“I will more share with others more fortunate than myself.”

The “Miss World” contest is on. To set the stage for you all, I will explain what I saw a few minutes ago when the camera panned the auditorium:

A fat man in an oversized orange shirt sprawled across two chairs.

The “auditorium” seems to be a slightly larger-than-normal room with a pseudo balcony, and there are many, many bored looking folk with their arms sprawled over empty chairs.

But, of course, the real entertainment is on the stage, where some blank-faced, square-jawed Brit asks all the foreign women what they will do with the year if they are crowned “Miss World.”

For instance, there was this attempt at an answer from a twitching “Miss Korea,” who had just won the “Beauty with a Purpose” award for her work in nursing homes:

“I will more share with others more fortunate than myself.”

Smiles and nods! Smiles and nods!

Earlier, Miss Russia asked for a translator to help her with her answer. She answered and paused (in Russian) in the middle, looked kind of spacey…so the Man with the Microphone smiled and nodded as if she were done. Audience applause up! Oh, but there was more blather so Mr. Man with the Microphone had to swallow his smile while the translator said something about children not having homes. Sh, audience. Sh.

I will leave you with this final image:

In the talent competition, Miss Italy won for “Unique Act.” Her Unique Act? Dancing. On roller skates.

Have a great day everyone! Smiles and nods! Smiles and nods!

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