Game Challenge - Pick some of your Best Comments and

Okay, some comments from the SAME person (but feel free to choose random comments that strike your fancy, your favorites or from the same person or many different ones) and put them in whatever order you like.

Think of it as writing Flash Nonfiction.

I think I'm dense I'm not really getting the concept here sorry I'm sleep deprived :(

OK this is a comment I thought was cute, It was in response to my "I hate bugs" poem

Thank you Dr. Patricia Seuss! LOL
Dan (Cowboy Up) V., Sep 18, 2007, 5:29pm EDT

The comments (and I've changed my mind and decided to throw in one that is NOT from the same person):
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"" It's like Helter Skelter - they were just MURDERED!"
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"Does it have the same effect on humans? Do I have to get my husband's chip removed? Worried here...."

" I have no idea. I'm too busy trying to track where my cellulite is on any given day."

"Exhibitionists! By Jove, I think I've got it! Yeah, they're the ones. They want to do that. Voyeurs are the ones who sit by with the time to watch."

It might not save their lives but it could provide evidence at the trial..."

"So maybe I wasn't all that responsible but I was fun"

He also used to sing, "Oh, say can you see by the lawn's early night....."

"Plus, for weeks afterward, whenever he burped, he smelled like a diaper pail....."

Okay, YOUR turn.....just find some people, pick out some of the comments, stick them on here..."

The above comments were samples of what I meant, just find comments you either really liked or hated and post them. Post one, post a series, take this in whatever direction you want. If you feel really creative, you could probably post a story with comments but they have to be real comments from some thread on Gather, yours or anyone else's thread.

Plus, this really isn't a Game Challenge, it is just a game.Or a writing exercise. Or a way to get those creative juices flowing. Or a way to discover your own sick sense of humor.

Jane, I am horrified!!!!! Someone out there in the Gatherland will see this and flag it for plagerism (okay, I know I spelled that wrong and will get some nasty looks for it, but I am not changing it or looking up the correct spelling).

I think it is a great idea and will have to try it out myself....

Really? For just listing comments? Well,then, take your own comments, find the best of THEM and then use those. You can't be accused of plagerising yourself. :)

My comments are my own with one exception and I'm asking permission to use that one.

great idea, do you want us to post them here or in an article of our own??

Point taken. If you use anyone else's comments, ask permission first. If you've been here awhile, bit and pieces of your own comments may be enough which ought to get around any plagarism issues.

Denise - Here, think that'd be easiest and would allow people to segue from other people's comments.

ok thanks

hehe! I was only kidding about the plagarism (although, there are probably those out there looking to flag something this morning!)

Do you know how many pages of comments I have, be it my own or my connections'? I am going to be at this for a very long time!!!! But I am game... just give me a day or two (maybe a week? just kidding)

Could have been better, these are some comment I made today. enjoy, LOL:


nice choker, where did you get that?

Some nut job chased me, grabbed me, and put this on me. ~Do you really like it~????
OUCH!!
time heals

I canned some peaches once and we made Jam out of some of it too
it is a wonderful gift idea

I am falling....
Why not just stay home that was just stupid
good advice
interesting
just one in each bathroom
nope never, either one

what an idiot!! guns are not toys to be fiddled with!

I don't have any good ones.

this is very interesting,none are coming to mind though sad to say,but i do like the concept you thought up Jane~deserves a 10 for ingenious ideas

Got this in response to a comment I made.

"Mommie, that frog is talking to me again."

Okay, this is 25 so I am going to another article
But it would help teach her responsibility, too
and Gathering?
I need to do better
Here's 12, and thank you! =)
knock on wood
Add a few lbs. and gray hair (or take away a few hairs!) and life goes on
So that's where they are

(these are all my own comments... no rhyme, no reason, no duh!)

There is actually a group called "The Best Comment on my Article", a goldmine of clever comebacks and repartee. Here are a couple of mine that some people found amusing:

I wasted a perfectly good 3.5 minutes reading this explication and now I'm very very sleepy. If I'm not back in an hour, will someone please come and knock me up?

