bum out

“If they move, it would bum out a lot of people. The Angels have been here for a long time, and there’s a lot of pride around here for the team,” said Parmar, 30, who lives in Anaheim.

Like any respectable conductor, Bugs bows to his audience and turns to face the podium then holds up a sign that reads “THROW THE BUM OUT!” after someone in the audience coughs loudly.

The unintended consequences of bad people seeking power and the public rewarding them explain why voters often throw the bum out — only to elect someone even worse.

Those games still can end in a tie, unlike with college football, which spent its first 126 years allowing ties, which would bum out everyone.

Skinner nods along, though he looks less convincingly relaxed: “I mean the only bit that’s ever awkward, I find, is when you’re sitting on the beach with your bum out, in-between takes, do you know what I mean?”