A Pussy Record

I was watching a cable news show this morning when a segment came on about security for the Olympics in Sochi. The guest on the show was a news correspondent, who really had no qualifications to talk about security in Sochi except for the fact that he was in Sochi for part of the two weeks the Olympics were in town.

The guest and the anchor of the show agreed that security must have been good because there were no major incidents.

Then the anchor asked, "Did the security cause a problem for any of the athletes or visitors?"

The correspondent answered, "Not really, unless you were a member of the band Pussy Riot."

"Oh?"

"Yes, Pussy Riot was questioned intensely several times at the protest area, and two of the members of Pussy Riot were detained while walking in the Olympic Village. Most recently, Pussy Riot members were harassed by the Cossacks."

Sounding legitimately shocked, the anchor then said something like, "Wow, this was a bad time to be a member of Pussy Riot, I guess."

The correspondent chuckled and added, "Well, as you know, Pussy Riot has been both an inspiration for protesters and a lightning rod for government attention and disapproval."

It went on, but you get the point, right? I think he must have had a bet with someone that he would say Pussy Riot a certain number of times, probably because they never get to say pussy on the news. I felt like I was in a junior high locker room when somebody said "pussy" and everyone giggled.

I'm sure they have the record for the number of times "pussy" was said during a broadcast.  In fact, I think it was probably the most times that pussy was said in a 24 hour period (or longer) on any news channel.

Pussy, pussy, pussy.

I hope he won the bet.