Expatriated Zulu and Charming Negress ([info]auntiesiannan) wrote in [info]childfree,
@ 2003-09-01 23:46:00
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Current mood: annoyed

Not only was that Andy Rooney post not on topic, it wasn't even written by him and he has denounced it.


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[info]iriri
2003-09-01 08:57 pm UTC (link)
Maybe the "annoyed" was due to the lack of a lj-cut as well.

Those tend to make people far less annoyed by off topic stuff.

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[info]fenrisulfr
2003-09-01 09:04 pm UTC (link)
You could have just extracted those from the whole gigantic article and say "quoted from ____". But it's still not actually by him.

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[info]ellimayhem
2003-09-01 09:22 pm UTC (link)
Agreed - LJ-cuts, excerpts, and links to articles - your friend and mine.

The writing style is closer to Ed Anger of the Weekly World News.

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[info]auntiesiannan
2003-09-01 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Without the mentions of Jimbo and his "lil' cupcake Sara Lee".

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[info]ellimayhem
2003-09-01 10:00 pm UTC (link)
*snork*!

In his book "Crackpot" John Waters says he met "Ed Anger" and that is is actually a really cool guy and that his "literary" persona is *completely* tongue-in-cheek and not serious at *all*. I always find him extremely amusing, along with the viciously blunt "Dear Dottie". Gotta do something in the grocery line to take yer mind off the sprog behind you squealing for candy, after all.

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[info]atalantapendrag
2003-09-01 10:05 pm UTC (link)
Hee. I hadn't heard that, but having read "Ed Anger" a few times, I have no trouble believing it's tongue-in-cheek. And it does my heart good to hear.

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[info]ellimayhem
2003-09-01 10:27 pm UTC (link)
Since I am rendering out of both Maya and Shake right now which will likely take all night, I actually have the time and boredom to pull the book opff the shelf and provide the exact quote for you (yeah, I'm a geek.):

"Confirming everything I expected, an inside source of mine said Ed Anger is one Rafe Klinger, an 'off the wall' guy who believes none of the stuff he cranks out."

- John Waters, "Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters", p.86, Vintage Books, copyright 1983

(what, me, grad school syndrome???)

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[info]blood_water
2003-09-02 06:14 pm UTC (link)
Shake! I've added you to my friends list.

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[info]ellimayhem
2003-09-02 09:36 pm UTC (link)
Oh, yeah baby LURVE me some Shake.

But my fantasy is to perhaps next summer pull off an internship with a flame artist...I'm going to learn combustion this semester (I want to specialize in compositing after I finish my masters).

Added ye back!

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[info]auntiesiannan
2003-09-01 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Oh man, I've been meaning to pick up that book. Did he meet Countess Sophia Sabak as well? How about BAT BOY!

I made Bat Boy postage stamps once.

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[info]419
2003-09-01 09:19 pm UTC (link)
I assume you're the missing village idiot.

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[info]auntiesiannan
2003-09-01 09:35 pm UTC (link)
You didn't do your research, and you become another person duped by glurge, as well as propagating various racist stereotypes. The world will continue to function whether you perpetuate forwarded emails or not.

Andy Rooney was a friend of my father's. This false attribution has befuddled and saddened him because of the besmirchment to his reputation and writing style.

You fucked up.

Now who's annoyed?

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[info]auronsgirl
2003-09-01 10:26 pm UTC (link)
*grumble*

I HATE those things, the "articles" pawned off as written by a famous person. My mother and sister send them to me. (or at least they try to - half the email rules on my family account are set up to block that shit.) A message board I sometimes visit for needlework posts tons of them as well. Three seconds' research is all it takes to disprove this nonsense, and yet, there are too many lazy idiots emailing them back and forth to each other with the "famous" name attached. It's a major pet peeve of mine, ranking right up there with the email petitions.

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[info]lots42
2003-09-02 12:41 pm UTC (link)
When I debunk that glurge nonsense, sometimes I get bizarre reactions. Such as 'It doesn't matter, it's a good story anyway'. Fuck my knees it doesn't matter. Ignorance saddens me.

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[info]auronsgirl
2003-09-02 05:10 pm UTC (link)
'It doesn't matter, it's a good story anyway'.

*snarl*

I've seen people use that one from time to time, but not often.

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[info]ragabashtule
2003-09-01 11:21 pm UTC (link)
Pave Mason. Mr. Mason lists as his address, “405 East Wetmore Road, No. 117 PMB 520, Tucson Arizona 85705.”

This address is no less than a five minute drive from where I currently live. I will be paying this commercial PO Box a visit in the coming weeks, no doubt...

-- Sarah

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