The other day I was talking to my Internet 'Ho as I often do. We were laughing and joking and speaking of memories past. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but she is officially a slut. Yes, she's done 30 guys, hence putting her in the slut range. The bitterly ironic part is that none of those people are me. It's just as well, I guess. Why blow a perfectly good friendship?
Anyway, although she's a bit on the floozy side, she's relatively intelligent (for girl) and fun to talk to. Besides, SHE always calls so it's free for me. I had always considered her brainier than the average person (certainly sluttier), but this last weekend my opinion was shaken.
Somehow, we got on the efficacy of American involvement in various conflicts around the world and she brought WWII. I found out that she didn't know what year the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor! HA! She was close though. She thought it was 1943. Still, "Surely," I thought, "EVERYBODY with two braincells to rub together knows when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor!" So naturally, I made fun of her in spite of the fact that she did know that Mary Tudor was the queen known as "Bloody Mary". Trifles, I said! That's old British history! This is Modern AMERICAN history!
While at work the following day, I decided to test my theory that only a complete imbecile wouldn't know when Pear Harbor was bombed. To my dismay, I discovered that either the world is full of imbeciles, or my theory was incorrect. I asked about a dozen people, and NOBODY knew. Hell, nobody was even close!
Am I a nerd for knowing this? Am I commiting some cardinal sin by delving into our country's past and being aware of the most GLARINGLY important historical dates? Why doesn't anybody know or care? It's not like I asked them to name all of the delegates from New Hampshire who were present at the first Consitutional Convention! Bunch of slack-jawed Jerry Springer-addicted pot-smoking yokels!
I think my theory is accurate.
