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Apples to Oranges

I believe every person in this world has one pet phrase which causes a rapid increase in their BP levels. It can be as simple as "I told you so” to some folks or a sentence filled with four letter words to some others. But for me the one phrase that has me gnashing my teeth is "You are comparing apples to oranges". As you may have rightly guessed I am in the IT Sector of a Financial company and on occasion have to interact with a certain overpaid and under qualified group of human(?) beings who go by the name of "Senior Management”. For some unfathomable reason this queer bunch always resort to using the phrase "Comparing Apples to Oranges" whenever anything faintly negative is to be conveyed. If you don't like somebody's solution to a problem a simple "Not feasible" will do , but alas simplicity is reserved only for low-life forms, superior beings need to always start their sentences with "Uh uh, cough-cough.... You are comparing ap

REALITY TV - Is the IDIOT box making an IDIOT out of you? (April 2008)

Why would any sane person waste their precious time following the adventures of two dumb blondes milking cows on the countryside? You wonder why indeed!? And horror of horrors you suddenly realize that the sane person is you! Welcome to the world of Reality Shows! My initiation into the world of Reality TV started when a colleague of mine remarked that the show “The Simple Life” was disgusting and mind-numbingly dumb but at the same time it was hard to take one’s eyes off it. After having heard this oxy-moronic description of the show I decided to check it out and found myself actually having dinner and watching two blondes whose combined IQ would not have been greater than any animal they were attempting to feed, milk or bathe in the show. But then it struck me that the person watching this garbage would have to be a shade more brain-dead than the pretty blondes on the show who were taking home a fat paycheck to add to their already overflowing bank accounts. Well, what is this fascin