I finally remembered to ask
Sep. 13th, 2009 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"So, Ben, I was curious about something. Last week at school, did they show you a speech from the president?"
"Yeah, they did."
"What did you think about that?"
"It was okay. Some parts were boring, but some parts were funny. Like, when he talked about 'not spending every waking hour in front of the TV and the Xbox,' that was funny. And the part about, 'Sometimes I'd fall asleep right there on the kitchen table,' that was really funny."
"Cool. So did it make you want to smash the state or turn the means of production over to the workers?"
". . . what?"
"Yeah, they did."
"What did you think about that?"
"It was okay. Some parts were boring, but some parts were funny. Like, when he talked about 'not spending every waking hour in front of the TV and the Xbox,' that was funny. And the part about, 'Sometimes I'd fall asleep right there on the kitchen table,' that was really funny."
"Cool. So did it make you want to smash the state or turn the means of production over to the workers?"
". . . what?"