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How stupid can people get?
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... *points and laughs* =============================================== "I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."
I hate that I share a country with these people.
HATE. with a burning, searing, firey hatred, we're talking bottle-of-tums-a-day territory, folks. GAHWire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979 
Dear Lord...
The Stupid... It BURNS!!! -Logan ----------------- "Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!" -Adam Savage ----------------- 
Words fail me.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll
My god...
*is very thankful he's canadian*
An extra hour of daylight :O Good grief. :o
*pinches bridge of nose* _______________________________ We're definitely playing this game wrong. I thought Vampire was supposed to be a game of personal horror, not about ninja airstrikes at night. - A friend after playing a session of Dark Ages Vampire. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. THERE IS ONLY WAR! -Same friend. _________________________________ Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World. 
I'm trying very, very hard to make myself believe that she might've been being satirical, maybe playing at being Dave Barry. Unfortunately, I can't. Yes, people really are this stupid. (I'd like to add something about "especially when they're not from Michigan," but I'm afraid people wouldn't realize I was joking.)-----
Those who believed the laws of physics made things "possible" or "impossible" were mistaken. Time travel violated one of those laws. Physics took its *revenge*. ----- Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING. 
The newspaper has a website -- found it via Google, of course, and I dropped by there earlier this evening. While I can't actually read anything in the archives without subscribing, it would appear this woman is a regular writer of letters to the editor. One wonders if they all show the same... intellectual rigor.
-- Bob --------- The Internet Is For Norns.
It could of course be a ploy to discredit Connie M. Meskimen in some sort of courtroom case. Meskimen is a lawyer.
If he is the prosecuting attorney trying to put the head of a crime syndicate away, that little blurb could work against Meskimen.-------------------- Tom Mathews aka Disruptor -------------------- Tom Mathews aka Disruptor
Albert Einstein said it best:
Quote:Offsides Drunkard's Walk Forum Moderator and Prereader At Large 
(reads article)
(blinks) (blinks again) I have only one thing to say: Ms. Meskimen, we're not laughing with you... -Rob Kelk -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Given Arkansas recent weather makes me think this may be sarcastic humour on someones part.
It's wikipidia site, but a quick read seems to match up with what I remember of the paper. ---------- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark...at-Gazette ---------- Go to the section after the civil war called the "The newspaper war". Weather March was warm, but that happens about 2/3's of the time. Around Easter Arkansas had a hard Freeze that actually froze the ground in several parts of the state. It damaged the newly planted corn crops and hurt winter wheat crops. Around my area it took out everyone's gardens killing most of the plants even when they covered them with pots, plastic and blankets. Many trees lost thier new leaves to the hard freeze and people have been having to deal with fallen leaves like it was the fall of the year. howard melton
As it turns out, Mr. Meskimen is not an idiot, but a frequent writer of satirical letters to the editor. Snopes now has a page about this.
-- Bob --------- The Internet Is For Norns.
You know... its a relief to find out that it was a satirical piece..
But still... the point of it all was? To see how many people are willing to poke back and inquire about the mental capacity of the writer?_______________________________ We're definitely playing this game wrong. I thought Vampire was supposed to be a game of personal horror, not about ninja airstrikes at night. - A friend after playing a session of Dark Ages Vampire. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. THERE IS ONLY WAR! -Same friend. _________________________________ Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World.
More likely to lampoon that kind of ignorant small-mindedness. Satire always works best when it is both over-the-top and still believable enough that somebody thinks it's serious.
-- Bob --------- The Internet Is For Norns.
Ah. Well, in that case, I suppose we are laughing with him...
-Rob Kelk -- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Bob wrote:
Quote:Bleh... I think we ALL took it very seriously... Rob wrote: Quote:yeah in the belatedly-getting-it-don't-I-feel-silly kind of way  _______________________________We're definitely playing this game wrong. I thought Vampire was supposed to be a game of personal horror, not about ninja airstrikes at night. - A friend after playing a session of Dark Ages Vampire. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. THERE IS ONLY WAR! -Same friend. _________________________________ Take Your Candle, Go Light Your World. Quote:If we'd known his history of writing satirical letters, though, I doubt any of us would have. It's entirely possible that most subscribers to that newspaper knew exactly what it was, and without the historical context we were bound to take it seriously. -- Bob --------- The Internet Is For Norns. |
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