I Am Declaring a Moratorium On...

...improper use of the word "the." It was cool ten years ago when Letterman did it: "Hey kids, do you like the rock 'n roll?" Now, every fucking day. "You like baseball, Doris?" "Ooooooh yeah, I loooove the baseball." fucking hell. All the words in the English language, and we have to go fuck up "the"? Knock it off. I was gonna place a signature Xmastime "ooooh yeah, I looove the breaking a foot off in your ass" line here, but enough already.