tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post600680960901838377..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: No Pulitzer For Commentarama--AgainAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-46429555239191712362012-04-26T14:37:03.382-04:002012-04-26T14:37:03.382-04:00rlaWTX: I guess it is a dubious honor to be overl...rlaWTX: I guess it is a dubious honor to be overlooked. But we really wanted the fancy title of "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author XXXXX." It impresses those who don't know any better.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26536966139407706082012-04-26T14:24:21.136-04:002012-04-26T14:24:21.136-04:00Congratulations on not winning such a tarnished pr...Congratulations on not winning such a tarnished prize. That may the true mark of superiority.<br /><br />Stan - you are hysterical!!!! I kept telling T-Rav there were good reasons to keep those healthy, adorable, un-shot kittens around - and now I have another: I didn't have to pay the chat tax!!!!rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-36234996034658589372012-04-26T14:08:34.980-04:002012-04-26T14:08:34.980-04:00darski: Revenge is a dish best served cold. We&#...darski: Revenge is a dish best served cold. We're biding our time.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-56436104792419346322012-04-26T14:06:12.251-04:002012-04-26T14:06:12.251-04:00Tennessee: Those with a brain and a conscience mu...Tennessee: Those with a brain and a conscience must feel somewhat embarrassed by the company they're in. Others--it's all ego.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-68344142196975756042012-04-26T13:58:12.233-04:002012-04-26T13:58:12.233-04:00Some days you get the bear and some days the bear ...Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you and then the really great days come and we get to ROTFLOHO.<br /><br />Thank you guys... needed this onedarskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79413920673689869512012-04-26T13:55:26.306-04:002012-04-26T13:55:26.306-04:00maybe you should have titled an article "drea...maybe you should have titled an article "dreams of my --" (fill in the blank).<br />Seriously, I wonder if any recipients deep down in their heart of hearts feel badly that their honor is hoplessly diminshed because of the politicization of the award industry?Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-3962668915014771562012-04-26T12:15:01.021-04:002012-04-26T12:15:01.021-04:00T-Rav: Close enough. And did you do it to the tu...T-Rav: Close enough. And did you do it to the tune of the J. G. Wentworth opera?LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-37720525615072837932012-04-26T12:12:06.089-04:002012-04-26T12:12:06.089-04:00tryanmax: You mean that disgusting-looking mess is...tryanmax: You mean that disgusting-looking mess isn't the surprise? I just don't think they pullet off.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-64664727352684461912012-04-26T12:08:29.306-04:002012-04-26T12:08:29.306-04:00Patti: Andrew and I are both quite tall, which ex...Patti: Andrew and I are both quite tall, which explains why we didn't make that list.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79479277583208338762012-04-26T12:04:25.252-04:002012-04-26T12:04:25.252-04:00Bev: Damn. I got the same e-mail, but I treated ...Bev: Damn. I got the same e-mail, but I treated it as a hoax. Now you tell me it was real, and you turned it down on our behalf. I think we need to call a board meeting (we'll even let the BREs sit in on it). Nothing worse than a great opportunity missed.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16989741945863290422012-04-26T11:55:36.991-04:002012-04-26T11:55:36.991-04:00LawHawk, Aaahhh! I can't believe you didn'...LawHawk, Aaahhh! I can't believe you didn't ask what the surprise is!tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58851532586318860272012-04-26T11:55:06.816-04:002012-04-26T11:55:06.816-04:00WriterX: Actually, I already have that article in...WriterX: Actually, I already have that article in progress. Only the Marine is a she. I'll be using adverbs liberally, and rather than anonymous sources, I'm planning on just using fake names.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84474618140340465842012-04-26T11:51:31.176-04:002012-04-26T11:51:31.176-04:00tryanmax: Are you calling me a chicken Hawk? And...tryanmax: Are you calling me a chicken Hawk? And if that's what they're serving at the awards dinner, I'm not showing up.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-86771100366799075562012-04-26T11:44:44.856-04:002012-04-26T11:44:44.856-04:00Andrew: Weave all ways had editerz. U jest havun...Andrew: Weave all ways had editerz. U jest havunt bean uzing them. Thats Y my wurk haz all ways bin prefect.