Couch Potato?

Couch Potatoes are a modern creation. Generation Y (or is it Z?) have a lot they can look up to their parents for. How to become a potato of the couch variety, though, is something they would be better off not emulating.

Dad often wonders how most people can pass all their lives watching TV 24 X 7!

24 X 7 TV mania has created some excruciatingly inane TV channels that come up with "breaking news" kind-of useless headlines.

Imagine a day in Smallville with reporters flashing a headline like "Has Superman switched designers? What's the secret behind wearing em inside out"! Or Gotham city reporters having a field day reporting "What was Batman wearing! The inside scoop on jealous, underwear-stealing Robin!"... Or something to that effect..

But does the uselessly undiscerning CP know the difference? He still watches the usual without batting an eyelid over Superman's change of haute coutour or Batman's discomfiture over the lack of it. I guess people do acknowledge TV as a problem, but don't do much actively, apart from maybe this.

My parents make sure I don't watch much TV. I prefer watching movies/programs on the laptop instead. Dad says its relatively better for my eyes.

I don't know about that, but its definitely better for his blood pressure. You see, I watch TV from a maximum distance of 2 feet, enough for his BP to reach beyond permissible limits.

So chow time doesn't start until my favorite program is playing on the laptop. I loveee watching Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Great program! Must watch!

For those not in the know, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is all about a Mom-in-law at loggerheads with her Daughter-in-law (and which one isn't!!), with the poor son having to unloggerhead them all the time.

I LOVVEEEE watching it, but not as much as I LOOVVEE the title song. Its nice, catchy, upbeat, great rhythm, great tune to dance to, and you guys must know by now, how much I loveeee to dance ;)).

Enjoy watching me convince Dad to play Sarabhai vs Sarabhai on the laptop. Oh and by the way, "Sha" is only the short name I've given this program (too much work pronouncing the whole name..)

i'm a lil lazy that way :)