April 08, 2004

Around the traps

Can you hear it? Yes, the sound of a rapidly approaching long weekend. If you expect no posting here for the next four days you will find your expectations well-met. There's plenty of goodies to look at both here, in "My Best" list, my archives and of course in the weekly round-up.

Before I start, a little aside. What's with the slavish worship of Frank J? At times he's funny, yes, but so are plenty of other sites. I've never found myself rolling around the floor with tears coming down my face after reading his site. Sometimes I crack a smile or two, but that's about it. Two fan sites, including one here at Munu, seems over-the-top. I have a feeling I'm not alone here, either. Feel free to convince me I'm wrong or agree that I'm right. The latter is preferred.

This week Ilyka takes the prize after discovering the golden rule of blogging - it makes no sense.

Jim has two great challenges: firstly a petition for moderate Muslims to sign (with so far zero signatures) and a "find the lie" campaign (read the comments too).
Pixy also gets a double-whammy. He neatly sums up how to argue and gives the blogging world a faster MT builder. He is truly gifted.
As always Andres has interesting thoughts on this week's events in Hong Kong and the NPC and mentions Hans Blix is getting sillier.
Blackfive looks at the 10th anniversary of the Rwanada genocide.
Adam tells the story of a kid who made and lost a fortune in a day.
Finally Giles is leading a one-man campaign to bring back Harbour-Fest. And no, it's not Mike Rowse in disguise.

Posted by Simon at April 8, 2004 04:43 PM | TrackBack
Comments

who is Frank J?

never heard of him before.

where on earth do you get all these blogs from?

Posted by: giles at April 8, 2004 05:55 PM

I only read his site once, and I found him ruthlessly unfunny. The idol-worshipping of him gets up my nose, too.

I mean, clearly-if anyone should be worshipped, it should be you and Jim, right?

Have a good weekend with your family, dearie!

Posted by: Helen at April 8, 2004 07:51 PM

People think I'm funny. People like funny people.

The fan sites are a bit of a joke.

Chill, dude.

Posted by: Frank J. at April 9, 2004 12:39 AM

I hope your disdain for IMAO is as 'tongue-in-cheek' as are the Frank J. fan sites. If not, it seems that you take yourself (and IMAO) too seriously....

Posted by: kuhnzoo at April 9, 2004 02:15 AM

You dare insult the great and ALL-POWERFUL Frank J? We're coming for you! And your little dog too!

Posted by: hitleryouth at April 9, 2004 02:30 AM

Simon and his simians will too bow to Frank J. once he ascends to the throne of Goldberg's job... or else be really jealous. But then again Simon may already be jealous seeing as how at www.technorati.com he has "153 links from 72 sources" and Frank J. has "1306 links from 886 sources".

Posted by: Denny at April 9, 2004 02:32 AM

Yucky-Boo Simon, Yucky-Boo!


**eyes glazed over, drool comming from corner of mouth**

We love Frank
Frank is the best
Frank owns the world
We love Frank
Frank is the best
Frank owns the world

Just to show you how devoted we are to Frank, we shall now drink from his Kool-Aid.....

**gulp**

Hmmm, ok, well, apparently, thats just Kool-Aid, and not some Jonetownish plot, but never-the-less (hey, can I get another cup of Kool-Aid, thats good stuff), ummm, where was I.

Oh yea, Frank Rocks in much the same way that John Denver doesn't.

Posted by: Evil Midnight Poster what Posts at Midnight at April 9, 2004 03:02 AM

Get a fudge loving clue, would ya?

Yucky-Boo,
Friend of Frank the Ronin

Posted by: Yucky-Boo at April 9, 2004 03:06 AM

Muwahahahaha!

Frank's army of mindless worshipers is upon you, vile wretch! You shall rue the day you slandered our dread lord! Rue the day! And you will be punished for stealing the name of our favorite Chipmunk, too!

*Help! Frank uses drugged kool-aid to make us do his bidding and toil in his underground humor mines! Call the A-Team!*


S

Posted by: sandor at the zoo at April 9, 2004 03:26 AM

Yeeesssssssss we luvs Frank we do...our preccccccciioussssssssssss.

Posted by: Former Hostage at April 9, 2004 03:34 AM

"I've never found myself rolling around the floor with tears coming down my face after reading his site."

It's so sad that your tear ducts don't work properly. You should look into finding a doctor for that.

Posted by: Michelle at April 9, 2004 03:53 AM

Are you sure you didn't mean slovic worship?

