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hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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There is nothing new on Epinions...
Let me leave this URL for consideration:
http://www.epinions.com/content_3370360964
"The First Great 'Read-this-now!' Comment-Off"
A somewhat dismal effort to accomplish what you are trying to do (I believe) here. I would gladly re-name it in honor of your write-off here and now.
Or my simple inclusion here might garner some eyeballs for all the suggestions that were left there earlier this summer.
Let me know what you think.
...tom...
Random quotation day #2:
"Beauty and folly are old companions." —Benjamin Franklin
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Oct 12 '03
7:53 pm PDT
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Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Hi, I mean, Hey there...
There is nothing new on Epinions...
I figured this had already probably been done. I didn't know it had been done so recently!
"The First Great 'Read-this-now!' Comment-Off"
A somewhat dismal effort to accomplish what you are trying to do (I believe) here. I would gladly re-name it in honor of your write-off here and now.
Why rename it? Or, that is awfully kind, good man. But I like option 2:
Or my simple inclusion here might garner some eyeballs for all the suggestions that were left there earlier this summer.
I will update this review to send people your way, and hence, in the direction of all those who joined your W/O. In that fashion (drum roll or egg roll please...), the resurrected and re-vanished reviews can once again appear-- and then for a third time, take their rightful place in the Lethe sleep of resting words (to be jostled at random for eternity).
Glad to see I'm following in such illustrious company, a dwarf as it were on the shoulder of a giant. So, won't you ever be adding me to your invisible but visible WOT? Or do I have to do my bear dance while singing an aria from La Traviata, fireworks shooting out of my orifi?
Humbly,
John
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Oct 12 '03
10:56 pm PDT
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hey (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
I already read that spoof and really enjoyed it. I might think about this...
Jan
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Oct 13 '03
12:59 am PDT
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Re: Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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hey there again, John...
Thanks for the kind-spirited reply.
Actually, I thought the 'comment-off' would work better than it did. But I think the 'shelf-life' of a single review is days short. Unless you 'promote' the hell out of it, which I did not.
Which is why your 'write-off' should work much better. Because a review w/o is continually 'pumped up' by new entries linking back to the others linking back to the original review or user page.
By 'inclusion here' I meant simply my posting of the URL in your comment thread. Your inclusion of it in the body of review greatly 'exceeded my expectations'!! (Sorry, was recently annual evaluation time at work.)
I see a day when the 'just-in' pages are dry and dusty and empty. As all Epinions readers spend every Epinions moment reading the old stuff here on the site. With no time to write.
The guilt, my gallant sir, shall weigh heavily on your shoulders!
Thanks again for the mention in your review...
...tom...
Random quotation day #3:
"It ain't the heat, it's the humility." —Yogi Berra
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Oct 13 '03
8:01 am PDT
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Re: hey (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Jan-
I already read that spoof and really enjoyed it. I might think about this...
Thanks... and please do (submit an entry)!
--JKS
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Oct 13 '03
1:12 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Hey again, Tom-
Thanks for the kind-spirited reply.
Don't mention it.
Which is why your 'write-off' should work much better. Because a review w/o is continually 'pumped up' by new entries linking back to the others linking back to the original review or user page.
We'll see if anyone hops on aboard. Thus far, this is no "20 things about me and my poodle."
By 'inclusion here' I meant simply my posting of the URL in your comment thread. Your inclusion of it in the body of review greatly 'exceeded my expectations'!!
It wasn't but a thing. It's anyway the right thing to do, no?
I see a day when the 'just-in' pages are dry and dusty and empty. As all Epinions readers spend every Epinions moment reading the old stuff here on the site. With no time to write.
Is that some time in the spring of 3074?
The guilt, my gallant sir, shall weigh heavily on your shoulders!
I can handle it. I'm Jewish.
--John
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Oct 13 '03
1:17 pm PDT
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... (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
trust: this W/O certainly has an appeal for me, but, right now, I don't know which Epinion to include or what to write. So hold off on counting me in.
Of your six suggested ideas for linkage, #5 (because it's the easiest) seems most favorable. I'm not much of an altruist and the appeal here—to be honest—is in plugging something written by me.
I'll have to think over the other avenues.
Regards,
Bill
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Oct 13 '03
1:49 pm PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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... lol ... (really!)
