tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post1007832438152681717..comments2023-10-31T12:58:36.729+01:00Comments on Evil HR Lady: When You Should Suck Up To Your BossSuzanne Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-41915212662773104502011-05-06T21:33:52.632+02:002011-05-06T21:33:52.632+02:00I believe the word he is seeking is "drivel,&...I believe the word he is seeking is "drivel," although "dribble" has a certain ring to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-62578465520688810622011-05-06T18:59:00.333+02:002011-05-06T18:59:00.333+02:00TO be fair it was a particularly dark Pinocchio fl...TO be fair it was a particularly dark Pinocchio flick from the late 80s. If you try and get into all of the details in it, it does swell in word count pretty fast. This is me shrinking it to about 800 words (still needs work, haven't seen it since it came out). Scroll down to see how it looked on the page at the time. At least it was well written and had paragraph breaks.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pinocchio_and_the_Emperor_of_the_Night&diff=427201041&oldid=425456044TheLabRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519299790907271971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-52809571000067976972011-05-06T18:58:30.808+02:002011-05-06T18:58:30.808+02:00Well, if the "writer" (and I use that te...Well, if the "writer" (and I use that term loosely as that email doesn't use the English language as I recognize it) already knows (or should I type nos?) the answer is to "suck up" why on earth isn't she doing that in the email? <-- note the one long sentence, I can do that too!Charleshttp://home.earthlink.net/~nooriginalthought/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-16441662763551683052011-05-06T17:39:07.950+02:002011-05-06T17:39:07.950+02:00Seriously, just hit return now and then. I don...Seriously, just hit return now and then. I don't even care if the paragraphs are proper paragraphs. Just give me some white space.<br /><br />And 3000 word plots for kids films? Do the movies have 3000 words in them?Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-90217716334125535752011-05-06T17:36:18.720+02:002011-05-06T17:36:18.720+02:00I edit film plots on wikipedia for my own amusemen...I edit film plots on wikipedia for my own amusement. The never ending paragraph is my nemesis (that and 3000 word plots for kids' films).TheLabRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519299790907271971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-7895919635237889012011-05-06T17:25:03.692+02:002011-05-06T17:25:03.692+02:00Yeah, well, I picked up on the insult part really ...Yeah, well, I picked up on the insult part really easily, but the grammar kills em. The random spaces are enough to keep me from promoting this person.<br /><br />But, my biggest internet writing pet peeve is the never ending paragraph. I just can't read those.Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33004692.post-71672882625560097872011-05-06T17:11:10.649+02:002011-05-06T17:11:10.649+02:00I'm usually pretty good at parsing really awkw...I'm usually pretty good at parsing really awkward bits of verbage; years of hanging out too much on the interwebs is good for something. But I had to read that three times before I figured out what on Earth they were trying to say.TheLabRathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519299790907271971noreply@blogger.com