Irony

[talktooloose]

Setting aside the ridiculous way most of the middle class seems to be living beyond their means, lets look at the particular idiocy of my brother and his insane wife. They finally (after 3,265 years of marriage) had their two kids and moved to a "nice Jewish neighbourhood" a million miles away from anything with only ugly ribbons of highway and thousands of identical houses full of people they don't talk to for neighbours.

Well, that's not enough. Nothing is good enough for your kids, so they have completely over-extended themselves to send the two boys to a private Jewish school where, for the exorbitent tuition, you still get classes of 28 or 30 taught by too many mediocre teachers.

But then it gets FUNNY! My 12 year old nephew has gotten wildly religious much to the chagrin of his mother. He only wants to eat kosher food and was delighted to get a beautiful bible for his birthday. She's tearing her hair out and ready to run to Doctor Phil! What did she do to deserve that? All she wanted was for kids of be safe from the evils of the goyishe world (because, of course, you can escape the inevitable sequel to the Holocaust by hiding in fucking Vaughn!!) and she ended up with a little religious freak.

May I permitted an unkind "hee hee"?

Comments

[snowmit.livejournal.com]

Man, check out Freakonomics where they show that studies seem to indicate that none of that shit that your relatives is paying for will have any significant effect on the child's chances.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

What? You think logic has anything to do with this?

Hey, parents! Sell your fancy shit, live within your means, quit the second job and spend more time walking your kids to the library and discussing the books with them as you walk home. Oh yeah, and their feelings. Try opening up discussion about their feelings and yours, too.

[corduroyarmy.livejournal.com]

go camping!
like real camping with old shitty gear