But What About...?

OK, before I begin this one you'll have to bear with me as I describe one of my compulsive behaviors. The TV in our living room never remembers that it's been muted once you turn it off. Therefore, when turning this TV on, it is a given that there will be at least *some* volume.

I have, over the years, developed the habit of turning on the TV and immediately hitting the "mute" button. It's an older TV, so the picture takes a while to warm up and appear on the screen.

My wife was sitting on the couch, looking at something on the coffee table. I picked up the remote, and pressed the button. I didn't hit mute quite fast enough, so we got a burst of sound from the TV. It was fairly loud, and the exact quote was, ...

"...but what about nudity..."

At that point, I hit mute and fell over laughing. My wife was in a similar condition. The TV screen was still black, it had happened so fast. Turns out, the TV was left on CNN Headline News. The story had something to do with a protest in the state of Vermont. My wife tried to find the story online, but neither of us were wild about the idea of typing "Vermont" and "nudity" into a search engine.

UPDATE - Since writing this, my wife has dicovered this related story that you might find amusing.