So far, bored suburban housewives are responsible for the existence of The Real Housewives Of Orange County, the popularity of Taylor Hicks, the entirety of People magazine's mailbag section, the existence of "I'm a MILF" t-shirts, and the continued employment of Teri Hatcher.
After this morning, you can add this thorough Today Show report on pole dancing parties to that increasingly horrific list.
That's right, this morning the
Today Show bravely stepped forward to answer the question, "What happens when the condom-covered bachelorette party veil has been sitting in a keepsake bag at the bottom of a drawer for 15 years of matrimony?" The short answer: boredom. The long, sad answer: girls-night-in parties based on the five-year-old trend of pole dancing.
Gawker has a clip here, but you can watch the whole thing here.
Highlights include:
—The phrase "What the bada-bing is going on here?"
—Visible loneliness.
—More background music changes than you can count.
—So many feather boas.
—"Just imagine the Avon lady with some booty shaking."
—The walk, the back slide, and "the roll over to crawl."
—Hysterical giggling about husbands coming home.