Ghost of a flea

Sesame Street

The Raging Kraut was home sick and catching up on his Sesame Street viewing with his daughter. Imagine his surprise to see Sesame Street guest Kofi Annan promote the "U.N. Way" to resolve conflicts.

Elmo was arguing with another character about who gets to sing the alphabet song. Historically Elmo always sang the song, but now the other characters are muscling in, wanting a piece of this rich singing pie...

In walks Mr. Annan and dictates that they should solve the problem the "U.N. way" and mandates that they should all sing the alphabet song together- no auditions to see who was the best singer, no digging in to the history of the situation, no exclusion of AWFUL performers - just a compromise solution that rewards the slackers in the group and punishes those that have worked hard and are actually better than average.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 20, 2003 09:08 AM