CptColumbo
Just One More Question
I originally did this as a Dr Seuss type story, but Chillzero thinks it should go here:
In the town of Wooville all were asleep.
With nothing to Woo about they made not a peep.
They had talked of psychics, Bigfoot and dowsers,
But were bored with these and began to pick flowers.
When suddenly, from the land of Twoof,
Arrived words that made them hit the roof.
They stopped doing whatever woos do,
And went to hear this woo that was new.
It wasn’t just evidence that could be done by any boob,
It was pictures strung together and put on Youtube.
It was far more interesting than searching pockets for lint,
It was exposing wrongdoings and an evil Gubmint.
Expounding a twoof with a 'tude so smarmy.
Ideas so silly they feather and tar me.
There was no demand of Woos to have knowledge of science,
All the Twoofers asked for was total compliance.
“You don’t have to read a book, or research on your own.
We’ll do it all for you and use a sarcastic tone.
All we need from you is to yell at events you can crash,
Punch a handicapped girl in the face and send us your cash.”
They were just asking questions and had a world to save,
They weren’t insulting survivors and pissing on a fireman’s grave.
There were scientist and experts who disputed their lies,
The Twoofers calmed the Woos with the usual replies.
“Science is wrong, and engineers are sick.
Didn’t you see our video with the cool music?
Who needs to be an expert in the relevant subjects?
When you have pictures and videos of shiny objects.”
At first the Woos were willing and eager to please,
But some began to have a feeling of unease.
“What if I ask a question and get an answer I don’t like?”
“Just yell louder than them, cause that will make you right.”
“Shouldn’t we take this to a judge or jury with a quorum?”
“No, you should preach to a choir on an internet forum.”
“I know a scientist with more than one college degree,
He says there is more to the world than just what we see.”
“We may not have degrees, but we have a degrot,
It tells not what we know, but what we know not.
There is one thing upon which there is a consensus,
You don’t need to use all of your senses.”
And so it will go on for about seven years,
The Twoofers will keep preying on all the Woos’ fears.
They’ll take from the Woos all that they can suck,
Every Woo nickel and every Woo buck.
Until one day when the Woos will have had enough,
They won’t want to buy videos or any more stuff.
They’ll start reasoning and get off the Woo train,
They’ll think for themselves and start using their brain.
They’ll get off the internet and leave their parents’ Wooville home,
Maybe get a job in an office with a desk lamp and a phone.
They’ll go to the library and get books off the shelves,
They’ll stop blaming the Gubmint for all their troubles and start blaming themselves.