9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for March 02, 2015
March 01, 2015
March 03, 2015
Transcript:
Welcome to apology week, as you know, the apology industry has grown from a cottage business into a vast, global market with headquarters in every capital of the world. I demand for apologies from public figures outstrips supply, even though giants of business, the arts, entertainment, journalism and, most of all, politics, wearing artificial expressions of regret and humiliation, try their darndest to satisfy the quotidian call. Thorax industries is now ready to fill the aching void where apologies have not been forthcoming. Research shows that the dearth of apologies can be laid mainly to pressing engagements, photo ops, humanitarian first hand observation of the tragic, uncontrolled international outbreak of golf courses: as well as the demands of the bladder. Man: I'm IQ-challenged, and I demand an apology for deploying irony in my airspace! Thorax: Take a number.
