DELETED! by Steve Nadis
No reasons were cited and I’m forced to conclude that my humor is not funny. Or if it is funny, it’s just not funny enough. There’s something ominous about the word “deleted” that I do not like. There’s a permanence to it, an almost irrevocable nature, that seemingly wipes out my blog as if it never existed. Or if it did exist, that very existence is now deemed a mistake that has since been rectified.
Well, that’s the latest update. I have also been suspended from several other so-called “humorous” webrings during the past week, but I’m used to that by now and consider it hardly worth mentioning. I can take the occasional suspension in stride. But deletion, that’s another matter altogether. All other things being equal, I’d rather not be deleted.
P.S. I have promised on several occasions to explain what a webring is. Don’t worry, I have not forgotten my pledge (how could I forget with all the “helpful” reminders I receive?) and I’ll be sure to get around to that next time. Assuming there is a next time. Assuming I’m still in a webring, if only a “moderately amusing” one.
Some of your readers seem to take pleasure in mocking me. But I gotta say, I saw this one coming for a long time. Didn’t I warn you, Snake? Why weren’t you listening? Maybe next time you will.
Yes Burt. Once again I’m forced to admit that you’ve been right all along. Who’ve I been kidding, trying to flaunt the "funny humor" label? That’s a stretch even on my best days. The way I feel now, I’d be happy to be allowed into the "unfunny humor" webring. And if there isn’t one, maybe I should start it.
I think we’re overlooking another possibility here: maybe you were deleted because of Burt. I mean, the humor in this blog waxes and wanes, but Burt is consistently curmudgeonly. In fact, I find his tone downright depressing most of the time, like listening to an Eeyore on Valium. So maybe if you delete Burt, the webring will undelete you. (Which brings up the interesting question: are you really deleted or just in the recycling bin?)
That’s an interesting theory, Gatemouth. Tempting as it is, I don’t think I can pin this one on Burt. Yes, he is a downer, at times, but I don’t think they [whoever they are] hold a blogger responsible for his commentators. Or do they? Maybe you’re on to something after all. Maybe it’s not my fault. I think you might be right, after all. In fact, the more I think about it, the more certain I am.