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07-09-2012, 07:49 PM
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There wasn't enough sarcasm to be really witty. It kind of fell flat. You don't get points for trying, sorry.
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07-09-2012, 08:21 PM
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Wow. After reading this, I immediately thought of this quote from Billy Madison:
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
(OK, that's a little harsh, but you have to admit that piece was pretty awful.)
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07-09-2012, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by indygphib
Wow. After reading this, I immediately thought of this quote from Billy Madison:
"Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
(OK, that's a little harsh, but you have to admit that piece was pretty awful.)
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"Okay, a simple no would have done just fine..."
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07-09-2012, 08:49 PM
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"perfect husband" ? is that not an oxymoron?
[*ducks and runs like the wind. I know I know. I just can't help it. Flame away.]
I mean, we could get into a huge philosophical discussion now, and I suspect I'm in big trouble for yet another off topic thread derailment.
I. Just. Can't. Help. It.
Put me in the corner. Wait, I'll put myself in the corner and save you guys the trouble.
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07-09-2012, 09:23 PM
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Nobody puts AzTheta in a corner.
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07-09-2012, 09:32 PM
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"perfect husband" ? is that not an oxymoron?
[*ducks and runs like the wind. I know I know. I just can't help it. Flame away.]
I mean, we could get into a huge philosophical discussion now, and I suspect I'm in big trouble for yet another off topic thread derailment.
I. Just. Can't. Help. It.
Put me in the corner. Wait, I'll put myself in the corner and save you guys the trouble.
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You beat me to the punch.
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07-09-2012, 09:36 PM
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SHE IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR.
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07-09-2012, 09:48 PM
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SHE IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR.
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*snort*
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07-09-2012, 10:06 PM
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SHE IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR.
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She has obviously slept through PR 101. Or...she was busy looking for a husband in the crowd and didn't pay attention.
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07-09-2012, 10:08 PM
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She has obviously slept through PR 101. Or...she was busy looking for a husband in the crowd and didn't pay attention.
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07-09-2012, 10:12 PM
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I'm also just really curious...why was this posted over the summer? Our school paper only updates things in the summer if something extremely important happens. This...is not exactly what I would consider important.
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The Red and Black, although you wouldn't know it from this piece or even their coverage of Greek Life generally, is a pretty serious college paper. UGA has a great journalism school, and as far as I know, they publish year round.
I am glad this ran now rather than right before recruitment if it needed to run at all.
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07-09-2012, 10:23 PM
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SHE IS A PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR.
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That little biographical detail was one of the reasons I hoped the whole persona was part of the satire.
Do you ever find yourself making things better than they really are on a literary or artistic level? I think I did that here at first.
If the writer really was who the byline and picture showed in real life, it was a sophomoric, run of the mill, and poorly thought out effort; however, if the writer actually made up this hapless Public Relations major, writing this sophomoric, run of the mill, poorly thought out effort, which would clearly result is bad public relations for herself and the sorority she was repping in her photo, it was slightly chortle-worthy.
ETA: Now I just feel bad. She's probably a sweetie, and I've insulted her jokey column on a message board. But really, wouldn't it have been much funnier if the whole thing were made up?
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07-09-2012, 10:30 PM
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It was clearly satire, and had the potential to be funny, but I'm nowhere near as scandalized as some of y'all are.
It's a summer issue of a college magazine.
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07-09-2012, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
The Red and Black, although you wouldn't know it from this piece or even their coverage of Greek Life generally, is a pretty serious college paper. UGA has a great journalism school, and as far as I know, they publish year round.
I am glad this ran now rather than right before recruitment if it needed to run at all.
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Oh I see. Huh. Interesting.
That is true though. I don't know how many new students/PNMs read the paper before they even get on campus (or even when they get on it), so I do have to kind of be glad that if this had to run, it ran now. Its got a month to blow over before recruitment starts.
And I really hope it does. Blow over, I mean.
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07-09-2012, 10:38 PM
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