Monday, July 14, 2008

Celebrity Obsession

So, on the Yahoo home page, I read this tag line - "What did Brangelina name their twins?"

There are obviously two follow-up questions. First of all, "How did these two super-celebrities become integrated into one?" Didn't they used to be known as Brad and Angelina? Is there a term used anywhere on this planet that can elicit a more severe cringe than "Brangelina"???????? If you are out there making your way in the real world, and your name is Ted and your wife is named Donna, are you going to announce to your friends and family that you want to be referred to as Tonna? What about nice little couple Fred and Lucy. Now you're Fucy??? And don't forget Louie and Susan? Now they're Loosin?

And the next question, of course, is "Who cares what they named their twins?" They have about fifty kids anyway, so the odds are that at least one of them is named Knox. But I digress. Why do we care anyway? The media annoints certain people as the yardstick by which the rest of us miserable sots must be compared. And we lap it up like a hungry dog at a diner.

The only other question of any real interest, (not that i care, of course) is this - Do they have to give up sex (with each other) if Angelina adopts Brad?

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