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boydegg 
"Creator of Grammarman comic."
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 Posted - 08/17/2009 : 12:10:32
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Those darn MERPs!!!
I've just had a review accepted for 'Microwave Massacre' - 'Bake my wife, please'. Great.
But just a week or so ago they rejected my review for '100 Ways to Murder Your Wife' - 'Take my wife ... out'
Why did that earlier one get rejected? Well - I got some smart ass comment about the review being factually incorrect because MY wife (the woman I'm married to) isn't in the film.
In fact this is the lastest in a series of smart ass/snotty rejection messages I've had from MERPs. I suppose being a MERP is similar to being a forum moderator ... it tends to attract the sort of people who are least suited for the job. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 08/17/2009 : 12:47:25
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MERPs are sweet, kind people who can do no wrong. 
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 08/17/2009 : 13:29:10
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quote:
Originally posted by boydegg
I got some smart ass comment about the review being factually incorrect because MY wife (the woman I'm married to) isn't in the film.
That is an extremely silly reason.
(1) There are countless reviews where the first person is used and not the reviewer.
(2) Where it is not expressing an opinion, that actually makes more sense anyway, e.g. the better "I see dead people" puns (of those that keep "I") refer to someone in the film, not the person watching it. |
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boydegg
"Creator of Grammarman comic."
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Posted - 08/17/2009 : 13:38:11
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My thoughts exactly, Salopian.
The comment accompanying the rejection was something along the lines of 'Oh - so your wife was in this film, was she?'
Now I've resubmitted it ... but for some reason reviews that are on their second or third pass seem to take months to get looked at again.
Pah - I think I liked it better when rejections were just accompanied by generic reasons or nothing.
Now I keep imagining some jmped up asshole with a chip on his shoulder because he got bullied at school and ignored by girls ... finally he's got his chance for a little bit of power. We'll all rue the day we laughed at him etc etc etc.
Grump grump grump mutter
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 08/17/2009 : 22:25:49
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quote:
Originally posted by boydegg
Now I keep imagining some jmped up asshole with a chip on his shoulder because he got bullied at school and ignored by girls ... finally he's got his chance for a little bit of power. We'll all rue the day we laughed at him etc etc etc.
I wanna be a MERP. According to this selection criteria I'm eminently qualified. |
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 08/17/2009 : 23:17:37
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Josh the cat
"ice wouldn't melt, you'd think ....."
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Posted - 08/18/2009 : 00:23:40
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quote:
Originally posted by boydegg
... finally he's got his chance for a little bit of power. We'll all rue the day we laughed at him etc etc etc.
Yes you will, show me some respect or else, nobody messes with me I have the POWER
Now please don't tell anyone as Benj gets a bit pissed off when I blap about it, cheers.
Josh the MERP cat |
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Conan The Westy
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 08/18/2009 : 13:16:12
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I am Spartacus Merpacus |
Edited by - Conan The Westy on 08/18/2009 13:16:56 |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 08/19/2009 : 01:23:55
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| No! I'M MERPACUS! |
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 08/19/2009 : 03:29:13
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| "I'm Merpacus!" |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 08/19/2009 : 11:53:53
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| I'm Merpacus, and so's my wife. |
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boydegg
"Creator of Grammarman comic."
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Posted - 08/20/2009 : 02:13:48
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Oh, so now your wife's in the thread, is she, Salopian?
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My wife
