Shocking?

Sometimes the news is just plain stupid (sorry if that word is offensive to you, but it is the best word I could come up with to describe what I read below. When my boys were small we taught them not to say stupid that it wasn’t a good word. Frankly I got tired of hearing kids call other kids stupidhead and the like, so our solution, ban the word. Then I used it one time, I think in a sermon. What you need to know is that I am who I am and, I think, any word I’d use in private conversation I’d also use in the pulpit. There’s another story there, but I’ll save it ‘cause it involves violence - i.e. my hind-side being spanked when I was about 9 or 10. Now, where were we. Yeah, I used the word “stupid” and one of my sons heard it. Afterward he, in “after-church socializing” said: “My daddy uses dirty words.” All that to say if the word bugs you, I understand, but it’s still the best word to describe what I’m going to say. Wow, the words in the bracket are now longer than the post itself):

I was listening to the national morning news and the following report came one, “Scientistic studies have proven that women who gain more than 40 pounds when pregnant will deliver a heavier baby.” Really? Man, I wish I could have gotten the grant money from that study. I wonder what else they discovered: Children given toys will play with them. Kudzu will spread. Eating a high calorie diet and not exercising will cause you to gain weight. The sun will come up in the morning. Men like sex. Grass not cut will grow higher than grass cut. Snow is cold. The possibilities are endless - I can’t wait for my grant money!!!!

So what have you discovered?