Captain Nemo?
Anyway, now lets try to make a funny list at the expense of Newt Gingrinch. Now, all this analysis is just done as a post mortem; I just write funny without any mechanical process. If I do try to break it down, though, the first thing I would do is gather what are the stereotypes held about the subject (though it would be done subconsciously). So what is that for Gingrinch? * Hates orphans. * Hates poor people. * Hypocrite on family values (especially that incident in which he announced divorce to his wife while she was dying of cancer) * Caustic figure (“males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes”). * All usual right wing stereotypes. So here is the list (not all necessarily playing off those stereotypes; you just have to go with what seems funny). TOP TEN THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT NEWT GINGRINCH 10. Is the four-time champion at Starving Orphan Tossing. 9. Is a natural blond, but dies his hair gray to try and fit in. 8. Was forever banned from the D.C. zoo w
