People like aggravation
Remember this? Maritess Vs. The Superfriends by Rex Navarette and Dino Ignacio.
Whenever I take a cab and the taxi driver is listening to the Senate investigation into corruption in the Armed Forces, I gently suggest that he switch to something less stressful. “Iinit lang ang ulo ninyo (You’ll just lose your temper),” I say. The cabbies always laugh and agree with me, but they never change the station. Fact: People enjoy getting ticked off. Many people tune in to TV shows featuring celebrities they loathe, specifically to get ticked off. They must not have enough stress in their lives.
The aggravation level rises logarithmically when the subject being questioned is the wife of the former AFP comptroller General Ligot. Irritating enough that she won’t answer any question, but she weeps, falls ill, snivels, bleats for mercy and acts like the victim. They’ll take everything, even our sense of victimhood!
You know what Mrs. Ligot sounds like? You know how it is when you have a really, really, really stupid maid?
Apologies to all housemaids who have not been going off on mysterious trips with unidentified companions to undisclosed locations bearing undetermined amounts of unexplained money.
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March 28th, 2011 at 08:46
I’ve just remembered this QI clip, Lee Mack aggravating Stephen Fry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duqlZXiIZqA
… best line,“Are you incapable of rational thought?!”, NTS: must use that line more often. :P