Tongue firmly cheeked, CindyH’s proposes the following Guidelines to Consider Before Posting an HBO Comment:
- 1. Is it kind?
- 2. Is it necessary?
- 3. Will it add to the convivial feel of HBO?
- 4. Would it make your mother proud?
- 5. Will it make others laugh with you, not at you?
- 6. Will it make DFO’s head spin ‘round in scary circles?
- 7. Will it earn you votes as best-loved commenter at Blogfest?
- 8. Does it contain any of the three forbidden “S” words? (If you don’t know what those are ask your mother)
- 9. Will it make HBO a better place and earn you free beer at Blogfest?
- 10. Will it make me laugh?
Question: Any other suggestions?
JeanieSpokane on February 18 at 6:18 p.m.
11. First, do no harm.
Bob on February 18 at 6:23 p.m.
Here are my personal guidelines. Note - you’ll likely hurt yourself if you try these and come home and find your dog no longer likes you very much.
1. Does it make a moron consider whether he should ever log on to a computer again?
2. Is it mean and nasty enough to make one of the HBO *guys* living in their mom’s basement scream “Hostess Fruit Pie you, cheetodorito hole!”
3. Will it add to the Carnival from Hell feel of HBO?
4. Would it make your mother shriek at you in your head even though her mummified body’s been propped up in a rocking chair in your shut-in room for 11 years and she’s only whispered a few times when the black leather bustier you’ve dressed her in is making her sweat under the straps.
5. Will it make others laugh at morons being provoked?
6. Will it make DFO reveal your personal emails to his latest attack dog so he can feel his proxy has an edge in a futile battle he can never win that was entirely DFO’s doing?
7. Will it earn you a restraining order for the next Blogfest?
8. Does it contain any of the three forbidden curses from the Tibetan Book of the Dead? You know, the ones that reanimate dead squirrels, causes young hot drug court coordinators to get nasty with old horrid wrinkly DA’s, and causes Rami Amaro’s missiles to engage on their launching pads somewhere deep in a Colorado mt.
9. Will it make HBO a better place for smacking morons into the next internet and earn you free “Good Paper” S-R t-shirts circa 1994 at Blogfest.
10. Will it make me laugh at what a complete and stunning moron you are?
Transplanted_Texan on February 18 at 6:33 p.m.
Dang, Bob, number four is the shiz, good work.
Joker on February 18 at 6:40 p.m.
Bob and Cindy you are both very clever.
I love the new era of civility. Today was a lot of fun. Raises glass of apple cider, “To the future.”
Bob on February 18 at 6:52 p.m.
Thank you Joker! I wish I could say you were clever. Or interesting. Or intelligent. Or civil.
But I’d be lying.
Joker on February 18 at 6:56 p.m.
Maybe you missed my earlier post. I am standing down. No more flame wars, no more nasty shots. I’ve embraced this new era, it’s great. You made me laugh out loud this morning with your post about Tubbs Hill. It’s so funny because it’s exactly what would happen.
Peace.
florined on February 18 at 7:01 p.m.
Gee, Cindy. # 2 in your list pretty much eliminates everything I’ve ever said. Sigh.
thomg57 on February 18 at 7:02 p.m.
No suggestion, just a question:
When did Cindy H start running Huckleberries?
Cindy_H on February 18 at 7:06 p.m.
“When did Cindy H start running Huckleberries?”
‘Bout the same time Bob did. Geez, Thom, serves you right for skipping out on the vote.
Bob on February 18 at 7:11 p.m.
Cindy, I’ve always been only a guest here. A passenger on this leaky old cruise ship. Hoi polloi. The great unwashed.
Always a bridesmaid and never a bride.
Transplanted_Texan on February 18 at 7:15 p.m.
A passenger, perhaps, but one in the exit row with the power to run that door while the flight crew tends to the front and rear exits.
Bob on February 18 at 7:23 p.m.
Are you suggesting <gasp> that while the flight crew is busy I’m popping open the exit door and shoving innocent passengers out??!!</gasp>
Oh dear God. I might be tripping them as they run up the aisle but that’s the worst of it. And stealing their drinks. And honey roasted peanuts. But no more.
Transplanted_Texan on February 18 at 7:27 p.m.
Well, I was thinking about how the passengers are in charge of the exit rows, but yours is more fun. Although I’m not sure you really want those peanuts, at least not this week.