Saturday, December 12, 2009

Car Talk fails the PE Teacher

Car Talk radio show of 5 December fails the PE Teacher with transmission trouble.

Every week Car Talk stages the grandiose and helpless feat to laugh away the fact that cars and their infrastructure have become one great destructive force in our world. A hollow and forced laughter indeed, insulting and painful. If a PE teacher thinks it is OK to take the car for a commute of a little more than a mile, and if Car Talk forgets to advise the caller on leaving his car in the garage, then we know that we still have ways to go.
And yet. And yet: On their website the show description already speaks a slightly different language, and, disguised as humor, the truth comes out: "What's the best advice for a gym teacher with transmission trouble? How about setting a good example for his students by running to school?"

If this all sounds a bit cryptic, then perhaps the letter of complaint makes it a bit clearer.