"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Let a smile be your umbrella
ObamaCare Navigators (i.e., low-level administration shills) are being taught to smile as they lie to you about how great the Affordable Care Act is.
“Now, let me just touch briefly on your end-of-life options.”
"Maintain a positive demeanor", a fairly common expression. But I found the word has an interesting history, from etymonline.com:
"demeanor (n.) late 15c., from obsolete Middle English demean "handle, manage, conduct," later "behave in a certain way" (early 14c.), from Old French demener (11c.) "to guide, conduct; to live, dwell," from de- "completely" (see de-) + mener "to lead, direct," from Latin minare "to threaten," in Late Latin "to drive (a herd of animals);" see menace."
uh, yeah...
ReplyDelete"Show us on the doll where the Obamacare Navigator touched you."
What about head-tilting?
ReplyDeleteIs that more of an English-Australian (Canadian?) thing?
"Maintain a positive demeanor", a fairly common expression. But I found the word has an interesting history, from etymonline.com:
ReplyDelete"demeanor (n.)
late 15c., from obsolete Middle English demean "handle, manage, conduct," later "behave in a certain way" (early 14c.), from Old French demener (11c.) "to guide, conduct; to live, dwell," from de- "completely" (see de-) + mener "to lead, direct," from Latin minare "to threaten," in Late Latin "to drive (a herd of animals);" see menace."
"Congratulations! Your Career Path Indicator test tells us that you're most qualified for a these jobs: used car salesman, or Obamacare Navigator."
ReplyDeletePlease, please, if there's a God in Heaven, let one of them come to my house.
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