Today during school my girlfriend texted me saying she was listening to a local radio station on the way to school, and an idiot called in. They were apparently talking politics on the show and had been jesting and poking fun at Republicans.
My friend, Erik, who is staunchly Republican, became offended, and called in to the show to complain. He had been skipping the first half of the day because of a Calc test he was avoiding, and had been listening in at home when he grew infuriated with the radio talk host people.
The call went something like this:
Him: "Yeah, I'm sick of you guys dissing republicans so much. I just want to let you guys know that you're disenfranchising A LOT of viewers right now. Your comments are terrible and bigoted and you guys will pay."
Them: "Wait, what? Who exactly is this "group of disenfranchised people" you're talking about?"
Him: "Well, me, my mom, my dad, my sisters, and my band."
Them: "Whoa dude, you have a band?! What are you guys called?"
Him: "Uh, well, the East Lake band. (East Lake High School being our school)"
Them: "The East Lake band? What?"
Him: "Well, the marching band. I mean, my "circle of friends" aren't going to listen to you anymore."
Then he hung up on them.
What the hell.
My girlfriend went on to tell me (She heard every second of this live, coincidentally- she was running late for class this morning and wouldn't have heard it otherwise) that a metric assload of people called in afterwards to respond to Erik's call. All of them were making fun of Erik's.
"Yeah, my mom and dad and band are gonna stop listening to you guys now! Fight the power!"
And, best of call, someone from a quasi-local high school, Largo, called in. "Just wanted to say that guy's call didn't really matter: we're gonna kick your ass this weekend! Go Largo Band of Gold!"
So he basically made an idiot out of himself AND gave our band a stupid name. Way to go Erik. And he's our DRUM MAJOR (captain-type guy) too. >_<
