Great Freeper Lexicon post...! ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073704/posts ) Thanks!!!
The only one I never understood (I never asked) was the old one about “SHOWER”.
There would be breaking news, and people would start joking about shower time, time to take a SHOWER, etc....??
Can anyone explain? I must have seen it a million times....
I always thought the ‘Shower’ thing was about being falsely too busy to do something important...mocking someone who actually used it when some impending disaster was brewing.
OK, here’s the final draft of the 2008 Lexicon. Thanks batter!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077468/posts
Gaijin, I think the shower reference is there, just do a word search under Lore.
The way I remember, and it does go back a while, is a woman had heard about something happening at an airport where her husband was coming or going. Everyone was offering sympathy, trying to get up dates and were generally concerned, when the woman suddenly announces she has to go take a shower. She then comes back a few minutes later and asked for updates.
A lot of people wondered how she could go take a shower when her husband was possibly in trouble.
Hence, when some breaking news occurs someone will inevitable have to go take a shower.