Posted by: SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC at April 9, 2004 03:55 AM

Frank_J is my Second personal hero If I wasn't so determined to name my first born after myself Robert_J I would name him Frank_J

Posted by: Robert at April 9, 2004 03:59 AM

"Sometimes I crack a smile or two, but that's about it" -- were you born without laugh muscles? I'm sure there's a procedure that will fix that.

Posted by: sarahk at April 9, 2004 04:16 AM

How dare you malign the great and powerful Frank J.!

I myself, have found tears on my face after reading an especially humourous "In My World" post, albeit tears of rage that anyone can compete with my spell-binding powers.

Beware! Those who disrespect the Monkey-Master shall reap the whirlwind of Chomps. Beware!

I bet you think the Limey is funny...

Posted by: Fascist McFascist at April 9, 2004 04:19 AM

Be wary in your taunts of the mighty Frank J. For he has super powers. Like him being able to go mmmmmmmmmmmPAH! and make your head explode. He is a modern day titan! FEAR HIM!!!

Posted by: Joel at April 9, 2004 04:48 AM

That's right Ronin! He sucks capitalist canal-water!

Join us! Carl, XTREME ONE, Johnny and, uh, oh yeah, Spinach Militant.


"did I leave anybody out"?

Posted by: Tony Pentin at April 9, 2004 05:12 AM

I'm with you, Simon. Sometimes he's very funny but mostly it's pretty mediocre. Personally, I don't get the fascination. His fans are clearly drooling morons.

Posted by: Bill at April 9, 2004 05:20 AM

I'm with you Simon... Phuck Phrnak... he can't even spell his own name right half the time... Spnak Frnak... he's got that stupid little gang of yo-yos and wieinies and he doesn't even blogroll them... what a turd!

Posted by: Madfish Willie at April 9, 2004 05:40 AM

Does everyone criticize Den Beste for not blogrolling everybody?

Oh, wait, I did...

Posted by: Frank J. at April 9, 2004 05:47 AM

Heh heh ... "spinach militant". That's pretty good.


S

Posted by: sandor at the zoo at April 9, 2004 05:53 AM

Den Beste doesn't have a gang...or fan clubs... or any of that other self-absorbed bullshit.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at April 9, 2004 06:23 AM

slavish worshipper? We prefer 'servile disciple', thank you. Now where's my pie? I was promised pie to come bug you.

Posted by: keith taylor at April 9, 2004 06:32 AM

Shut yer pie-hole, slave-boy!

Posted by: Madfish Willie at April 9, 2004 06:35 AM

Given that one of those fan sites is run by Jennifer...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 9, 2004 06:55 AM

Frank is way funnier than that Glenn Reynolds punk.

p.s. Glenn Reynolds blends up puppies into protien shakes.

Posted by: IL DUCHE at April 9, 2004 07:20 AM

Pixy,
Jennifer loves me; that's why she teases me so much. It's just like kids in elementary school.

Simon,
BTW, good idea with the google bomb. Must help the joooos!

Posted by: Frank J. at April 9, 2004 07:32 AM

FrnakJ rules. He's the reason the Internet was invented, just ask Al Gore.
We are merely waiting until He's 35 to vote him in as president so He can implement His Realistic Plan for World Peace.

Oh yeah,
Yucky boo Simon.

Thanks for the links though. Pretty good.

Posted by: Veeshir at April 9, 2004 07:54 AM

Hey Simon, you don't think Frank J. is funny?
What are you a Limey or something?

If you are, get off our Internet! It is for the use of Americans ONLY!

When Frank is the Emperor of the World, your name won't be on THE LIST (of people he will allow to live & worship him).

BTW, buy his T-shirt!

Posted by: Frank worshiper at April 9, 2004 08:04 AM

All you monkies go back over to Frank's and fling your poo at each other over there.

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 08:09 AM

Monkies? Monkies? I'll cut you for that!

Posted by: slave master at April 9, 2004 08:18 AM

You have the brain of a microcephalic lemur, transplanted into the rotting carcass of a common swine. You roll around in the puke of dogs, masturbating furiously. You emerge from your nest of flattened milk cartons each morning to toil until sundown emptying portable toilets.

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 08:31 AM

Rumor has it Frank's almost incomprehensible in person (owing to his heavily accented and alchohol-slurred speech) and this combined with his being dirt poor and ugly makes him very uncomfortable with human interaction of any kind. He has therefore moved himself far from the mainstream of human society, thereby earning its eternal gratitude.

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 08:33 AM

Neither interesting nor noteworthy, this ongoing impression of tepid tapwater adopts whatever pose Frank feels would be most likely to appease his attackers so that he can meekly return to ignominy.

