My mother and I have many interesting conversations while we're at work. They are mostly political and they're mostly debates, not conversations. Today, one of them surrounded the reasoning as to why America, the most powerful nation in the world, has yet to find a certain cave dwelling specimen going by the name of Osama bin Laden (if that is in fact his real name). Her response to this inquiry is my favorite to date:
Lisa Moffett: i think it's b/c they're not like us. they are completely committed to their cause and willing to sacrifice a 'normal' life. i think they truly live in caves and never come out. any of us would be like, 'hey, just this once -- i want to go out to dinner' or whatever.
Doesn't that make sense? I could never be a terrorist because damnit when was the last time we went to Chili's?! I just love the visual image I have of bin Laden and his accomplice sitting in a dark cave in the middle of the desert, tired, battered and starving. "Come on, Osama! Just this once! The McRib is back!"
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