tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post3276972688047981340..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: Sometimes I wish Megan were a guybradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-45694713264883851842008-09-12T14:53:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:53:00.000-04:00Sometimes I wish I were a gal, so I could start a ...Sometimes I wish I were a gal, so I could start a rumor about Megan having a small, African American conjoined twin.Adam Eli Clemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779416210584562444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-5498823567271562942008-09-11T22:49:00.000-04:002008-09-11T22:49:00.000-04:00Check out her most recent posts tonight. She's ob...Check out her most recent posts tonight. She's obviously working overtime-- well after 4:00 p.m., her usual quitting time. Picking a fight with Katha Pollitt (who will never respond to a dweeb like Megan)--it's obvious Megan's drunk. Is Megan incoherent tonight, or is it just me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-4880089331107568072008-09-11T21:51:00.000-04:002008-09-11T21:51:00.000-04:00I'm not sure you could take her, anyway, brad. Sh...I'm not sure you could take her, anyway, brad. She's 7 feet tall and shoots bolts of fire from her arse.<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait, that's William Wallace. Never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-29035481309483776862008-09-11T20:04:00.000-04:002008-09-11T20:04:00.000-04:00I think we should send her some money to take a fu...<I>I think we should send her some money to take a fucking trip across the country and write about it; hopefully edifying but at least would make for laughs with her fake 'I get you' moments that would amount to slumming it with the little people. She might even have to pump her own gas and get those magical writin' hands dirty.</I><BR/><BR/>She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge<BR/>She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College<BR/>That's where I caught her eye<BR/>She told me that her Dad was loaded<BR/>I said "In that case I'll have rum and coca-cola<BR/>She said "fine"<BR/>And then in 30 seconds time she said<BR/>"I want to live like common people<BR/>I want to do whatever common people do<BR/>I want to sleep with common people<BR/>I want to sleep with common people like you"<BR/>Well what else could I do?<BR/>I said "I'll see what I can do"<BR/>I took her to a supermarket<BR/>I don't know why<BR/>but I had to start it somewhere<BR/>so it started there<BR/>I said "pretend you've got no money"<BR/>but she just laughed<BR/>and said "oh you're so funny"<BR/>I said "Yeah<BR/>Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here<BR/>Are you sure<BR/>you want to live like common people<BR/>you want to see whatever common people see<BR/>you want to sleep with common people<BR/>you want to sleep with common people like me?"<BR/>But she didn't understand<BR/>she just smiled and held my hand<BR/>Rent a flat above a shop<BR/>Cut your hair and get a job<BR/>Smoke some fags and play some pool<BR/>Pretend you never went to school<BR/>But still you'll never get it right<BR/>'cos when you're laid in bed at night<BR/>watching roaches climb the wall<BR/>if you called your dad he could stop it all<BR/>yeah<BR/>You'll never live like common people<BR/>You'll never do whatever common people do<BR/>You'll never fail like common people<BR/>You'll never watch your life slide out of view<BR/>and then dance and drink and screw<BR/>because there's nothing else to do<BR/>Sing along with the common people<BR/>Sing along and it might just get you through<BR/>Laugh along with the common people<BR/>Laugh along although they're laughing at you<BR/>and the stupid things that you do<BR/>because you think that poor is cool<BR/>Like a dog lying in a corner<BR/>they will bite you and never warn you<BR/>Look out<BR/>they'll tear your insides out<BR/>'cos everybody hates a tourist<BR/>especially one who thinks<BR/>it's all such a laugh<BR/>yeah and the chip stain's grease<BR/>will come out in the bath<BR/>You will never understand<BR/>how it feels to live your life<BR/>with no meaning or control<BR/>and with nowhere left to go<BR/>You are amazed that they exist<BR/>and they burn so bright<BR/>whilst you can only wonder why<BR/>Rent a flat above a shop<BR/>Cut your hair and get a job<BR/>Smoke some fags and play some pool<BR/>Pretend you never went to school<BR/>But still you'll never get it right<BR/>'cause when you're laid in bed at night<BR/>watching roaches climb the wall<BR/>if you called your dad he could stop it all<BR/>yeah<BR/>You'll never live like common people<BR/>You'll never do whatever common people do<BR/>You'll never fail like common people<BR/>You'll never watch your life slide out of view<BR/>and then dance and drink and screw<BR/>'because there's nothing else to do<BR/>I want to live with common people like you.....spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01770056727940292951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-4589857412153629662008-09-11T20:01:00.000-04:002008-09-11T20:01:00.000-04:00This could well be the most dishonest McArdle post...This could well be the most dishonest McArdle post or column I've ever read. And that's really saying something.spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01770056727940292951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-69250604862735394152008-09-11T18:46:00.000-04:002008-09-11T18:46:00.000-04:00More questions: how can she not reflect on what it...More questions: how can she not reflect on what it is she is saying and see that it is all a load of twitter BS of the privileged?: 'I understand you red staters, cause I understand that liberals don't understand you, although I have no idea how to understand red staters nor the experience to do so'; has she never taken a trip outside of the hallowed Megan-land and actually talked to other people in red states, etc? I think we should send her some money to take a fucking trip across the country and write about it; hopefully edifying but at least would make for laughs with her fake 'I get you' moments that would amount to slumming it with the little people. She might even have to pump her own gas and get those magical writin' hands dirty. What an utter tool. . .MikeGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695202399894827221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-39237787778697169862008-09-11T18:22:00.000-04:002008-09-11T18:22:00.000-04:00I think Megan's assuming her that the vast expanse...I think Megan's assuming her that the vast expanse between New York and Los Angeles is as empty as the space between her ears. That, and the assumption that the red staters and midwesterners she's referring to actually give a shit what she thinks about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com