What's the name for a threesome involving three heterosexual women?
A shoe-shopping spree.

Looks to me like a case of tit for tat for tit.

I TOLD you not to knee him in the groin!

Dear Miz Ina:
I hear you grilled my mother-in-law today. Thank you.

Life's too short to fold underwear.
Life's too short to WEAR underwear!

"B-U-S-H is the most evil four-letter word in the language.

I feel my big tits every time I roll them up and stuff 'em into a bra.

My dear
I fear
Our plight is dire
We need to set
The site
On fire.

There are a couple hundred more (185 pages worth)...feel free to look for yourself.

I like your comments, Ruth.

Dame Ruth - Thanks for the heads up on that group! Still, if anyone want to contribute to this one...I'm hoping that someone finds some of their comments and puts them into some pattern, chronological or otherwise, that evokes a story. I tried to do that with mine but it was late at night (or early morning, too tired to remember) and I don't think I did such a hot job of it.

Dame Ruth - You have the BEST comments. I'm jealous. They do, of course, reflect the quality of your writing and the wit of your readers.

This thread has an 8.5 rating? ! Gee, I thought it was more creative than "The Best Teacher You Ever Had".

I gave you a 10 to offset the low score you got from someone!

I went through 17 of 1242 pages of comments and pulled these. Maybe I'll go through more later if it looks like people enjoy reading the variety mixed and out of context.

oh! I have to go back to the letter -s- game and see if anybody got satire yet.

I don't have time to read words but I love you anyway. I'm off now to paste this comment on 500 other wordy contributions to this game and picture site. On my way out, I will check a star box. (almost the same as coming on this thread to say I'll give you a ten, or I'll come back some other day because I don't want to be bothered with having to think or do.)

Janna, in the spirit of evolution, maybe we can use our words in sentences this week. You go first.

I guess, "We are all human," is the buzz word this week? While some are experiencing this amazing epiphany, others of us have actually known we were human from birth. And somewhere around age three, we learned that being human means taking responsibility for actions, not claiming the human condition as an excuse.

You seem to want always to speak for others, even though you are not very good at it. What makes you do that?

Lea, what a great idea. Thanks for this. My daughters and I worked as volunteers with an organization that worked on this principle - uniting people of different cultures through the things we share - music, dancing, food, and fun. It works well at the quarterly festivals and events, but I wanted to take it a step farther and bring those same people together more often, across a card or game table, or any activity that have us heart-to-heart, physically and emotionally. I haven't given up that project. I'm anxious to follow your links now. (occasionally, I drift into the past and imagine people appreciate serious discussions)

I am disappointed in them, Devin. Thanks for covering my disappointment so well in this article. Thanks also for this comment: "It is impossible to define exactly what Democrats are because of their habit of thinking independently. " It seems to be a concept so foreign to some people that they can't possibly grasp it.

Except for the horses, the authentic costumes, the gigantic tent, the live flowers, the hamburger, and the missing Juggernaut band and duck-dance dancers, it looks much like Louisville's Oktoberfest.

Yes, this is just one of many "plant seed" operations that disappear as soon as they think their base absorbed the rhetoric, sprouted roots, and moved on to the next weed.

David, if you need a list of airports, you can find them here. That would save you having to wait all night for people to list them one at a time.

I feel fortunate to have my own beliefs that I don't have to share with anyone. I don't need the approval or endorsement of one other person. It's very freeing.

Lea, I agree that the key is to teach children how to think and make choices for themselves. Those who make choices for themselves (children and adults) instead of basing their decisions on what someone else (or a church full of someone elses) thinks, or as a bargaining tool for getting into heaven or hell -- seem to be the people whose principles and consciences naturally guide them to care more about the world and the people in it. Maybe the added self-esteem from the sureness of knowing the self removes the need to be accepted by others and the risk of being pulled into unwise group decisions. Or, maybe not having the mind cluttered with someone else's rules and rituals leaves room for reasoning.

Sharing your hope for the future is what makes me so outspoken against organized religion. The organizers had successfully created an atmosphere in which many of the people who disagreed with their teachings or attitudes were intimidated into silence. I see that changing. Any time I speak out in a group now, if I speak first others follow.


