portion of their god's name anywhere .........and the black population sought to do battle with them because the "Ho-Ho's" have a god with an offensive two-letter word in his name. It would make for a great Twilight Zone episode..............

The whole issue is ridiculous...........and it is further proof of our demise.

Is this where Reverend Al and Jesse Jackson start shouting from the rooftops.....demanding that the simple, tasty HoHo be outlawed?

Oh.........and wait just one darned moment!..............I just noticed something..........look at the name of the company that makes those HoHo's...................holy cannolli.........we are doomed!

The company's name?................HOstess!!!!

Now just what is it that a "HOstess" does for a living?

Oh well...........this can get out of hand..........

I am HO-ping that everyone has a great day!