I hate to sound like an old man, but why are these people famous? What qualities do they possess that endear them to the wider world? We may at once eliminate talent, intelligence, attractiveness, and charm from the equation, so what does that leave? Dainty feet? Fresh, minty breath? I am at a loss to say. Anatomically, many of them don't even seem quite human. Many have names that suggest they have reached us from a distant galaxy: Ri-Ri, Tulisa, Naya, Jai, K-Pez, Chlamydia, Mo-Ron. {I may be imagining some of these.} As I read the magazine, I kept hearing a voice in my head, like the voice from a 1950s B-movie trailer, saying: "They came from Planet Imbecile!
( Bill Bryson )
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