(no subject)

[plonq]

Why do they call it the boob tube when they almost never show boobs?

Comments

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I dunno, most of the people I've seen on it were pretty much boobs, IMO.

-The Gneech ("And that goes double for CNN.")

[leopanthera.livejournal.com]

It's from the old slang definition of "boob" as "a stupid person", implying TV is for stupid people.

[mwalimu.livejournal.com]

I thought it was because an old-style cathode ray tube resembled a boob (when you open the cabinet and look at it from behind, that is).

[pierrekrahn.livejournal.com]

Why is it that the media has no problems whatsoever airing shootouts, and bloody corpses, and acts of violence. Yet a NIPPLE sends everyone in an uproar and then they get fined!


Hey little Timmy. It's OK to kill people, but whatever you do, never pull down your pants when on TV. K?

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

They show plenty of dicks during the news.
(known as politicians)

But dick tube doesn't rhyme. And it evokes certain... thoughts and images. ;-)

[feren.livejournal.com]

While the correct answer has already been listed here, I offer another plausible explanation: people suckle from it, become dependent upon it and then have difficulty being weaned away.

[orleans.livejournal.com]

You obviously aren't watching the French channels from Quebec. :O

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Too bad those weren't the same people that named the stick in cars or obelisks