The Importance of Being Idle

There's A Whale, There's A Whale, There's a Whale-fish

Why do 'celebrities' endorse political parties, and why does anyone care? Just because someone is a chef on TV, or a professional footballer, or any of the other myriad half-wits who clog up the celebrity magazines which seem to multiply on an almost hourly basis, does not in anyway qualify them to speak on political matters. What makes them such deep political thinkers, such experts on our socio-political place in the world, such authorities on the effects of globalisation on national economies?
By the same argument, what makes me an authority on anything at all?
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Well, nothing really, and unlike the celebrity nobody has even ASKED for my opinion, and yet I give it to you FOR FREE regardless. Also (he said, starting to hit his stride) I'm not trying to influence anybody to do anything other than think for themselves.
Apart from when I do this:
Today's movie recommendation is Napoleon Dynamite. I'm sure many of you (who the hell am I talking to? 'many of you'? to the best of my knowledge three people read this site, and I'm one of them...) have already seen it, but its coming out on DVD here on Monday, and it brings it freshly to my mind. Make sure you see it... again!
Sweet.

posted by BadMonkey @ 12:32 PM