Lexicon alert: “nuked the fridge” is the new “jumped the shark.”
Essentially the terms refer to the point at which something has reached the point of terminal silliness, after which it will mercifully recede from the public. Such as the Indiana Jones franchise after “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” exemplified by the moment when Indy climbed into a refrigerator and supposedly survived a Ground-Zero nuclear blast. Reductio ad absurdum captures the same idea, shorn of Net savviness, of course.
Anyway, now that you know what nuking the fridge is, here is the source for my sudden “hope” that the bailout madness might possibly have nuked the fridge, jumped the shark, reached the terminal point of absurdity, gone past the point of no return, however you wish to say it. It is late-breaking news from CNN:
WASHINGTON (CNN) ? Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.
Well, OK, in fairness, they seem to be making a greater satirical point about the bailouts. It could also be said that more than most, they recognize what the government is really doing to taxpayers here.
