Idly listening while doing other things, to CNN’s live broadcast of Roger Clemens’ Congressional testimony, who should never go into acting yet who nevertheless just tried to render believable (if not moving) the trite line: “I am not just a ballplayer. I am a human being!”
As I did a sort of a wincing chuckle, I thought he maybe should’ve added, “I am not a potted plant!” because even if he read the line just as badly, at least it would have been an entertaining nod to Congressional testimony history — be the first to a comment with the context in which THAT line was rendered, and win a cock-eyed get out of jail free pass. . .
Okay, you people must be very busy or very sick today, because I know you know this!
My husband and I have been quite entertained by the Clemens proceedings. It has been a fun distraction from winter doldrums. As my husband says, it’s soap opera for men, but plenty of women are following it as well. Seriously, who does this guy think he’s kidding?
Hi Sandy, nice to meet you, you should have mentioned that Holly says your blog is Excellent!
I confess we’re Red Sox fans here so perhaps we’ve been just a tad mean-spirited about Mr. Clemens, but OTOH, it distracts us from the Belichick spy scandal and the last second end of the perfect season!
I heard the other day that the Yogi Berra Museum had taken Clemens’ jersey down from its display about NYY’s resurgence in the 1990s, and I should probably go look up more about that. Better than doing taxes! —