"Richard Simmons"
So yeah, I've just consciously noticed something for the first time: I know a lot of people who say they're too poor to do things, when they clearly are not. That's not to say they're rich snobs who are hoarding all they have so they can make a gold coin pool like Scrooge McDuck, but they're just being a little too careful (or less than truthful) about their money.
For example, have you ever had someone tell you that they couldn't go out with you to a movie or on a trip or something because they don't have the money, but then just a few days later they tell you how they just bought a bunch of new stuff on a whim? I hear the excuse all the time, even when it's not to do with me. There have been plenty of times when someone is talking to me about how they really need to buy something for school or get an oil change in their car or something, and I say, "Well, why don't you go get one," and they tell me how they don't have the money. But again and again they then will mention how they just bought some new shoes for themselves.
It really seems to bother me. And I think it's because I'm practically the opposite way. For the 2½ years I lived at the beach at a place I couldn't afford and was digging myself deeper and deeper into debt, there was rarely a time at which I would say to someone that I "didn't have enough money." To me it seems I always wanted to project myself as a person who can afford and do whatever they want, while these others seem to want people to believe they're too poor to do or buy anything. Anyway, I found out that bothers me. What do you think?
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And on a totally unrelated note, I was also thinking about the time Sir Anthony Hopkins was being interviewed by Conan O'Brien. Conan was goofing on all sorts of silly possibilities for a future Hannibal Lecter movie and somewhere in the middle of this Anthony Hopkins dropped in a "Richard Simmons." He didn't say anything else. He just all of the sudden just yelled out the name Richard Simmons. That was his comment on the subject. And everyone burst out into laughter. He nailed it. It was a huge laugh. And from this moment in a late night television interview you can draw three conclusions:
1. Richard Simmons is famous enough that all you have to do is say his name in conversation and everyone knows what you're talking about. That's right. Not who you are talking about, but what you are talking about.
2. That despite the fact that he's incredibly famous, it's probably not the kind of fame anyone goes looking for.
3. Anthony Hopkins joking about anything is apparently funny in itself. He didn't really have a setup or a punchline. He just shouted out a name.
I just need to see this episode again. I will record it an re-watch it and conduct a scientific study. I wonder if I could prove that "Richard Simmons" is the most humorous phrase in the English language. It's gotta be up there. With "Bucka Bucka" and "Woozle Wuzzle."
For example, have you ever had someone tell you that they couldn't go out with you to a movie or on a trip or something because they don't have the money, but then just a few days later they tell you how they just bought a bunch of new stuff on a whim? I hear the excuse all the time, even when it's not to do with me. There have been plenty of times when someone is talking to me about how they really need to buy something for school or get an oil change in their car or something, and I say, "Well, why don't you go get one," and they tell me how they don't have the money. But again and again they then will mention how they just bought some new shoes for themselves.
It really seems to bother me. And I think it's because I'm practically the opposite way. For the 2½ years I lived at the beach at a place I couldn't afford and was digging myself deeper and deeper into debt, there was rarely a time at which I would say to someone that I "didn't have enough money." To me it seems I always wanted to project myself as a person who can afford and do whatever they want, while these others seem to want people to believe they're too poor to do or buy anything. Anyway, I found out that bothers me. What do you think?
Poll
And on a totally unrelated note, I was also thinking about the time Sir Anthony Hopkins was being interviewed by Conan O'Brien. Conan was goofing on all sorts of silly possibilities for a future Hannibal Lecter movie and somewhere in the middle of this Anthony Hopkins dropped in a "Richard Simmons." He didn't say anything else. He just all of the sudden just yelled out the name Richard Simmons. That was his comment on the subject. And everyone burst out into laughter. He nailed it. It was a huge laugh. And from this moment in a late night television interview you can draw three conclusions:
1. Richard Simmons is famous enough that all you have to do is say his name in conversation and everyone knows what you're talking about. That's right. Not who you are talking about, but what you are talking about.
2. That despite the fact that he's incredibly famous, it's probably not the kind of fame anyone goes looking for.
3. Anthony Hopkins joking about anything is apparently funny in itself. He didn't really have a setup or a punchline. He just shouted out a name.
I just need to see this episode again. I will record it an re-watch it and conduct a scientific study. I wonder if I could prove that "Richard Simmons" is the most humorous phrase in the English language. It's gotta be up there. With "Bucka Bucka" and "Woozle Wuzzle."