Well, damn. You forgot to include a number in the title. That's the problem! (And it's not that you are a user that doesn't know about numbers...)
And that 20-something thing. It's not every day that a user hits the freaking mother lode and then scurries away from the site when the heat gets turned up a little. (Are 'scurry' and 'heat' PC enough?)
Love your stuff John. Even if you do have a wheel on a stick stuck up your a... uhh, stuck in your house. Even if I don't come around enough enough to show it...
Better get busy on mine. I got some self-pimpage to get done! And maybe a few others...
...tom...
Random quotation day #3:
"We've had too many World AIDS Days." —Richard Gere
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Oct 13 '03
3:25 pm PDT
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Count me in (Reply to this comment)
by dbcint
I know just the review to use as well
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Oct 13 '03
9:13 pm PDT
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Bill-
Thanks for the comment. I hope you jump aboard-- I'd be curious what you pick to revive...
-John
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Oct 14 '03
1:32 am PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Tom-
Well, damn. You forgot to include a number in the title. That's the problem! (And it's not that you are a user that doesn't know about numbers...)
OK, let's see: The 2nd Chance Write Off? That was easy.
And that 20-something thing. It's not every day that a user hits the freaking mother lode and then scurries away from the site when the heat gets turned up a little.
True, so true. And why did that user scurry away after hitting the mother lode? I honestly have only glimpsed innuendo and oblique suggestions well into the aftermath. I missed the bomb.
Love your stuff John. Even if you do have a wheel on a stick stuck up your a... uhh, stuck in your house. Even if I don't come around enough enough to show it...
Well, thanks. And I'd say you come around with heartening regularity. And for that as well, thank you.
-John
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Oct 14 '03
1:39 am PDT
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Re: Count me in (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
I know just the review to use as well
Great.
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Oct 14 '03
1:40 am PDT
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What to do, what to do... (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
It’s like a bug
Who isn’t zappy
Oh, man. I love that. You rule. Lemme see what I can come up with for this one...
Cheers,
Becky
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Oct 14 '03
6:34 am PDT
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Re: What to do, what to do... (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Becky-
Oh, man. I love that. You rule. Lemme see what I can come up with for this one...
Mmm. I have to say, as bad as I tried to make my poem, I still am oddly fond of parts of it.
Pick a winner!
-John
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Oct 14 '03
1:29 pm PDT
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zap away (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
Hiya, John! I'm definitely going to enter this write-off, but i knew i had to try the Bad Poem method, and you've already set the bar very high. Favorite moments: either the pointless rhyming of "smiles" with "mules", or the way that you clarify "dusty dust-filled attic" to make the meter scan, after clearly establishing that it didn't matter whether the meter scanned or not.
I want to top this, but then i want quite a lot of other things beyond my talents. We'll see.
Off to read your linked piece,
- Brian
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Oct 14 '03
8:16 pm PDT
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Re: zap away (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Brian (rhymes with 'Zion')-
I'm definitely going to enter this write-off, but i knew i had to try the Bad Poem method, and you've already set the bar very high.
Hey, man, I "penned" this poem in as fast as it took to type. Use the force, and I have no doubt you can sink as abysmally low as I did.
Favorite moments: either the pointless rhyming of "smiles" with "mules", or the way that you clarify "dusty dust-filled attic" to make the meter scan, after clearly establishing that it didn't matter whether the meter scanned or not.
Yay. The pointless "mules" off-rhyme, definitely one of my cherished stinkers.
I want to top this, but then i want quite a lot of other things beyond my talents. We'll see.
I know you can do it. Let go of all your literary ambitions and inhibitions, aim for the spot between cheese and bathos, and doggerel away.
Cheers to you--
John
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Oct 14 '03
10:30 pm PDT
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Re: I've posted my entry--- (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
DickNK-
I've posted my entry to your very well conceived writeoff, and have shamelessly used one of your suggestions to format my humble entry
Thanks for "very well conceived" and for joining. I enjoyed both your entry and the linked, resurrected piece.
-JKS
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Oct 14 '03
10:33 pm PDT
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"Trusty gives us a second chance that life denies us." --Mfunk Theroux (Reply to this comment)
by mfunk75
John-
Happy Anniversary to you, Happy Anniversary to you, Happy Anniversary dear son/father/sister/brother of mine, Happy Anniversary to you!
