You’d think the guy would have the decency to at least spell his words correctly so that people wouldn’t have to figure out what the hell he’s saying. But you would be wrong. He doesn’t even think about spelling his words correctly so that you don’t have to figure out what he’s trying to say. This is a basic contempt for the reader. What else can it be?
Comment by joe rorke
ME:
Joe, please do not refer to me in the third person.
I work very hard here to earn your abuse, and you owe it to me to give me PERSONAL credit for pissing you off.
#1 by Pain on 08/24/2006 - 8:39 pm
NOT SPAM
NOT SPAM
I only look smart because my spellchecker works in the blog.
#2 by joe rorke on 08/25/2006 - 5:41 pm
Bob, My eyes are not what they used to be. I don’t have your tenacity. I don’t want to work too hard. I want to read what you have to say but I don’t want to have to struggle through it because of serious misspelling. When I write to you and to the members of this blog I will have the courtesy to not make you struggle to read what I have written. Courtesy. Someone mentioned it in another piece on this blog. It’s a wonderful characteristic.
I had no intention of picking on you or trying to make you look like a clown on your own blog. I consider myself a gentleman. Gentleman. That’s another word that may be going the way of all flesh in our land. It once meant something in our land to be referred to as a gentleman. Today, the news media refer to an armed robber as a “gentleman.”
“The gentleman entered the pharmacy brandishing a pistol and demanded drugs from the pharmacist.” Perverted language. That was no gentleman.
If the blog can be made a better place for everyone to visit I would think that anything that makes it better is a good thing.
Finally, I am what you might think of as an unusual mean old bastard. I am unconcerned about praise or condemnation. They are simply opposite ends of the same stick. That stick is not in my life. It makes life a lot easier.