I'm listening to last ...
Question: I'm listening to last Friday's
podcast, and I take offense to my family being associated with
John from Cincinnati! I've never even watched it and now you go and sum it up in two words: "pretentious Hooie"? First of all, I've never met a pretentious Hooie. We're not a huge family, but there are many of us in the southeastern U.S., and while some may be selfish, sarcastic, apathetic, apologetic, humorous, philosophical, ambitious or even self-deprecating, they are never pretentious! If you're going to hang out with the podcast crew (and I hope you do!), you'd better be more careful about angering the Hooies. We're a nasty bunch when we get riled — nasty, but never pretentious!
Answer: HA! Biggest laugh of my week, and I thank you for that. It was especially welcome after I forced myself to watch the final miserable episode of that pretentious
hokum known as
JFC, which thankfully won't be testing our patience beyond this first season. Until I hear from a Hokum family, I'll start using that word instead of "hooey" (the approved spelling) to describe the next fatuous time-waster. Wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of a family with such a heightened sense of humor.
