AND THE OTHER WINNER IS… (a “Special Guest Comment” and a rebuttal) — hosted by Steve Nadis
After a several-month-long hiatus, we are most grateful to have heard from Gatemouth on the subject of the bumper sticker sweepstakes. He raises some very serious concerns, and we take those concerns very seriously. Please allow me to introduce Gatemouth, though he is already a familiar voice to most of our readers.
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GATEMOUTH speaks: Oh no–the plagiarism pandemic has spread to blogs and bumper-stickers! S.’s so-called “original” bumper-sticker has at least a 4-year history around my town, and probably yours as well. Maybe he internalized it? Maybe the large bumper-sticker author packaging company that helped him produce his winning entry didn’t fact-check it properly? In any case, I think Snake should take away S.’s prize and cancel his lucrative bumper-sticker contract.
Now, since there is no official winner, I thought I might as well hand in my late entries. (I was away on a fact-finding expedition. Turns out there aren’t any in the U.S. I had to go all the way to England to find just one. And that was really more of a factoid than a true fact.)
BUMPER STICKER ENTRIES:
1) Thank God Bush doesn’t know any countries with *five* letters.
2) Israel knew when *their* leader was incompetent.
3) I support the 36-month Presidential Vacation Plan.
4) The Bush Diet: six helpings of bullshit every day.
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SNAKE replies: This is not Little Brown and we do not often hear charges of plagiarism. Since Gatemouth has not established beyond reasonable doubt that S. did not, in fact, pen the bumper sticker he has seen in his town for “at least” four years, the ruling stands. However, we the judges have decided to add another winner, namely ME! No, actually, Gatemouth for his brilliant entry:
“The Bush Diet: six helpings of bullshit every day.”
Thank you Gatemouth. Thank you judges. And thank you most of all wise readers.
Sincerely,
The Decider
scandals , lies , obscene words ,
grandstanding , money contracts
unbeknown to us readers
and weekend commentators
were will all this stop,?
SOMEBODY STOP HIM.
or at least rip the mask off.
= Z =
How did we let any scandals get in here, our sanctuary? That’s an outrage. Even more than an outrage, it’s scandalous!
This is why I stay out of running Bumper Sticker contests Snake. It’s a bigger breeding ground for corruption than Congress.
You’re right, Doc. It’s a cesspool. You’re wise to avoid it.
I saw the recent video clip with Robin Williams as “The Decider” appearing as a guest on the “Daily Show”. I particularly enjoyed his imitation of Arnold with arny-like accent “I am the terminator. An Austrian immigrant, governor of California against immigrants”.
Thanks FW, sounds entertaining.