Gaelyn, I am not so generous as those who came before me. When I come to an article, I expect there to actually be something there for me to read. A link without an explanation or opinion feels like a cheap shot to me. You invested more time in the question marks in your title and clicking boxes for groups than you did in telling me why I should care about clicking on your link.

I know it isn't polite to answer a question with a question, but sometimes it feels necessary. Why do people who know absolutely nothing about liberals keep writing about them?

What really matters is what the author whose work you copied thinks. I sent a link to Mr. Biden and he can make that decision.


(and sometimes I completely lose my mind and discuss WRITING)
Thanks again, Fleyshie. I'll be honest, cause that's what I like to do even when it embarrasses me.

I purposely left this vague (considered taking out the alcohol reference) because I think that parallels the lack of information the average "bomb them back to the stone ages" cheerleaders had when they formed their opinions about the wars we are currently waging. I expected mixed reactions but thought the one I would see most would be, "Get that jerk out of there."

It didn't take long to realize that I was unprepared for the sympathy people expressed for my brother, and blown away by the people who offered condolences to me. I owe Maggie and Lisa a huge apology for not writing their story well.

Sandy -
Your comments remind me what having an opinion means and the importance of stating it, for better or worse. I'm still finding my way through the Gather maze and I have no historical context, unlike people who've been here awhile. Your comments remind me that taking a stand is worth something, even if you only get sniped at for the effort. Your individuality shines through, a true writer's voice.

I envy that. I'm not in that league but I try to get beyond mediocrity. Trouble is, I also like to chat with all sorts of folks and that is where I get ambivalent. Some of the most boring or seemingly mindless games will suddenly spin into something creative, surprising everyone.

Nippy - Lol! I'd love to know the context behind that thread, the original message and all that.

Hey Jane...I just wanted to stop by and remind you that we're chatting about friendships and how they change after age 30. The chat runs from 8-9, but feel free to stop by later. To get to the chat, just click on my Icon then go to the third article (just a little gather glitch).

Story told by my recent comments:


Well, you do exist now. Was your friend of a green coloration as well?

Has anyone considered that perhaps impact with the rock bottom has already occurred? (We wouldn't need the tricky formulas then.

This is fishy. Not only is it spelled correctly, the letters are arranged in an artistically pleasing manner.

You sparked action! Joanne, congratulations. Your décolletage has been acknowledged as viewable by general audiences.

Wow. Are the neighbors signing up yet to borrow it?

Shouldn't this article appear above itself as a warning? My attorney is drafting a letter as I type.

But what if the slug eats Benjamin? Benjamin commented on my article and gave me POINTS. And Fritz is hungry, remember?

I couldn't care less. Or I could care less. Or more?

And I really don't know. But at least no one will ask me.

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!

Aniko - Yes! I was tickled by the acknowledgement of decolletage as "viewable by general audiences" followed by the comment "Wow. Are the neighbors signing up to borrow it?" followed, of course, by the perfectly reasonable question "Shouldn't this article appear above itself as a warning?..."

Tickled pink by that one.

I should have probably explained that Benjamin is a ficus.

Just because you own a circus monkey, doesn't make you an organ grinder

Keith - True. I think.

The "frog is talking..." comment came from the Subaheim-Wurbizer thing last week. Sweet little Kennedy's mother didn't believe that there were talking frogs.

Nippy - thanks for the extra details.

I got some great comments when I posted my shoes picture. Some where really funny.
I had so much fun with it that I changed it to be my icon. ;)

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I have 1 from my dad.As I told my lawer I'm not going to let them look me in the eye and cheat me.

I think I saved this one in my old e-mails because I didn't really get it - now it seems to make sense but I feel lazy to go collect the comments ....sorry good game though maybe start a new one with a similar theme !!!!!!

I wonder at the comments that say thanks for sharing-feel free to look at my articles , feels like an ad for them or something !!! Some folks are making a living from gather comments so I suppose it is an ad for them, way to go ....... if I could figure out how to make commenting pay I guess I would do it tooo