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Monday, October 10. 2011

Maggie Tested New Writers For The Farm

But, none got the well-paying job (I didn't say high-paying, you'll see), as they lacked the confidence Maggie demands to reach out for what they want.


See video of the interviews below the fold...

Posted by Bruce Kesler at 19:25 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Yes - well certainly - I...er....definitely take that crack view point sight aspect spectacle - yeah, that's the ticket - spectacle into account.

Excelsior!!!
#1 Tom Francis on 2011-10-10 20:57 (Reply)
Now I know why they didn't hire me. I thought they said 'writing' not writhing.

Isn't it wonderful how the male animal automatically loses 30 or 40 IQ points when faced with something like this.

Marianne
#2 Marianne Matthews on 2011-10-10 21:30 (Reply)
Then I'm owed back (pardon the pun) the other 40 I lost.
#2.1 Bruce Kesler on 2011-10-10 21:40 (Reply)
"I cant rilly rite," she smiled conspiratorially, "...cant u hire me ennyway?"

"But I...but I..." I stammered, trying to find words.

She interrupted, murmuring "Okay, honey, if that's what you want."
#3 buddy larsen on 2011-10-10 22:02 (Reply)
Stolen from Ace of Spades - top English class analogies - I fell of my chair laughing at this one.

"The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant."
#4 Tom Francis on 2011-10-10 23:08 (Reply)
yuk yuk --that's better than the winner here, who is a little too bad-bad i think. Really good bad writing ought to be good/bad, not bad/bad.

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0630/Bulwer-Lytton-Fiction-Contest-horrible-writing-contest-winner-announced
#4.1 buddy larsen on 2011-10-11 01:42 (Reply)
We men are so predictable.
I do believe I shall watch it again.
#5 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2011-10-11 01:47 (Reply)
It's amazing none of those guys noticed the two people in the room holding video cameras. Especially the one standing right next to the interviewer.

Maybe they were disguised as office furniture.
#6 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-10-11 06:27 (Reply)
--remember Blazing Saddles when the wild west chase scene galloped right past the orchestra standing on the side of the trail --playing the soundtrack of the chase scene?

(Mel Brooks --Chaplin class genius someday they'll say)
#6.1 buddy larsen on 2011-10-11 13:00 (Reply)

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