While kicking around media coverage of the death of Princess Diana, friends and I developed the term "'Loid 'Rhoids," short for tabloid hemorrhoids and describing the bleeding (apertures) of the media, from whom one should expect only bloody (stuff.) We decided that 'loid 'rhoids and their employers are entirely too like street level pimps: they pander spurious gratification to consumers of such quality that we would really rather not associate with them. Eventually we concluded that there are some significant differences between street pimps and 'loid 'rhoids. Pimps almost always share the profits, at least a little, while 'loid 'rhoids are almost always purely parasitic. With the exception of the worst of our politicians and entertainers, the people sold by 'loid "rhoids do not benefit from the process. Indeed, they are generally victims. Another difference is that the women in a street pimp's stable have, at least theoretically, the possibility of enjoying the process. Again, with the exception of our worst politicians and entertainers, those preyed upon by 'loid 'rhoids generally do not.
Are you guys complaining that you have been poorly served by the 'loid 'rhoids?
