4/11/2007
Unintentional Hypocrisy of the Week
Jon: "Sherman, I don't know what is wrong with you, but I just saw Memoirs of a Geisha and it SUCKED."
Sherman: "What?! How can you say that?"
Jon [mocking]: " 'I'm the best prostitute!' 'No, I'M the best prostitute!' That was basically the whole story."
Sherman: "Well, so what? What's wrong with that story?"
Jon: "It's disgusting! It's reprehensible and it shouldn't be glamorized! Women aren't objects and men shouldn't control them or make their decisions for them!"
Me [piping up, mostly just to hear my own voice]: "I was thinking of doing some dominatrix work this summer. The money is incredible."
Jon [aghast, believing me]: "Sherman! You'd let her do that?"
Jon: "Sherman, I don't know what is wrong with you, but I just saw Memoirs of a Geisha and it SUCKED."
Sherman: "What?! How can you say that?"
Jon [mocking]: " 'I'm the best prostitute!' 'No, I'M the best prostitute!' That was basically the whole story."
Sherman: "Well, so what? What's wrong with that story?"
Jon: "It's disgusting! It's reprehensible and it shouldn't be glamorized! Women aren't objects and men shouldn't control them or make their decisions for them!"
Me [piping up, mostly just to hear my own voice]: "I was thinking of doing some dominatrix work this summer. The money is incredible."
Jon [aghast, believing me]: "Sherman! You'd let her do that?"

