In today's world it sometimes seems like people are always arguing about something. There are so many different opinions and ideas surrounding politics, religion and the appropriate date on which to begin playing Christmas music constantly firing through the air that it seems as if many conversations have become linguistic battlegrounds. I am certainly not void of controversial opinions myself, as I have been playing Christmas music since November 1st. However, I figured I would spare you my "political" thoughts for now so as to avoid the increasingly popular online linguistic battle. Instead, I want to focus this post on the things that we CAN all agree on. Through doing so I think we will quickly discover that our similarities far outnumber our differences.
Emily's list of universal truths (to be continued in blog posts to come):
1. Syrup is an absurd word (I'm a poet and I didn't even know it): whether you pronounce it "surup" or "seerup", if you say it enough times in a row you will find it to be ridiculous.
2. The pink marker in Crayola boxes of 10 markers never works well.
3. Richard Harris played the superior Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies: I'm not saying Michael Gambon does a poor job...he's just not as perfect as Harris was.
4. It's impossible to watch any of the Mighty Ducks movies and not feel inspired.
5. Our global society leads you to believe that the Mona Lisa is far larger than it actually is in real life.
There you have it: five things that are safe to bring up when conversations get awkward, because the vast majority of people (I wish I could say "everyone", but there's always that one person) will agree with you when you do. So, next time someone asks you what you think of health care reform, simply respond by saying "syrup".
Maybe we're not so different after all.
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