There is a conventional wisdom among the so-called "come-heres" that the average IQ plummets 15 points as soon as you cross the bay bridge. ... It's a joke, an attempt to explain the often scary lack of thinking that so many of the locals exhibit. But not really.
Two recent stories bring this issue to point.
The first is a flippant comment regarding a possible candidacy for mayor of Ocean City uttered by Billy Don in the wake of his failed attempt to get re-elected as state comptroller. Barely had those words settled before locals began a diatribe against that possibility. That the local hoy-paloy took the bait is bad enough, but the local TV news ( and here I use the term jokingly) even pranced over to OC to query elected officials there about the possibility. But had anyone bothered to actually watch the videotape in which Billy-Don made the comment, they might have realized the comment was humor.
The second incident comes to us out of Graysonville and concerns a 911 call from a woman there seeking help in delivering a baby. Seems her pregnancy was a complete surprise to her and her SO until delivery time. Wait, there's more: This was the second such surprise for the couple. According to news reports, she didn't know she was preggers when she delivered her last child, either.
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Maybe that should be "hoi polloi". Or maybe you were trying to be funny again.
No Geezer: I referenced it in text. I left it unsaid because I presumed everyone knew it..... Now do you have something thought-provoking to say, or are you just here to whine and make wild accusations?
Here again, Geezer, you're whining about what you say is my "type," but fail to flesh out your idea. nnnn no, I am not the only one allowed to criticize.... see Dick's posts.... but your criticism is attacking me personally, instead of the ideas I presented. You grasp the difference, don't you?... if not, please see Dick for a more rudimentary explanation.
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