Thursday, December 23, 2004

Two More Signs of the Apocalypse.

1) As if the low-carb dieting craze hasn't gotten you worried enough about counting carbohydrates, Halls is now introducing a carb free version of their cough drops. 'Cuz, you know, you don't want getting well to make you, like, fat and stuff.

2) The Discovery Wings Channel, the arm of the Discovery Channel empire dedicated to aviation-related programming, is set to become the Military Channel. Of course, you could argue that the History Channel is already the Military Channel, what with all its exhaustive WWII documentaries, but still...

2 comments:

Generik said...

I always thought the big H on the History Channel stood for Hitler. Isn't it all Hitler, all the time? Whenever I need a WWII fix, I switch over to that channel and mainline, baby!

Desuko. said...

I'm beginning to think the H stands for "Holy," what with all the "Mysteries of the Bible" and similar programming flooding the network lately. Goes good alongside the impending hardware wargasm-fest of the Military Channel, I suppose, as part of the continuing Bushification of America.