The Ultimate Vanity Thread

My brain | 11/22/02 | FTH

[FreeTheHostages]

This vanity thread exists to accept edits from interested persons in anticipation of a December Freeper's Finest discussion of the Free Republic phenomenon commonly known as "Mudboy Slim."

[Illbay]

Do WHAT!?!?!

[FreeTheHostages]

I have volunteered to guest-host some Freeper Finest holiday threads. 3 to be act. (1) a gingerbread house contest. (2) an intro to Mudboy Slim and (3) a Holiday Top Ten list.

For the holiday thread biographical info, we have to have some facts. If we don't have facts, we have to make them up about Mudboy Slim. So here's something utterly untraditional -- a vanity thread to use as an editing Board to create a wildly funny and only vaguely accurate biography of Mudboy Slim. My theory is to start writing one here and invite him to comment and perhaps thereby get it to be more accurate or at least more funny.

For the Top Ten List, I have to have a funny example open and need to practice and cull the best here for my opening.

And of course, for my gingerbread house web contest, I'll need to practice jpgs here.

All in all, I'm just gonna need this space to work . . . .

[FreeTheHostages]

An Introduction to Mudboy Slim: Or, How the Libertarian Lyricist Acquired His Label

Here on Free Republic, there is a fine line between Republicans posting drunk and Libertarians posting sober. I realized this for *real* when I discovered Mudboy Slim's posts. Was he joking? Would it be less scarey and interesting if he wasn't joking? These are questions that many who encounter his posts are prone to ask.

But here he is and here he's been, gracing the Freepers Finest with reworked political lyrics and practical jokes that make one nostalgic for Junior High School. Mudboy Slim: What, where, how, when, and most especially WHY. These are the questions that now, as my holiday gift to you, I will endeavor to answer . . . .

[Dallas]

[FreeTheHostages]

What do you think of it so far?

Ah, I'm in a good mood. I'm from Vermont originally and it's going to snow tonight!

[ChadGore]

Mudboy Slim?
He owes me money !

[FreeTheHostages]

WOW!!! That's so *extraordinarily* helpful. Thank you *so* much!! :) I can definitely use that for my bio.

That's the "how"!

[FreeTheHostages]

ChadGore -- Yes and well. Then here's your chance to get a pound of flesh. Can you think of anything wildly interesting (accurate or not) that I can put in my obviously jolly bio of him.

Billie -- take a gander on this post! You can see I've decided to turn one of my writing assignings into a joint venture. ;)

[FreeTheHostages]

Ok, building on Dallas' photo (damn, I love Free Republic: many heads are definitely better than one, thanks again):

The narrative might continue as follows . . . .

Mudboy Slim got his name due to his daring-do in a little known field in Virginia called "the mudpits." There, many of his neighbors and friends decided to play a practical joke by claiming that they liked to belly-flop in mud. They all got themselves Muddy, and then invited Mudboy along, and Mudboy took the bait.

The rest is history. Mudboy realized that in fact he really enjoyed this activity. To this day, after a 'specially heated discussion with a liberal progressive, Muddy (as he is known to his many fans on Free Republic) likes to just go SPLAT!

[Fiddlstix]

Bump
For
MUD

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Whatever happened to the wheel of fish?

[FreeTheHostages]

I think it's only fare to warn you that your CPAC housing prank is currently being reciprocated . . . .

[My back yard]

Looks more like his cousin, Mudboy Husky.

[FreeTheHostages]

anyone have a fanciful theory that we can invent, err. ooops, I mean report, about how he got the surname "Slim"?

[small voice in the wilderness]

My lawyer has advised me to say nothing about Mr. M. Slim until the case is settled...

[FreeTheHostages]

My lawyer has advised me to say nothing about Mr. M. Slim until the case is settled

My psychiatrist has advised me to say nothing about Mr. M. Slim . . .

[Dallas]

LOL...(um)..maybe that's him standing on top ?

[cmsgop]

A+Bert

[Billthedrill]

Mudboy Slim? What a wuss. Look at him, making a big deal out of wallowing in a little moistened dirt. Why, in my day men were men and earned their nicknames. Let me tell you about how they came to call me "Septic Tank Bill..."