There is no deadline to post.
A blessing this, since I have a plethora of other deadlines looming over my head right now, like so many swords of Damocles. In that light, look for my entry sometime around next June.
Your mules always make me smile.
-mike
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Oct 15 '03
7:29 am PDT
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Re: Re: What to do, what to do... (Reply to this comment)
by beckytcy
OK, here's what I came up with. It's apt. APT!
http://www.epinions.com/content_3548553348
Becky
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Oct 15 '03
9:15 am PDT
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Re: Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
Okay, I'm jumping in. Here's my link:
http://www.epinions.com/content_3549405316
Thanks,
Bill
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Oct 15 '03
5:20 pm PDT
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Re: "Trusty gives us a second chance that life denies us." --Mfunk Theroux (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Sr. Stone-
Happy Anniversary dear son/father/sister/brother of mine, Happy Anniversary to you!
That's a first. (And hey, when did "sister" ever get thrown into our heady mix?!)
In that light, look for my entry sometime around next June.
Oh, come now. How tough is this write-off? Pick a review you want temporarily revived, give it some clothing (here's hoping it's the Bad Poem), and throw it out on da street. People will love you. (More.)
Your mules always make me smile.
Likewise.
But don't let those swords of Damocles slice you (a la Kill Bill)... I'd rather a June entry than an early November one, sans a limb or two.
--John
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Oct 15 '03
7:49 pm PDT
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I'm so definitely in. (Reply to this comment)
by millinocket
Hi JB!
Sorry to be so tardy getting here - I plead World Cycling Championship euphoria (it was so cool). But I'm still catching up, thus my tardiness. I will most definitely participate in this fine w/o - and like Mike, I'm glad there's no deadline (though I think I can do better than next June). I think I'll choose the bad poetry format - but I like to work at mine to get it as bad and groan worthy as possible. I'll let you know what I come up with................:)
Sue Ellen (you know I already read the Bachelor spoof - loved it the first time around, and the second)
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Oct 16 '03
8:43 am PDT
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Happy anniversary! (Reply to this comment)
by Stephen_Murray
and my own excavation(s) are at
http://www.epinions.com/content_3551502468
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Oct 16 '03
9:37 pm PDT
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Re: I'm so definitely in. (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Eunice-Sue
Sorry to be so tardy getting here - I plead World Cycling Championship euphoria (it was so cool).
Was the MAN there; you know, the Texan?
I think I'll choose the bad poetry format - but I like to work at mine to get it as bad and groan worthy as possible.
I know you can make it stink to high, hilarious heaven.
(you know I already read the Bachelor spoof - loved it the first time around, and the second)
You were a hit with your comment/re-do. You practically (if not effectively) stole the show, my dear.
-John
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Oct 16 '03
10:04 pm PDT
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Re: Happy anniversary! (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Stephen-
Happy anniversary!
Thanks ol' timer, and thanks for hopping aboard.
-John
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Oct 16 '03
10:06 pm PDT
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Clever, Clever, Clever! (Reply to this comment)
by ruby950
Congrats on hanging in there for a year! This is a great idea, and one I will try to participate in soon!
My best,
Deborah~
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Oct 17 '03
8:41 am PDT
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Re: Clever, Clever, Clever! (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Deborah and Nate-
Thanks for ze heads up. I'll be looking out for your entries--
John
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Oct 17 '03
9:18 pm PDT
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ok John... (Reply to this comment)
by drdevience
here ya go, bad as it is...
http://www.epinions.com/content_3558514820
DocLoriat
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Oct 20 '03
9:35 am PDT
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Re: Why NH (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
Mobi-
The NH is explained in detail in
http://www.epinions.com/content_3557728388
and our extensive discussion in the comment section there.
Gee, and you didn't even like my poem on 'Hugs'? I am crushed! But seriously... I realize this topic pertains more to your recent article, so... to be continued in that comment section.
-John
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Oct 20 '03
11:59 am PDT
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Re: Re: Re: Why NH (Reply to this comment)
by trust12345
And for response, O MobiPoet, I direct you and anyone who cares back to your comment section, encore... But you already knew that.
-Trusty-the-Promoter
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Oct 21 '03
12:01 am PDT
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