He appeals to the "He's saying out loud what I'm actually thinking" crowd.
I suppose, but he's spouting such a wide variety of nonsense, it seems like people are hearing just the things they do agree with and not even aware of the things they don't.
From my sample size of two.
Ooh, I like those plum chairs.
I should admit that the back door of my office is on Dummer St.
Ooh, does Dummer intersect with another street to make a funny?
Oh man, I'm jealous, the street names around my office are so boring: Massachusetts, Vermont, 6th, and 7th.
It's a pretty nice location though.
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When I lived in San Francisco I was disappointed that Bush St. and Beaver St. do not intersect.
That does look nice, Gud. I can't think of any amusing street names near me. Trees and states and ducks and people's names, but none of them funny.
Ooh, does Dummer intersect with another street to make a funny?
Pleasant is probably the closest to funny. (It's a short street.)
I am so vicariously excited by shrift's domestic buying adventures that I wish I needed to buy things. We'll be lucky if I get out of this without new towels or something.
Oh, I always need new towels.
Also, I do love the plum chairs.
I don't even need new stuff, I just want to rearrange the stuff I have. Soon, living room. September, if all goes well, you will look very different.