Reading Rainbow and Drew Carey

The other day I was watching the Price is Right, now hosted by Drew Carey. Honestly, he was horrible when he started, but has gotten much better. A contestant came on the stage, a guy in his early 20s. He was wearing a Reading Rainbow t-shirt. Drew Carey, obviously not knowing Reading Rainbow was a children's program on PBS in the 80s, asked the guy if Reading Rainbow was where he worked. "Nah, I'm just a supporter," said the guy. Later on the guy went on to win both showcases in the showcase showdown and his buddies all rushed the stage and about five of them jumped on his new snowmobile all at the same time. The snowmobile was fine, so that's good publicity for the manufacturer.

Something that's become a pet peeve of mine is when people talk about their drinking and need to brag about it as if being a drunk is part of their heritage. I'm (insert ethnic ancestry here) we were baptized in the stuff. I like to drink as much as the next guy and probably more than the next guy, but what does being (blankish-ese-an) have to do with it? Why don't you just be honest and say years of heavy drinking have given you a high tolerance, so you can drink a lot more. Or have a sense of humor and say you had a hole inserted in the bottom of your foot so most of the booze goes out and you need to drink more to feel anything.