View Full Version : avoiding work, round four...
welfareloser
08-27-2001, 11:54 AM
you know, there is just nothing fun about the words "fourth draft." especially when your self-proclaimed editor has a snarky little sense of humor and was drinking heavily when he read the document... i am dealing with large red slashes and comments in the margin like:
"huh? why? is this explained later?"
(x'ed out above)
"sorry, that was a 12-beer comment"
"separating two independant clauses with a comma. burn in hell!"
"stop this!" (referring to my excessive use of ellipses... doh...)
"pretty Tonto-esque"
"the, punctuation! queen: strikes again..."
and the occasional: "good!"
so i can only take about a half an hour of this at a time before i drift to g|a and procrastinate... 4th draft had better equal final draft, or somebody gonna die, and my money's on me...
apmiller
08-27-2001, 11:59 AM
Damn...good luck with that. Somebody should show that guy just where the red pen can go...
TheLoneGunman
08-27-2001, 11:59 AM
I have no job. Perhaps I can add some punctuation comments too.
Please hire me
Sir_Froggy
08-27-2001, 12:10 PM
i have no job mwahahahah!!
so i don't hafta avoid a single thing
welfareloser
08-27-2001, 12:15 PM
Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
I have no job. Perhaps I can add some punctuation comments too.
Please hire me
"hire" :heh:
the pay involves me arguing with you and belittling you (the current editor dint exactly attack me for no reason :D )and occasionally feeding you dinner and cheap beer.
and you would have to make me laugh harder than the current editor.
here's some more editorial genius:
"you are an ass."
"you are not fecking william faulkner, so just write a non-runon sentence, goddamn you!"
"this passage reflects the author's need for a fourteen-year-old latino boy to punish her."
"is this how women think? i thought it was just like that in the porn movies."
and that's just in the first 80 pages...
Me three! I am also unenjoyed. Amazing how easy it is to avoid work when you don't have a job.
-OC
ps - Hire me too!
Twilight
08-27-2001, 12:24 PM
Originally posted by welfareloser
Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
I have no job. Perhaps I can add some punctuation comments too.
Please hire me
"hire" :heh:
the pay involves me arguing with you and belittling you (the current editor dint exactly attack me for no reason :D )and occasionally feeding you dinner and cheap beer.
and you would have to make me laugh harder than the current editor.
here's some more editorial genius:
"you are an ass."
"you are not fecking william faulkner, so just write a non-runon sentence, goddamn you!"
"this passage reflects the author's need for a fourteen-year-old latino boy to punish her."
"is this how women think? i thought it was just like that in the porn movies."
and that's just in the first 80 pages...
Who do you work for? I think this qualifies as harassment. I wouldn't put up with it. Complain.
TheLoneGunman
08-27-2001, 12:30 PM
Originally posted by Twilight
Originally posted by welfareloser
Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
I have no job. Perhaps I can add some punctuation comments too.
Please hire me
"hire" :heh:
the pay involves me arguing with you and belittling you (the current editor dint exactly attack me for no reason :D )and occasionally feeding you dinner and cheap beer.
and you would have to make me laugh harder than the current editor.
here's some more editorial genius:
"you are an ass."
"you are not fecking william faulkner, so just write a non-runon sentence, goddamn you!"
"this passage reflects the author's need for a fourteen-year-old latino boy to punish her."
"is this how women think? i thought it was just like that in the porn movies."
and that's just in the first 80 pages...
Who do you work for? I think this qualifies as harassment. I wouldn't put up with it. Complain.
Indeed, get fired over it.
Then I can take your job
welfareloser
08-27-2001, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by Twilight
Who do you work for? I think this qualifies as harassment. I wouldn't put up with it. Complain.
:heh:
i don't work. this is just my extra-curricular activity. a close friend of mine generously offered to proof-read it, and his evil comments are really very helpful... but also indicative of what a buttmunch he is.
apmiller
08-27-2001, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by Twilight
Originally posted by welfareloser
Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
I have no job. Perhaps I can add some punctuation comments too.
Please hire me
"hire" :heh:
the pay involves me arguing with you and belittling you (the current editor dint exactly attack me for no reason :D )and occasionally feeding you dinner and cheap beer.
and you would have to make me laugh harder than the current editor.
here's some more editorial genius:
"you are an ass."
"you are not fecking william faulkner, so just write a non-runon sentence, goddamn you!"
"this passage reflects the author's need for a fourteen-year-old latino boy to punish her."
"is this how women think? i thought it was just like that in the porn movies."
and that's just in the first 80 pages...
Who do you work for? I think this qualifies as harassment. I wouldn't put up with it. Complain.
Complain?!! I think we way past that point. It's time to kick ass or chew bubble gum and though I'm currently chewing bubble gum I'd spit it out for a chance at that guy!
DaFunkyUnit
08-27-2001, 02:32 PM
Originally posted by apmiller
Complain?!! I think we way past that point. It's time to kick ass or chew bubble gum and though I'm currently chewing bubble gum I'd spit it out for a chance at that guy!
Someone's been playing Duke Nukem! :D
My fav line is "You're an inspiration for birth control!" :hihi:
apmiller
08-27-2001, 02:59 PM
Originally posted by DaFunkyUnit
Originally posted by apmiller
Complain?!! I think we way past that point. It's time to kick ass or chew bubble gum and though I'm currently chewing bubble gum I'd spit it out for a chance at that guy!
Someone's been playing Duke Nukem! :D
My fav line is "You're an inspiration for birth control!" :hihi:
It's a classic game! Best place for hard core one-liners!
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