CELEBRITY GUEST POST–BEST OF THE BLOGOSPHERE by Steve Nadis
Today we’re introducing our “Best of the Blogosphere” feature with a guest post spot going to fellow blogger, Paul De Lancey [see Lords of Fun link at left]. Like my usual “Guest Post” slots, this one is reprinted without permission of the author. That is the custom here at CALL ME SNAKE and standard operating procedure throughout the publishing world. After all, who in their right mind would not want to be published in CALL ME SNAKE if given the chance? To ask the question is to answer it. Which brings us to Paul’s aforementioned post:
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He Didn’t Eat There
I recently saw a coffee shop. Its sign proudly proclaimed, “Fresh. Delicious. Unexpected.” I kept walking as I want a restaurant to expect its food to be fresh and delicious.
This reminds me of a Laurel and Hardy feature. They were driving onto the lot of Wonder Pictures. The studio slogan was, “If it’s a great picture, it’s a Wonder.”
Indeed.
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Editor’s Note: I heartily second that “indeed.”
I’m finally a success! Thanks!
Ah, self-defeating advetising–I don’t know if it’s just a sad red herring, or the sign of worse to come. That said, I’m with Paul in the long run. One of our school reunions was to be held at a bar in downtown Boston. I scouted it out beforehand and saw that it advertised “beer made on the premisis”(sic). On that premise I forwent going. Maybe Milton Academy taught me too much, and maybe this was in the days before spellcheck, but I think pride in brewing is undercut by sloppy spelling.
Congrats, PDL, you earned it! While the honor may be dubious, it is fair to say that you are now a member of a very select crowd.