Stop thinking about Weinergate !

Sorry, but my sophomoric side is relishing the Weiner-roast.

The headlines are hilarious: e.g. “Is that your weiner?”

Now, Congressman Weiner is telling people to forget about his weiner so he can get back to his serious Congressional business, e.g. his self-claim of sending out 300 to 400 tweets per day …  which, incidentally, is about a tweet-a-minute.

The ”forget about it” strategy won’t work.

Here’s why, explained by Human Events

At this point, telling people not to think about Weinergate is like telling them not to think about a platypus. 

As soon as the command is issued, a giant platypus begins crashing through the imagination of the listener. 

(To clarify, that’s what happens when you tell people not to think about a platypus. 

When you tell them not to think about Weinergate, an entirely different image is conjured.)