Jan 18
Dimw It Like Beckham
There seems to be a minor cottage industry developing in David Beckham jokes. Here are a couple I’ve recently run across.
Posh Spice and David Beckham are sitting in front of the TV watching the six o’clock news. The headline feature is a man who is threatening to jump off a suspension bridge onto the busy road below.Posh turns to Beckham and says “Dave, I bet you $10,000 that he jumps.” He replies ”$10,000! You’re on!” The pair shake on it and continue watching the commotion on the TV. Sure enough, the man jumps and hits the road below with a loud thud.
Beckham takes 10 grand out of his pocket and gives it to Posh. “I can’t take that from you, Dave,” she says. “I was cheating. I saw the five o’clock news earlier so I knew what was going to happen. I can’t accept that money.”
Beckham replies, “No, babe. The money is yours fair and square. I was cheating too. I just didn’t think he would do it again.”
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David runs into the living room, very excited. He’s finally completed the jigsaw puzzle that he started 40 days ago. Posh asks him if that’s a good time. David says, “Absolutely! The cover of the box says 3-6 years!”
From the few interviews I’ve seen of him, he doesn’t strike me as unintelligent; these are probably driven more by fiscal and social envy.
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But he doesn’t know to play no football!
He probably is bright, but one thing that I’m picking up on more and more is that there are a lot of people, esp. online, who can talk a good game, but are all style and no substance. Usually those people are academics, which is why I’m avoiding blog carnivals run by them for the most part.
I bring this up, btw, not to rant personally (although that’s a part of it), but to ask you: Is there something about only being seen in print mainly which is allowing people to get away with being perceived as more noble or wise than they really are? – I know a lot of smart, kind people that can’t spell, and I know they’d be eaten alive on here. -
No, I don’t attach special relevance to spelling and grammar beyond making my points clear. F. Scott Fitzgerald, to note one example, was a notoriously-poor speller