Sometimes, you just have to giggle

My husband and I were watching CTV News a couple of weeks ago - depressing stuff, more strife in the West Bank, Afganistan (as always), firey car wrecks . . . you name it. And let's not forget the gross state of the Commonwealth Games Atheletes Village - that was truly disgusting. I hope they got it all cleaned up in time for the atheletes' arrival.

Anyhow, amid all this depressing, violent and revolting news, we discovered something that had us both in stitches. I swear, tears were running down my face, and I could hardly breathe, I was laughing so hard!!

Just a note: we have a PVR satellite receiver, so we can rewind and play shows in slow-motion. And rewind and slow-mo we did. Not to mention, pausing on the truly funny parts.

Suspense killing you, yet??


CTV News has a correspondent, I believe he's in Toronto. He has a great voice, is clear and pronounces everything correctly, without any lame cliches thrown in for colour. If he was in radio, he would be one of the best news guys ever.


But . . . he has a very expressive pair of eyebrows. Extremely expressive. They just kill us, every time we see him! And it's even funnier in slow-motion!!


I recorded last Thursday's newscast, because I wanted to see the bit about the Fisher Price recalls and, of course, the death of actor Tony Curtis. And there, in the middle of the broadcast, was Omar, he of the uber-expressive eyebrows. I finally got around to watching it last night, after the kids were in bed. It was marvellous. The kids had been fighting and being obnoxious - I think they were cranky from too many late nights on the weekend! - but Omar and his dancing eyebrows just wiped all the grumpy feelings away, in a seemingly endless gale of laughter!


Thank-you Omar. I know, you can't help it, but that's okay. We don't want you to. We love to watch you in slow-motion . . . you know, he could probably package all his newscasts on DVD and sell them on E-Bay as stress-relieving videos. Forget those little rubber balls you're supposed to squeeze (or are they for carpal tunnel syndrome?), forget soothing music, forget alcohol, forget sweating the stress away at the gym. Just get your daily dose of Omar's eyebrows, and giggle your troubles away!!