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57405150741467566462012-04-26T11:41:26.420-04:002012-04-26T11:41:26.420-04:00Stan: We were a bit more thuggish in those days. ...Stan: We were a bit more thuggish in those days. We've since learned subtlety and nuance, just like the big boys. We engage only in civil discourse these days, as requested by our Dear Leader Barack. Now I just hope the bastards at the Pulitzer Committee are listening, or we'll have to put a hit out on them (and we're giving the Boiler Room Elves a raise, just for safety's sake).LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79151171475504368942012-04-26T11:40:51.622-04:002012-04-26T11:40:51.622-04:00Ooooh, whoopsey - did I not tell you? The Pulitzer...Ooooh, whoopsey - did I not tell you? The Pulitzer committee emailed me and offered to give us a prize, but I turned them down. I thought youse guys wouldn't want the publiity or the prize money. Money is so...common. Was I wrong?<br /><br />Here is a copy of the email - <br /><br />Dear Potental Poolitser Winner - <br />You have been chosen to receive a Poolitzer Prize worth many millions of dollars. If you whish to claim your prize for outstanding Poolitzer quality jurnalisem and collect $50,000,000,000 and a beautiful full colour certificate, please clik on this link now.<br /><br />Waiting to here back,<br />Poolitzer prize Committee<br />Abujz, NigeriaBevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26382592694095821442012-04-26T11:34:54.554-04:002012-04-26T11:34:54.554-04:00Libertarian Advocate: We're not going to die ...Libertarian Advocate: We're not going to die just so they can give us the prize posthumously. We can't even rely on the old adage that one ought not to speak ill of the dead. The fix is in, but we're going to expose them!LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-38772654631355239432012-04-26T11:32:17.907-04:002012-04-26T11:32:17.907-04:00Joel: In the words of our liberal friends, "...Joel: In the words of our liberal friends, "they just don't get it." But they will (he says in a sinister tone).LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-91087932582206716312012-04-26T11:29:16.492-04:002012-04-26T11:29:16.492-04:00K: The New York Times has taught us a great deal....K: The <i>New York Times</i> has taught us a great deal. For one thing, once we get the prize, and then it turns out that the report that clinched it was a complete lie, we ain't giving the prize back. Of course our reports sound more like Jimmy Durante than Walter Duranty.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-13061336239124468272012-04-26T11:24:35.198-04:002012-04-26T11:24:35.198-04:00LL: That would be novel. I've been accused o...LL: That would be novel. I've been accused of many things in my life, but being peaceful was rarely one of them. LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-82715304367991738372012-04-26T11:03:56.037-04:002012-04-26T11:03:56.037-04:00Very true T-Rav, but you must remember these elves...Very true T-Rav, but you must remember these elves work for two lawyers aka bloodsuckers (I mean that in a loving way…ha) these elves are fearless They live in fear of the dreaded Hawk’s and Andrew’s revenge, they threaten to put the cookie factory into receivership, by bombarding the elves legal firm of Happy & Grumpy with incessant interrogatories, and frivolous demands, jacking legal cost to the stratosphere, forcing a sell of the factory on the courthouse steps. I know your aversion to cats, or is it just kittens? …they gives the little bastards…I mean elves a run for their money, before they get at mine. Just a thought!StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35477066653796949042012-04-26T11:00:27.106-04:002012-04-26T11:00:27.106-04:00it hurts that you weren't even on the short li...it hurts that you weren't even on the short list. bastards.pattihttp://www.notawonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-6599779804265421542012-04-26T10:49:01.131-04:002012-04-26T10:49:01.131-04:00Simply write a story about a Marine who's ques...Simply write a story about a Marine who's questioning his sex and his military service and I'm sure you'll win big next year. Hint: Use lots of adverbs and anonymous sources.Writer Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-46796505366502693492012-04-26T10:42:36.544-04:002012-04-26T10:42:36.544-04:00Stan, I don't have to worry about elvin ambush...Stan, I don't have to worry about elvin ambushes anymore, and neither should you. Two words: land mines.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-90088144469264926002012-04-26T10:35:57.255-04:002012-04-26T10:35:57.255-04:00Wait a minute, we have editors? When did this hap...Wait a minute, we have editors? When did this happen?<br /><br />Anyway, a true outrage us not getting the award again. Maybe we should write like liberals. Idiocy seems to work.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com