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That's entertainment

Me: So, there's this documentary I think we should watch...
Wife: Is it depressing?
Me: Well, sort of. That's why I'm running it by you. And it'll probably make you angry.
Wife: Ok. Here's the thing, I watch movies to be entertained. I don't want to be depressed or angry.
Me: What are you watching now?
Wife: Jane Eyre.
Me: I don't think that word "entertained" means what you think it means.

Comments

  1. I do not think that means what you think it means « Definitely Not The News on 2007-05-24 19:09:03 wrote: […] necessarily to advertise John (though I don’t have any problem doing that), but to point out this episode.  You men will relate immediately on […]

  2. DiscoverSD on 2007-05-24 21:05:37 wrote: Entertainment is relative. I had fun watching The Producers on DVD, but my younger brother hated it. He, however, loved all the gore of Hostel. Go figure. That, for him, was entertainment.