Meet Amber. Amber is a hateful little bitch who has a personal vendetta against quality television. That's the only explanation as to why her "alert" would interupt the greatest show on television, Weeds.
I was sitting in the living room with the roomies last night, including the new one for the first time, after a lovely family dinner. We turned on the television -- which is quite massive, as Ron brought back the big one! -- and prepared for a lovely evening of Weeds.
As the new roomie hasn't watched the show before, we had her sit through previous episodes while Ron cooked. We were all caught up and ready to watch...
About 5 minutes into the show, the screen goes black. It was about 10:05. We've been having some issues with the cable box and we all immediately panicked. We thought the night was ruined. Then we heard the ominous tone and a scrolling message came across the screen. It was an Amber Alert, an Amber Alert that would last for about 3 minutes and interupt part of our show.
A young girl was abducted in Palmdale at about 1:15 in the afternoon. Clearly, the public interest is served by having a bunch of twenty-somethings sitting in their living room in Playa del Rey on the lookout for the kidnapper. Almost nine hours after the abduction!
Dear CHP,
I really support any effort to return abducted children... so long as these efforts don't interfere with episodes of Weeds. Last night's Amber Alert was completely inappropriate.
First, if I were to abduct a child in Palmdale, I can promise you that you wouldn't find me in Los Angeles 9 hours later. In 9 hours I could practically be in Utah! Second, that last place I would go is into the quiet beach community of Playa del Rey. Perhaps the Amber Alert System could be localized to skip over our cable system. Finally, do you really thing people sitting at home watching Weeds are gonna jump right into action and find the missing girl? Unless the abducter is also a pizza delivery person, it's a safe bet that you could skip over television programming like Weeds as well.
I appreciate your immediate attention to this matter!
Sincerely,
Bri
2 comments:
This reminds me of the time my ex-boyfriend called Fox TV to yell at them for interupting his nightly viewing of the Simpsons.
Needless to say i laughed my as I witenessed him yelling into the phone.. just as I have to chuckle about your rant. priceless.
Well....thank the breeders...
shelley
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