VANITY!!!! IF I SEE ONE MORE STUPID ONE LINE VANITY FROM NEWBIES I'LL QUIT FR!!! VANITY!!!!!!

[annyokie]

Insert Dean shriek here.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Feel free to use this as needed:

[Darkwolf377]

"1) Something they just saw on TV."

I saw Elizabeth Edwards waddling into a gym with a couple hundred people in it. Eww.

"2) Something they just heard on the radio."

This weird crackling sound. I think either a wire is loose, or I'm on The Static Channel.

"3) Something their gut has instinctively told them to share."

I think anyone who believes in group hugs should all get together and have a group hug. Keep hugging. Harder. A few thousand of you in the middle are passing out, keep hugging...

"4) Something their wife, daughter, dog, imaginary friend, or fried chicken has just told them."

"Get Extra Crispy next time, jerk, I was happy as hell a few days ago in my tiny cage!"

"5) Something they believe that the rest of us care about. (Honestly! We don't.)"

But...but I really really REALLY care about how organized my CD rack is now! Of course you care, I just know you're foolin! :(

[datura]

While we're at it, how about posting some of the obvious traits of TROLLS who are obviously liberals trying to 'fit in' here? Such as:

1. Condescending in their 'vanity' posts.
2. Cannot use facts to back up their argument - if they bother to stick around and fight for it.
3. As above - post and run.
4. Resort to personal attacks and name calling rather than using facts or logic. (Calling a newbie a newbie IS NOT NAME CALLING!)
5. Spews the DNC talking points as justification of their lame thread.
6. Refuses to answer questions of other posters, relying upon attempts to drag the conversation away from those topics.

Please add to the list.

[Gabz]

ROFLMPO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Proud Conservative2]

>There's something I gotta get off my chest. Are you related to anniegetyourgun?<

I think it's more likely related to AnnieHalfCocked.

[NeoCaveman]

Insert Dean shriek here.

YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[MoJo2001]

*UGH*

Of course I care about your CD rack being organized. (Um, I think that's what you were saying..right?)

I'm also positive that you share in my grief that the Raiders-Saints game is currently on my TV and will demand that they stop it.

There! Don't you feel better? I most certainly do. LOL!

*Hey! What's wrong with group hugs? LOL!

[Syncro]

...and I officially became hooked on 20 year old Scotch.

Ahhhh, those single malts.

You going to be at the inauguration? There will be some floating around there...

[Mister Baredog]

SUSHI? perhaps?

Perhaps, but here we call it BAIT.

LOL, I'm in LA(aka lalaland)

I was just chumming for a laugh, seriesly.

[dmw]

Gotcha. I'm still learing but I have to admit I often don't even try to post a new thread just because I don't wanna get the third degree. Hopefully in time I will figure this system out and feel more confident to start new thread. For now I mostly just reply because it's easy enough.

[Judith Anne]

Here's my list (again! ;-D)

A real newbie vanity has several elements:

1) It is one line long.
2) It contains only one thought.
3) The thought is hackneyed, trite, and worn as slick as last year's tires.
4) The poster takes offense when the vanity does not recieve loud general approval.
5) The poster claims not to know the rules, because the poster has not read them.
6) The poster professes to be surprised, shocked that we're sick of one-line newbie vanities.

[Brad’s Gramma]

#3!

LOL!!!!!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

I'm HERE! Can't you SEE me????

[w1andsodidwe]

sHoulD i vOte feR keRry or BUsH?

Yes!

[Fawnn]

I was just chumming for a laugh, seriesly.

You should know by now that those breaded puns drive some people up the wall. ;)

[spodefly]

In this unrefined neck o' the woods, we usually include "cleaned and cooked" between your two steps. ;)

Actually, truth be told, I cleaned him, but a master chef prepared him (and the others caught that day) in some fro-fro way for all of us back at the lodge. It was a pretty high-toned fishing trip. Additional info here.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Is it raining up there?

[kendu]

no candles ?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

IMO there are occasions when vanity posts are warranted. The poster has information -- not just opinion -- that may be of interest to the many. Opinions are often informative and interesting. But..

IMO most vanity posts should be combined with news items. Search google news for example and find a related news item. Then post it and your opinions.

[annyokie]

Bring your own candles. ; )