After much internal dialogue, I finally caved on the subject of a top 10 list for this last year. So without further ado, here's A Perfectly Cromulent Hairshirt, featuring the "top" 10 APCB comments of 2003:
10. "KOBE was set up so that the girl could get millions and millons of $$$$$$$$!!!!" - Roust, Hero or the Goat
9. "Voters with intellect take note. Tis a shame you folks have no sound argument to advance, just name call and degrade what you don't like. I pity you, but I will put you on my prayer list." - Philip Nunn, More Monument Mania
8. "Who the heck cares?????????????? You people are just a bunch of lonly retarted men" - Hunter, What about erotic cakes?
7. "Who in the hell came up with list. Do you assholes realize the following The Doors have. You probably never heard any of their music. I bet you like that manufactured bullshit like Brittney Spears, N'SYNC, and the Backdoorboys. Get some education in music numb nuts." - eric, Posse clownitatus
6. " Actually blains' a pretty talented magician. But I like hearing the ideas of sub moronic dingle berries like your self as well. Keep up the good work!" - chris yankee, The illusion of talent
5. "The blog is awsome dude." - bob, The Old Man on His Knees
4. "Roy is right. The 10 commandments should have stayed in the lobby of that court, where they belong. The people who fired Roy were idiots" - Someone, Fundamentally fired
3. "Orlando Bloom is NOT gay and he is NOT a girly-boy now leave him alone" - April Rohn, Can you hear the drums, Orlando?
2. "BEVERLY HILLS PIMPS AND HOS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PARIS HILTON AND RICK SOLOMONS VIDEO TAPE SCANDAL.BEVERLY HILLS PIMPS AND HOS IS A CLOTHING LINE AND THE VIDEOS THEY MAKE ARE PARTY VIDEOS NOT PORN." - Marci Moore, Need a gift suggestion for the holidays?
1. "Hey dumbass...(etc.)" - Wayne Dolcefino, Must be sweeps
Technically, that last one isn't really 2003, but the entry is and I didn't want to reprint any of the 1,000 word screeds a few people left me.
Be sure to tune in again next year for another exciting edition of A Perfectly Cromulent Hairshirt.
Wow, no respect for the source material? That's cold, man.
Don't worry, Pete. What he's not calculating properly is that without the source material, you wouldn't get the types of comments you get. You inspire that band of madmen! That's something to be proud of, my friend.
This is a great blog. With comments disabled, this would still be a great blog.
But who can disable comments when you're getting Wayne freakin' Dolcefino? That guy's keen nose for news has sniffed out the fact that there's something shady about Houston's bloggers! Are lewd and lascivious hijinks abounding on our childrens' playground of the Intar-Web? Texas has a smart-ass in it! Tune in to ACTION 13 NEWS to learn more!
It's crrrrrrromulent!
I was trying to address the relative frequency more than I was trying to address the relative quality, guys.
I don't go to Krispy Kreme hoping to find a five-dollar bill, I go looking for a doughnut. If I find free cash, that's just gravy. With many blogs, the comments are at best chocolate icing and at worst those occasional lousy cake doughnuts that don't rise properly for some reason and end up dense, hard and tasteless. The posts are the doughnuts. There's no free money. Here, the comments are the doughnuts, the posts are the free money, and my analogies are the stupid brick-like devil's food cake doughnuts that get thrown out after I eat 6 of them to make sure they're ALL like that.
Dang, Pete -- I wish I'd known you were gonna give out free Krispy Kremes for good comments. I'll have to focus on that this year. I like that other guy's idea about free gravy money, too.
mmmmm.... gravy money..
-jess
Oddly enough, I was just yesterday thinking about how with most blogs, I refresh them periodically hoping that a new entry has been added; but with yours, I refresh periodically hoping for new comments.
Meaning no disrespect, of course; you're just no match for your fans and enemies.