ninme

First of all, you know those friends you love dearly but you just can’t stand talking to because you have to devote so much time and it’s so emotionally draining and you know in one phone conversation, which could last upwards of two hours on a busy afternoon, you’re capable of discussing quite literally life, the universe, and everything?

I’ve had a season pass for MI-5 for over a year now, but I could never bring myself to watch it because I knew I’d be hooked. And I just didn’t have the time or energy to devote. Well, I just fastforwarded through all of Brit Hume, except the Grapevine and Jay Leno clip, and, desperately in need of some kind of current even news item, turned to MI-5.

This is where my tale grows interesting, you see. The President (POTUS) (and FLOTUS, which I’ve never heard before, but cracks me up) is visiting Britain last minute, so everyone’s scrambling to keep him from getting shot. Lots of beautiful people wandering the halls of incredibly ritzy looking office space acting concerned about things. But! The President is actually -

…drumroll…

Ready for this?

The President! That’s right! It’s Bush! And they opened with one of his better speeches!

Usually in TV shows the President is typically some cuddly well-spoken minority Democrat, oozing with honesty and good humour. Even during a Republican administration these shows can’t bring themselves to imagine the unimaginable: a Republican President. Then they’d have to (gasp!) hire Republican writers, or at least learn to write dialogue without the Republican in the room growing horns and attacking little school children, biting off their heads and spitting out their bones, then leaping to the roof, landing on all fours, and howling at the moon.