The Subtext of Buttsex

Emailed to me by GK, original to be found here: http://dc.metblogs.com/archives/2008/02/the_subtext_of.phtml


The Subtext of Buttsex
posted by Carl Weaver at 10:52 AM on February 02, 2008

One of our faithful readers wrote in to tell us about the Hasbro Scrabble Gram that ran in the Washington Post on January 25th, as described by On The Red Line. The letters, as written, were, "E U T T S X B". Maybe it's me, but I look at that and think of the Hershey Highway. And no, I don't mean US Highway 422.

Don't they have editors for this thing? Who suspects that somebody may have gotten fired over this? I checked on the Hasbro web site and didn't see a mention of it, alhtough I did learn of the Chicken Limbo recall and other various nonsense about toys. Are you a puzzle person? Did you get the official right answer the first time?

Of course, the answer is "SUBTEXT" which makes the misunderstanding even funnier, unless the correct answer was ....

The Subtext of Buttsex

Emailed to me by GK, original to be found here: http://dc.metblogs.com/archives/2008/02/the_subtext_of.phtml


The Subtext of Buttsex
posted by Carl Weaver at 10:52 AM on February 02, 2008

One of our faithful readers wrote in to tell us about the Hasbro Scrabble Gram that ran in the Washington Post on January 25th, as described by On The Red Line. The letters, as written, were, "E U T T S X B". Maybe it's me, but I look at that and think of the Hershey Highway. And no, I don't mean US Highway 422.

Don't they have editors for this thing? Who suspects that somebody may have gotten fired over this? I checked on the Hasbro web site and didn't see a mention of it, alhtough I did learn of the Chicken Limbo recall and other various nonsense about toys. Are you a puzzle person? Did you get the official right answer the first time?

Of course, the answer is "SUBTEXT" which makes the misunderstanding even funnier, unless the correct answer was ....

Original fiction

When I first mentioned that I'd signed up at thingsunwritten, quite a few of you expressed an interest in reading my non-fan fiction. The day has come!

The City In the Seashell can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/thingsunwritten/3058.html#cutid1 and comments are, as always, shiny. Enjoy!

There are quite a few other interesting stories there as well. I'm still working my way through them, but was amused to discover that the recipient of my story wrote one for someone else with similar themes. And I got a mind-bending story of zombies, gay mages and UST.

And the systems are down at work, so I'm getting paid for THIS. Hee!

Original fiction

When I first mentioned that I'd signed up at thingsunwritten, quite a few of you expressed an interest in reading my non-fan fiction. The day has come!

The City In the Seashell can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/thingsunwritten/3058.html#cutid1 and comments are, as always, shiny. Enjoy!

There are quite a few other interesting stories there as well. I'm still working my way through them, but was amused to discover that the recipient of my story wrote one for someone else with similar themes. And I got a mind-bending story of zombies, gay mages and UST.

And the systems are down at work, so I'm getting paid for THIS. Hee!

Counting my blessings

Right now I an unutterably thankful that I won't be working tomorrow morning. One of our partners is launching a certain special limited edition promotion, and judging by the number of calls I've had, it's going to be a total ZOO when that hits. It's limited enough than I'm willing to bet it'll be completely sold out by the time I log in at 3 (although I'm willing to bet I'll be getting calls about it for the next few days anyway).

Happy news---AI and I are going to a bead and gem show on Sunday. Woo, fun times! (Note to self, take limited cash, leave checks and plastic at home.)

I need to run out to Wal*mart, because I'm out of bottled water and the stuff from the local tap is vile...and laundry detergent.

Counting my blessings

Right now I an unutterably thankful that I won't be working tomorrow morning. One of our partners is launching a certain special limited edition promotion, and judging by the number of calls I've had, it's going to be a total ZOO when that hits. It's limited enough than I'm willing to bet it'll be completely sold out by the time I log in at 3 (although I'm willing to bet I'll be getting calls about it for the next few days anyway).

Happy news---AI and I are going to a bead and gem show on Sunday. Woo, fun times! (Note to self, take limited cash, leave checks and plastic at home.)

I need to run out to Wal*mart, because I'm out of bottled water and the stuff from the local tap is vile...and laundry detergent.