(Written originally sometime between 2001-2003)

So I’m watching Conan O’Brien, he’s doing his monologue and he says: “Vice President Dick Cheney is in great health for someone the age Strom Thurmond”.

To which I say “that’s funny, because Strom Thurmond is like 87 and the oldest senator to serve in the US”

Now how the hell do I know that?

It’s because I’m living in a society that is bombarded by Americanization