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You have finally landed on the one page on this entire site (and on the entire internet for that matter) that is purely without bullshit... my soapbox page. There are a lot of times during our show that, whether it's because of time constraints and other obligations, I don't always get to address some issues that I feel don't get the attention they deserve. There are even more times when I just don't feel like waiting until the show the next day to get some things off my chest. Thus, I have started the "Rob's Soapbox" page. If you have clicked on this page looking for someone to coddle your fragile sense of self-esteem, or tell you what you want to hear or to reinforce your outdated world view, then exit this page right now and go somewhere else. If you are in search of the last forum for reason and common sense left in the world, then sit back, relax, and enjoy. I make only one promise with this soapbox page... if you read long enough and often enough, you will eventually be offended. So here's my latest soapbox. Listen up, 'cause you just might learn something... |
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July 21, 2003 The Asinine Things You People Say... Part 15 I have started referring to my "favorite" (insert sarcasm here) phone calls into the show as "Hall of Fame" calls. Anytime I see on my computer screen that someone is ready to make a complete ass of themselves by making a comment we have addressed 1,000 times before, I now use that term. Over the next few weeks, months, Hell maybe years, I will document them all for you in this forum. Week number Fifteen's entry is comical just in its very nature. A few weeks ago a guy named "Seven" called our show and also made a ridiculous statement. Arnie and I discredited his comments and then, in typical Rob & Arnie fashion, we spent 10 minutes making fun of him, his name, his parents, and anyone related to such. All of this occurred while Dawn howled in the background, "you guys are so mean!" Then some Mongoloid called up and gave us this week's asinine statement, "You guys are fags for making fun of that guys name!" Click. Insert sound of cowardly caller-imposed dial tone here. We can probably safely assume that the caller who pronounced us "fags" either has a unique name which has been made fun of, has a relative with one, or was in fact, Seven calling back with a fake name and disguising his voice. The caller's intentions, however, are not of interest to me, only the content of his call need be discussed here. We have a long-standing rule on the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show. The rule is designed to maintain a high level of entertainment, while also protecting callers to our show. The simple rule applies to the hosts of the show as well and is as follows: If you're going to be on our show and make any type of attempt at comedy or insult, you better bring your "A" game. The rule is based on the premise of entertainment; if someone attempts to make a joke, and the joke is not funny, it is the duty of the remaining members of the show to ridicule the joke-teller in an attempt to regain the entertaining part of the show. Nobody likes a person who tells crappy jokes, nobody! The rule is sometimes spoken, but always understood. I mean really. If you listen to the show you hear the hosts constantly being berated by one another for lame attempts at humor, put-downs or opinion. Making comments on our show is the radio equivalent of walking into the Lions den. Which brings us back to the "fag" caller. Please, spare us all, sir. This is the best you got? Using a lame putdown of the homosexual community and then hanging up on us? Certainly you can do better than that. At the very least, call up and start making fun of the fact that a guy with the "Arnie," is making fun of someone else's name! So the lesson for this week is this: Understand that we live for your phone calls and welcome them all. But also understand that if you are going to take a shot at being funny or putting someone down, we will hold you to the high standards we set for ourselves. Given that, be aware that should your attempt at irreverence fail, you will be fed to the lions and charbroiled for dinner.
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