Sometimes, the simplest things in life are best

I have to admit, the recent Metro “Today’s Debate” responses have been utterly disappointing in their lack of unintentional hilarity. the Metro editors must have noticed this too, as today’s question is one of those “fishing for funny answers” ones.

Granted, the story the question is based on — a city official dismissing parking tickets in exchange for Prince and Phil Collins concert tickets — is filled with unintentional comedy itself, but that doesn’t mean these answers will be. Let’s go to the tape (click to enlarge):

Meh. You know? That’s just not the high comedy I expect from Metro man on the street interviews. (No offense to those interviews; they did a bang-up job in coming up with a joke in short order.) Next time, try asking, “So, how about that weather out there?” I bet the responses will be absolutely crazy.

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