Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Abogado
If you live in LA, you've seen those big advertisements for "Accidentes" Spanish-speaking lawyers. They're plastered all over benches and buses. Anyway, today I had the good fortune (and I mean that in all seriousness. The guy's who appear on these ads are so comic they're farcical) of being behind a bus at a stop light that featured "Accidentes" on the back. Same old ridiculous Accidentes guy with his sleazy mustache and crooked smile. One thing was different, though.
The number: 1-800-6666-171
Now, before you tell me that in America phone numbers are listed xxx-xxxx instead of xxxx-xxx, read the number again.
6666-171
Don't forget that we live in a country where a sizeable (surprisingly large) number of Americans believe the literal devil to be real. A country in which at least one state -- Georgia -- wants to discredit the theory of evolution and make way for the teaching of creationism in public school (Jimmy Carter is right to be embarrassed). Don't you ever forget that. While you're not forgetting, please do your best to stop crying.
Also, how huge is this on the irony scale? 666 in the number for a lawyer? That's amazing. Some almighty being has a sense of humor.
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The number: 1-800-6666-171
Now, before you tell me that in America phone numbers are listed xxx-xxxx instead of xxxx-xxx, read the number again.
6666-171
Don't forget that we live in a country where a sizeable (surprisingly large) number of Americans believe the literal devil to be real. A country in which at least one state -- Georgia -- wants to discredit the theory of evolution and make way for the teaching of creationism in public school (Jimmy Carter is right to be embarrassed). Don't you ever forget that. While you're not forgetting, please do your best to stop crying.
Also, how huge is this on the irony scale? 666 in the number for a lawyer? That's amazing. Some almighty being has a sense of humor.
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