Thursday, December 16, 2004

I Am Nomad

You ever, like, do something, and immediately wish you didn't? Like what, you say? Oh, that wasn't you? You got someone else in there with you? Oh. Well, then.

Anyway, as I was saying, I like baseball. No, wait. That was something else. I mean I DO like baseball, but that's another topic. This one is that thing you did that you wish you didn't, but did anyway.

You ever, like, do something, and immediately wish you didn't? Like what, you say? Oh, that wasn't you? You got someone else in there with you? Oh. Well, then.

Anyway, as I was saying, I like baseball. No, wait. That was something else. I mean I DO like baseball, but that's another topic. This one is that thing you did that you wish you didn't, but did anyway.

Well, I was surfing the Internet last night, checking out the news and visiting some of my favorite sites. I had Windows Messenger up, in case my big sister dropped by. She's the one that's 5'4" but we covered that the other day. Anyway, over at IMAO, Frank J. has been running a first poster contest giving away books. (Yes, it reads like the contest involves posters, like the kind you put on your wall, but it doesn't. We straight now? Good.) But about the contest and the books. For some strange reason, they all seem to have a slightly right-leaning slant. Oh, well. Anyway, he has other posts that, if you're mind isn't wired quite right, or it's impaired by legal -- or illegal -- substances, you might think are funny. Anyway, he posted one last night that was funny! I was about the end of the world. I searched for something clever, or so I thought, that went along with my own right-leaning slant, and found it. A little thing called the United States Constitution. Maybe you've heard of it. They had a movie out about it recently. Or was that about the Declaration of Independence? I need to go see that movie so I'll know what I'm talking about.

Anyway, I found the perfect post, and Frank J.'s contest happened. Rather than scroll down, I just pasted the Second Amendment, and clicked "post." I figured, what the hell. If I'm not the first poster, so what? If I am first, hey, I might cause havoc. Oh, did I mention I had won already and was not eligible? Ah, now you see the potential for all hell breaking loose. Gotta love it.

Well, wouldn't you know it. Havoc. I immediately tried to explain that I wasn't really playing, but the damage was done. Some poor folks didn't even try. But another guy did, and he won. In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have done that, and scrolled on down for the post I really wanted to make my comment about. So, be careful when you do something. It may not be the brightest thing in the world to do. You might end up doing the wrong thing.

But you'll never get me to admit it.

Well, I was surfing the Internet last night, checking out the news and visiting some of my favorite sites. I had Windows Messenger up, in case my big sister dropped by. She's the one that's 5'4" but we covered that the other day. Anyway, over at IMAO, Frank J. has been running a first poster contest giving away books. (Yes, it reads like the contest involves posters, like the kind you put on your wall, but it doesn't. We straight now? Good.) But about the contest and the books. For some strange reason, they all seem to have a slightly right-leaning slant. Oh, well. Anyway, he has other posts that, if you're mind isn't wired quite right, or it's impaired by legal -- or illegal -- substances, you might think are funny. Anyway, he posted one last night that was funny! I was about the end of the world. I searched for something clever, or so I thought, that went along with my own right-leaning slant, and found it. A little thing called the United States Constitution. Maybe you've heard of it. They had a movie out about it recently. Or was that about the Declaration of Independence? I need to go see that movie so I'll know what I'm talking about.

Anyway, I found the perfect post, and Frank J.'s contest happened. Rather than scroll down, I just pasted the Second Amendment, and clicked "post." I figured, what the hell. If I'm not the first poster, so what? If I am first, hey, I might cause havoc. Oh, did I mention I had won already and was not eligible? Ah, now you see the potential for all hell breaking loose. Gotta love it.

Well, wouldn't you know it. Havoc. I immediately tried to explain that I wasn't really playing, but the damage was done. Some poor folks didn't even try. But another guy did, and he won. In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have done that, and scrolled on down for the post I really wanted to make my comment about. So, be careful when you do something. It may not be the brightest thing in the world to do. You might end up doing the wrong thing.

But you'll never get me to admit it.

8 comments:

  1. you're pretty funny! not quite as funny as Frank J, but funny enough that i bookmarked your site. by the way...you're a good debater too!

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  2. Thanks. I haven't been accused of being a master debater in years!

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  3. bad, basil very bad. Though I can see the headline:

    Basil Awarded Title of Master Debater:
    judges refuse to shake hands

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  4. Is that what you said on your way to claiming the title? :)

    You can't set me up like that and not expect me to take the shot...

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  5. If you're going to be a master debater you better make sure you have a strong pair of glasses - that stuff can make you go blind.

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  6. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm tellin Mama. Shame on you.

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