Funny, or just dumb?

See the lady in the stands in DC watching her beloved Nats take on the NY Mets. See the Mets close the gap in the ninth inning to only trail 5-4. See yon lady wring her hands in despair. OMG, a Chicken Little moment appears to be upon her. The sky is falling. Woe is me.

See the Nats over 20 games ahead of the Mets, and 13 ahead of their closest division rival. They're already a lock for the postseason. So what gives with this woman?

Then again, maybe it just dawned on her that she had to skip a house or rent payment to attend such a meaningless game in the first place. OMG indeed.

So funny -- or just dumb?

See the latest and greatest flashlight commercial. You can freeze them in ice. Run over them with cars. And like the Timex watches of old -- they just keep on ticking -- or shining. That's nice, but who's dumb enough to freeze or run over a flashlight in the first place?

See the stranded lady motorist who has her hood up, is outside the car leaning up against the grill, but has her trusty flashlight blinking on the fender. If anything, it is sending a signal of "please mug me, take my money and other belongings, and otherwise abuse me at your pleasure".

Funny -- or just dumb?

See the same commercial show a camper (not seen) with a fire going within a foot of his/her tent -- totally unsupervised. Guess what happens if the wind shifts just a tad and blows the flame in the direction of the tent? The handy-dandy flashlight isn't going to help. Getting out of a tent up in flames can pretty much put the kibosh on an otherwise joyful excursion in the out of doors. Is this the audience the flashlight people are targeting? Careless idiots?

Funny -- or just dumb?

Remember the recent whack-em-all contest between the Detroit Tigers and NY Yankees. Batter after batter on both sides were plunked by pitched balls, including a beaning.

See a Detroit area columnist rant and rave how Yankee pitcher Betances should be suspended for days, weeks, maybe months. Yet in the next paragraph, see yon scribe come to Tiger Miguel Cabrera's defense for his assaulting behavior on the field. Miggy should not be suspended, maybe not even fined. Can you say "homer"?

When the league got done handing out penalties the following day -- several players were suspended and undisclosed fines levied -- Betances went unscathed. No suspension. No fine. No nothing.

Cabrera got nailed the hardest with a seven game suspension -- currently on appeal -- good luck with that -- and methinks yon Detroit homer might well be popping Xanax like M&Ms.

This is the same guy that hypes the Detroit Lions every year, but then rips them when they turn out to be their usual "lead-em on, let-em down" disappointing selves. Then blames it on the team. No mention of the Honolulu blue and silver Kool-Aid he was dishing out by the tanker full going into each season to the ever-gullible fans.

Leave us not forget, these are the same folks that get into games for free -- no skipping a house payment for them -- take an elevator up to the press box for the best seats in the house -- get free concessions while there -- and are further paid while doing so.

Yet they can turn right around and whine about the outrageous prices average fans have to cough up for much lesser accommodations?

Not sure what that is. Neither funny nor dumb quite seem to be appropriate.

But whatever it is -- it ain't right.