Not funny
Other than The Mister, no one has ever accused me of not having a sense of humor.
We are in Hawaii right now, on vacation. We were awakened last night at 12:30am with a tsunami warning which, for us, really amounted to nothing more than losing a few hours of sleep, although the people on the 1st and 2nd floors of the resort were evacuated to higher floors. (And amusingly, told to bring their pillows with them.)
I knew this was going to happen, but today, whilst strolling the tacky shops in Lahaina, i saw the inevitable "I Survived the Maui Tsunami; 3-11-11" t-shirt, less than 12 hours after the waves dribbled into Hawaii, and only a few hours longer after the waves slammed into Japan.
I winced when i saw it. As Em says, "It's only funny if no one died."
I hope they don't sell any, but i know better.
11 comments:
Wow. Just, wow.
capitalism at its finest. sad.
This will be a vacation you won't forget soon. Glad to hear the experience was just a few missed hours of sleep.
Now is the chance for you to make the "I Survived the Maui Tsunami; 3-11-11... And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt"
Marketing knows no boundaries...
So, there goes the lazy Hawaiian myth.
that's gross.
I'd like to say something humorous, but really, I'm disgusted. Em is right.
I'm sure the standup comedians are chomping at the bit to turn this tragedy into some sort of routine.
Well, I guess if it's on sale in Maui rather than Sendai that's not so bad. In Maui it's far enough away and harmless enough to joke about. Now if a similar t-shirt was on sale in Japan, that really would be crass.
I had a similar complaint about lack of taste when watching the news. Listening to Hawaiian vacationers complain about delays in the flights and roads being closed was upsetting. Boo hoo, y'know? Glad to read you again.
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