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 08:36 AM

Frank was considered a cheap alternative to expensive crash test dummies. He was rewarded for years of faithful service with his very own bag of shiny things to play with, and a computer.

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 08:36 AM

Hey Moe, is Amanda there? Last name Huggenkiss

Wanker!

Posted by: slave master at April 9, 2004 08:40 AM

Incoherent and sloppy, Slave Master wavers in and out of consciousness while composing his responses.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at April 9, 2004 08:51 AM

Madfish Willie, go back to playing D&D in your mom's basement.

Posted by: slave master at April 9, 2004 08:59 AM

In an attempt to make him seem more realistic, Slave Master's puppeteer recently retrofit the his script with some hints of personality. Still, judging by his range of expression you'd swear that the hand up his ass is Frank Js.

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 09:16 AM

Slave Master:

You impress me less than the contents of my 'kerchief after I've blown my nose.

Posted by: Madfish Willie at April 9, 2004 09:53 AM

Moe is a lousy monkey-lover. He probably wanks off to a big pin-up of Zira on his bedroom wall, while he listens to gun-hating hippy music.

Worse than that, he's a liberal! HA! Bet you didn't know that little secrete was out, Moe!!

Posted by: Frnak brain slave at April 9, 2004 10:05 AM

A tattooed truck driver with the manners and sophistication to go along with the look, Slave Master spends all of her time arguing that the past tense of 'blind' is 'blound.'

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 10:13 AM

Slave Master, Can I borrow your face for a few days while my ass is on vacation?

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 11:16 AM

Boy, Simon, did you ever step in it.

Regarding Frank J., I'm reminded of the saying, "It's not Jesus I have a problem with; it's his fan club."

Actually, that's the same problem I have with Den Beste. Him I like all right; all the drooling dorks who link everything he ever writes and label it "TODAY'S REQUIRED READING!" can piss off.

Posted by: ilyka at April 9, 2004 11:39 AM

I'm not allowed to use the f-word in these? Do you have any IDEA how difficult it is for me to express myself without that word?!? :)

Posted by: ilyka at April 9, 2004 11:40 AM

It is interesting that most of these comments are funnier than Frank, even Frank's comments!

The only person I feel sorry for here is Jen. I didn't mean for her to get in the middle of all this. But them's the breaks.

This isn't the end, my friends. No, it's only the beginning......bhuwhahahahahahaha.

Posted by: Simon at April 9, 2004 11:57 AM

Slave Master, consider yourself SPANKED!!

Posted by: Moe Syzslak at April 9, 2004 01:06 PM

*yawn* well, that quickly degenerated into unfunny nonsense.

Posted by: Ted at April 9, 2004 09:43 PM

I can agree to the unfunnyness on this site. Most of it coming from Moe Syzslak and Madfish Willie. You two need to get a sense of humor or maybe just need some time away from your computers or something. Go read a book (if you can read, that is..) or maybe you can watch a play, or possibly so something USEFUL with your lives.

Then again, you will probably just make some inane comments that I wont bother to rean anyway.

Later

Posted by: Gerrick at April 15, 2004 03:00 AM

How can such an obvious Simpsons fan be so mean for no reason? You bring disgrace to the name Syzslak. "That's not your list, you just took Richard Nixons and crossed out his name and put yours in!" "All right, that's it- 'Barney Gumble'"
As for the Frank J fanclub, which I am a member, calm down guys. We appreciate a good joke, and idolize a stupid one. Someone who is a 'fan' of the Simpsons, as you claim to be, should realize that. Plus Frank J should be supreme overlord of the universe

Posted by: John Galt at April 15, 2004 03:29 AM

How can such an obvious Simpsons fan be so mean for no reason? You bring disgrace to the name Syzslak. "That's not your list, you just took Richard Nixons and crossed out his name and put yours in!" "All right, that's it- 'Barney Gumble'"
As for the Frank J fanclub, which I am a member, calm down guys. We appreciate a good joke, and idolize a stupid one. Someone who is a 'fan' of the Simpsons, as you claim to be, should too. Plus Frank J should be supreme overlord of the universe

Posted by: John Galt at April 15, 2004 03:30 AM

LOL
Frank J and his army of Republicans will rule the world and kill all liberals, democrats, monkeys and frenchmen that stand in their way!!!
ALL HAIL FRANK J!!!!

Posted by: cooplayer at April 15, 2004 08:05 AM

What was the question again?

Posted by: Curtis the Marine at April 15, 2004 09:13 AM

Moe found himself a nice little insult generator. He's dreamy.

Posted by: krakatoa at April 16, 2004 06:21 AM
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