Welcome back E/O, leagl and Fringey: no one say the name "Penske" 3 times in a row

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

I had potatoes for breakfast today.

Sidd could tell from the first line of this post that he wanted to read the whole thing.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

I had potatoes for breakfast today.

those are carbs, and if you are eating carbs Monday of this week, you must be obese, which means you'll be dead soon, which means people will post tributes on Facebook.......

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

those are carbs, and if you are eating carbs Monday of this week, you must be obese, which means you'll be dead soon, which means people will post tributes on Facebook.......

So long as it's about me, me and my dead self are okay with that.

[Gattigap]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

So long as it's about me, me and my dead self are okay with that.

... and I remember the last time I saw Flinty. He was tucking into his third straight Denny's Potato Slam of the morning and I said, Flinty? How about we slow down on the potatoes? That stuff can't be good for you.

And he gulped down another shot of his black coffee, burped, and said "Fuck off, skank."

I'll remember that day forever, Flinty. Farewell, and Godspeed!

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

those are carbs, and if you are eating carbs Monday of this week, you must be obese, which means you'll be dead soon, which means people will post tributes on Facebook.......

I thought the same thing, which is weird becuase, for whatever reason, in my mind's eye, I pictured Flinty as a skinny little guy. And a monkey. And he has has a gun. That's just the mental image I get when I read one of his posts. Which is not often. Usually just the first line.

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Precisely, my dear Sebby. That was my original point. Houseman and Auden can share their pain and loss for public consumption, but your cousin in Wilkes-Barre, whose bit of memorial doggerel is maudlin and mawkish, cannot. Unlike Starkist, we only want Facebook friends with good taste.

I think people who get irritated by this sort of thing misunderstand FAcebook completely. The mawkish, the pedestrian drama of the bourgeoisie is precisely what Facebook is for. It's the outlet for Everyman. If you're too cool for that (this is a jumping off point here, NB, not a full-frontal attack) stay the hell away.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

I thought the same thing, which is weird becuase, for whatever reason, in my mind's eye, I pictured Flinty as a skinny little guy. And a monkey. And he has has a gun. That's just the mental image I get when I read one of his posts. Which is not often. Usually just the first line.

flinty on the anon is thin, but irl he's gignormous. plus here he's on the fashion board, but IIRC irl he shops the gap. NWTF?

[taxwonk]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I love these kinds of posts. You are essentially saying nothing and acting like it's something.

There are things I like about facebook. There are things I don't. It is not possible to not pay attention to the things you don't like. You can't not read something. Yes, you can put everyone on ignore who's ever posted something pointless. But, just like me, they don't always do that. There are some who do it too much. They get ignored. There are others who do it every once in awhile (or a little too often). They should be informed that what they do is stupid and annoying to almost everyone besides Not Bob and those of us who can selectively ignore stuff (like you).

TM

Sure it is. I glid right by all your annoying sports shit and read your more interesting (to me) posts. Are you telling me that you honestly pay as much attention to everything SB posted about lunchboxes as you do to Penske's deranged ramblings about Obama?

[LessinSF]

Nevada "medical mafia" and unethical plaintiff's bar story.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

flinty on the anon is thin, but irl he's gignormous. plus here he's on the fashion board, but IIRC irl he shops the gap. NWTF?

You've been talking to the wife, I see.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

I had potatoes for breakfast today.

Me, too! Rye toast, cheese omelet.

But I did the spin thing beforehand, so it's ok.

Thanks for asking.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Me, too! Rye toast, cheese omelet.

But I did the spin thing beforehand, so it's ok.

i'm quoting this, because otherwise flower won't read past the first sentence

[ltl/fb]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

You've been talking to the wife, I see.

Seems like wife would say skinny.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Anything political, left or right, gets you dinged.

Are you limiting this to partisan politics, or do you consider streetwise and world-weary observations about local government "political"?

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

The Wilkes-Barre dude can do whatever he wants. Thurgreed is not suggesting he be arrested for his idiocy. Thurgreed is just pointing out that it is idiocy and he would prefer that the idiocy stopped. And for this you criticize him? Because you believe all forms of expression, no matter how pointless or moronic, are valuable? I officially call off my efforts to elevate the level of discourse on this forum and to increase the mental discipline of those on these boards. I see now that not only are people either uninterested in aspiring to such goals (or possibly incapable of achieving them), but that there is actually philosophical opposition to such elitism. Thurgreed says, "I wish the morons would shut up," and he is met angry denouncement by those who want to let the morons have their voice. But just remember, NotBob, that your strident anti-elitism will only result in our senses being deadened and our psyches being dulled by the constant moronic drumbeat that pulses from every web site, television show, Twitter update, and text message. Our cultural decline is on your conscience.

AoN, I had a sock at the old place called "Earnest Dugudder." (Or maybe I just remember thinking that up. Anyway.) Anyhoo, Flower, I have trouble distinguishing when you are kidding. Since you raise valid points, joke or no, I will treat your post as if you are being serious.

I actually agree, to a certain extent, with this critique. I do think that there is a general coarsening of culture, and that American society is descending rapidly into a bottomless pit filled with lesser Kardashians and the caterwauling of American Idol rejects, all presented by a bunch of Ivy grads with contempt for the great unwashed that they exploit on their shows and the masses who find such exploitation entertaining.

So, I appreciate that Facebook is filled with idiots, dolts, victims and perpatrators alike -- my point was, does the general idiocy bother you, or the specific schmaltz poured put by those who have lost a loved one? If we allow drivel in general into our world, why complain about the Bard of Wilkes-Barre?