Hans Christian Anderson

[likethebeer]

I'm listening to a repeat of Here on Earth, w/Jean Feraca, because I am interested in the subject. But I have a difficult time trying to keep from yelling at Jean. She's so annoying. How annoying she is, is almost unending. I find it so difficult to believe that she has legions of fans. However, she still acquires some great guests, so I listen. And often curse Jean as I do so.

Why is she annoying? I think there are several reasons.
*She constantly speaks about things, with her guests, that she clearly does not know anything about. It is so obvious in the way she phrases her responses.
*And yet, she emotes these responses with this pseudo-sense of importance. That bothers me more than anything, I would bet. My favorite indicative moment of this aspect of Jean's responses came from her old show on Wisconsin Public Radio on Fridays, when they would talk about food. She was talking to a pasta expert.

"Al dente literally means, 'To the teeth!'"

Thank you. idiot.

*And the last thing: her laugh. Hate her laugh. Sounds totally fake.

Mda saw Jean a few times at the bookstore he worked at in Madison. And he said that there was an unspoken rule within the staff that when she would come by (mini-celebrity that she is) to pick up a book and say, "I'm Jean Feraca!" that they ask, "How do you spell that?"

Comments

"How do you spell that?

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

with an f?,...o.0

Re: "How do you spell that?

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

"Is that with an 'F', or a 'Ph'?"

Re: "How do you spell that?

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

i always got a kick out of people taking names like that,.. they go,.. name?
and i say Stetson,.. just like the hat,..
and they always say"how do you spell that?" and i go "h.a.t."
it gets really ludicrous when i get junk mail for "Reg Hat",..o.o

Re: "How do you spell that?

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Picture a dog tilting its head in confusion. That would be my initial reaction.

my initial reaction.

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

to the hat comment or the backhanded insult,..o.o
theres only one way to spell stetson,. the maker of the famous cowboy hat,. it used to be synonomus with the item,.. but what was funniest was i think only one in ten or so understood i was making fun of them,..:)

Re: my initial reaction.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

To the h.a.t. I would not think you were insulting me. Well, not until now.

Knowing a Jacobsen and Andersen, I would ask if Stetson's spelled with an "o" or an "e" at the end. When I've worked at bookstores, and someone would order a book, even if there name was Smith I would spell it out. Could by Smyth.

.ask if Stetson's spelled with an "o" or an "e"

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

hehe, to which i would relpy "both" and then spell it out,... a backhanded insult (which reall isnt an insult in my mind)is my way of having fun with people who take things like names too seriously,.. i get mail for "Reg" just that, and everyone knows who it is,.. and if it comes with reg-'and any other ending' i still get it,. i understand the other tounges of names but the stetson hat was such an american icon fro the twenties to the eighties that even eroupeans know the name automaticly theres only one spelling, (perhaps thats changed but i don't think so,..) even during the great imigration anyone taking the name spelled it that way,.. but it's just a name,.. many people who know me don't know my last name,..:)

[wi-c.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she always sounds as if she's talking after having just taken a sip of coffee after having just run up three flights of stairs.

She's getting an invite.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

heee heeee.