06-23-2008, 09:08 AM
hotzester Wrote:That's what made him genius. He observed things that we all saw every day, but never paid attention to. We all know there are certain words you can't say on the radio, for example. But George Carlin was the one that looked closer and said "Wait a second, so you can say 'pissed off' but you can't say 'pissed on'?" He took things that we all just accepted (the pilot in command of an airliner, for instance) and explored it just a bit further. ("Who made this man a captain?")
Anyone can observe - he took his observations and explored.
His airline bit was brilliant.
'Please check your immediate seating area for any items you might have brought on board'
'I might have brought my arrowhead collection aboard.....I didn't, so there's not much reason for me to look for it.'