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Thursday, January 2, 2014
From the archives: Must Listen: Woman's rant about gov't encouraging (via crossing signs) deer to cross busy roads
Woman calls into a North Dakota radio station to complain that the government should move those deer crossing signs to lower traffic areas - she's had three accidents because of deer crossing near the signs.
At 1:18 the caller laughs. I think she is unintentionally laughing at her own joke: she couldn't keep a straight face, so-to-speak.
So she wasn't unflappable enough, though very entertaining.
At 1:51, host explains that deer crossing aren't telling deers to cross and at 2:00 the reply is very weird, like an edit was made. The caller's tone and the words she chose to emphasize do not make sense in reply to the host. So either a part of the conversation was edited out or the caller was trying to redirect the conversation instead of addressing the issues that the host brought up. Most genuine people would ask "what do you mean?"
at 2:53 - almost laughing at herself again At 3:11 - briefly laughs at herself again
At 3:37 - "ah thank you we need to move those deer crossing signs" was rushed. Mission accomplished and time to get off the phone.
"The missive garnered a good deal of public attention after it was read on the air by Tonight Show host Jay Leno in September 2011 and again when it was posted on the Facebook page of Star Trek actor George Takei in June 2012."
And what about the rocks? All those signs that say "Beware of Falling Rocks." When are they going to move those away from the roads so the rocks will know to fall somewhere else?
This woman suffers from Dunning-Kruger condition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect - An all-too-common affliction these days.
Gotta be a troll. Gotta be.
ReplyDeleteThis lady has to be doing this as a gag. Note how unflappable she is.
ReplyDeleteFunny, but I agree, she is absolutely trolling them.
ReplyDeleteHoax. AWESOME hoax.
ReplyDeleteI think she's sexy.
ReplyDeleteShe cannot be serious. If she is, that's scary.
ReplyDeleteso fake
ReplyDeleteThis story has been around for ages. I bet a 10-point buck that this is "performance art."
ReplyDeleteAnd if it is, it's a stellar job. I bow to her and say "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!" a la Wayne's World.
I hope this woman hasn't reproduced.
ReplyDeleteShe is totally baked.
ReplyDeleteAt 1:18 the caller laughs. I think she is unintentionally laughing at her own joke: she couldn't keep a straight face, so-to-speak.
ReplyDeleteSo she wasn't unflappable enough, though very entertaining.
At 1:51, host explains that deer crossing aren't telling deers to cross and at 2:00 the reply is very weird, like an edit was made. The caller's tone and the words she chose to emphasize do not make sense in reply to the host. So either a part of the conversation was edited out or the caller was trying to redirect the conversation instead of addressing the issues that the host brought up. Most genuine people would ask "what do you mean?"
at 2:53 - almost laughing at herself again
At 3:11 - briefly laughs at herself again
At 3:37 - "ah thank you we need to move those deer crossing signs" was rushed. Mission accomplished and time to get off the phone.
http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/deercrossing.asp
ReplyDelete"The missive garnered a good deal of public attention after it was read on the air by Tonight Show host Jay Leno in September 2011 and again when it was posted on the Facebook page of Star Trek actor George Takei in June 2012."
And what about the rocks? All those signs that say "Beware of Falling Rocks." When are they going to move those away from the roads so the rocks will know to fall somewhere else?
ReplyDeleteThis woman suffers from Dunning-Kruger condition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect - An all-too-common affliction these days.
ReplyDelete