Out of the mouth of an angry baby

 Age does not become me, instead of becoming more accepting of people faults and ignorance I find myself increasingly irritated at the putrid verbal emissions that amounts as intelligent conversation these days. This feeling is not a new thing for me, as I have regularly stated I work around a fine collection of idiot savants that can do one thing well but whose general knowledge of the world and its people borders on the moronic.  The fact that such absurdity is all too common where I live makes things even worse.  

The details are unimportant and would take far too long to explain but I found myself this morning sitting in a small waiting area amongst a group of people all watching the “Today Show.”  Now it is no secret the “Today Show” makes great efforts to be uncontroversial during the mornings leaving most heavy stories for MSNBC or the Brian Williams’ news show early in the evening.  Even with that, several people seating in the waiting area with me turned every story and segment into the downfall of Western Civilization and the beginnings of a new Dark Age.  As much as I tried to make myself invisible and to be left out of the conversation, a couple of people would make the mistake of asking my opinion.

While discretion in many cases is the better part of valor I avoided confrontation strictly for the reason that trying to argue with a fool only brings you down to his level. See, I'm not liked very much around these parts and I frankly like it that way but I see no sense and poking the hornet's nest if you get my meaning.

Matters were made worse that I had forgotten to bring a book or my laptop leaving me without a mental escape. Luckily, my time stuck waiting was made tolerable by the most unlikely of sources, as the second hour of my torture began, a mother entered the waiting area pushing a baby carriage with an alert and obviously intelligent baby propped up inside.

By the time the mom and baby had settled in the three primary idiots were again discussing the events in Egypt and how it was surely controlled by people out to harm America. At that point, the baby began loudly babbling interrupting their conversation.  It was hilarious, every time the alpha male idiot stopped speaking the baby would go quiet and when he began to speak again the baby would in effect shout him down once more.

The baby babble so bothered the alpha idiot that it eventually forced him and his cohorts to move out of the waiting area. The baby’s mother seemed purposelessly oblivious to this having pulled a magazine out of the diaper bag and left her child to, in my opinion, be the hero of the day. This only proved the point that I have mentioned many times, that I would rather hear the meaningless jibber of a baby all day than listen to an hour of what passes as adult conversation. 

I have added the following video just for giggles. Thanks to Mr. Charleston over at "Termites of Sin" for alerting me to it. Its a pretty good match for what the baby said this morning, just not as angry.