Will They Take Firstborns?

11 Responses to Will They Take Firstborns?

1. MadameMax says:

   June 23, 2012 at 10:30 am

   I knew weddings had got out of hand these days but turning them into political fundraisers is just sick. They don’t mention baby showers and bar/bat mitzvahs. Oversight, or a sign of a tiny bit of decorum still lurking somewhere in the dark hearts of campaign fundraisers?

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2. Pornstar says:

   June 23, 2012 at 10:46 am

   yeah, especially when it’s a lot of family at weddings, whom you may well love but don’t get to choose. Chances are decent quite a few of them would not be amused. Might leave a kinda sour taste, actually.

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3. NatashaFatale says:

   June 23, 2012 at 11:03 am

   But really, it is a true innovation, and it comes at a time when I’d taken to assuming that political fundraising could only get worse in degree, not in kind. Makes me ashamed, in fact: while I’m content to “fiddle-faddle in a minor key” (as the poet says), true genius is still out there, discovering whole new worlds of meta-kitsch. I say we give credit where it’s due, no matter how painfully it exposes our own failures of the imagination.

   Funerals maybe? “In lieu of flowers, please respect Morry’s last wishes and donate…”

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4. Pornstar says:

   June 23, 2012 at 11:40 am

   Believe it or not, the “in lieu of flowers” bit at funerals has already been mentioned on this post on the Obama site blog. As well as the suggestion that instead of money from the tooth fairy, a note stating that a donation to the Obama campaign has been made in lieu of.

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5. NatashaFatale says:

   June 23, 2012 at 2:29 pm

   Amy,

   See? I told you I’ve turned into a hopeless duffer. But at least me no longer ashamed. Now me humiliated.

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6. MadameMax says:

   June 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm

   Hopeless duffer?

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7. NatashaFatale says:

   June 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm

   Deeply and irretrievably humiliated…

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8. gunnison says:

   June 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm

   duffer |ˈdəfər|
   noun informal
   an incompetent or stupid person, esp. an elderly one : he’s the most worthless old duffer.
   • a person inexperienced at something, esp. at playing golf.

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9. Di-Ohso says:

   June 24, 2012 at 3:00 am

   Gunny:

   Or:
   Duff: as in, that appliance isn’t working. Or: that’s a duff [not very good] job.

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10. MadameMax says:

    June 24, 2012 at 6:04 am

    Incompetent? Stupid? Elderly? Errrrrrrr…

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11. bim_ballace says:

    June 24, 2012 at 7:59 am

    I really am in the wrong line of work:

    Parents almost dead? Sick child who may not see November? Have you ever thought of using that inheritance or savings to improve the world as this important election season bears down upon us…?

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