Comments on: List of Grievances http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Boot camp and beyond http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4906 Boot camp and beyond Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:03:46 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4906 [...] 2. banjeroo is consistently funny, but I liked this entry because it a) pointed me towards isoglossia’s List of Grievances and b) reminded me to stop sniffing and “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BLOW [MY] N [...] [...] 2. banjeroo is consistently funny, but I liked this entry because it a) pointed me towards isoglossia’s List of Grievances and b) reminded me to stop sniffing and “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BLOW [MY] N [...]

]]> By: gaoo http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4905 gaoo Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:52:24 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4905 I've often suspected you had at least one novel in you. I’ve often suspected you had at least one novel in you.

]]> By: Emily http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4759 Emily Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:04:44 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4759 Let no one--and I mean NO ONE--ever, EVER again interrupt a lecture on Donne with Twinkie wrapper crinkling. Let no one–and I mean NO ONE–ever, EVER again interrupt a lecture on Donne with Twinkie wrapper crinkling.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4757 sgazzetti Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:53:55 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4757 Let me be absolutely clear about one thing: this is not fiction. That said, the original Uniball-on-graph-paper version is long gone, like the play we wrote on beer coasters and cocktail napkins, jdog. This list survives only because it was inserted whole-cloth into an abortive novel attempt, and so a few (stress on few) tiny details were changed to fit that context. Chief among these details are the mentions of literature classes. The Hungarian linguistics professor's name was changed, and the Offender's name was also changed (but is here changed back). Her first name is here omitted, since I don't think releasing her entire identity to the internet is adequate punishment for brazen flossing of teeth during lecture on what was in fact not Donne but actually Theory of Bilingualism. Jdog is right: I did not take any poetry courses in graduate school, but I stand by the spirit and content of this list. Our play, "The Half-Assed Egoist", also survives through this transcription-of-fact-into-fiction-and-back-again manner. Look for it in this space soon. Let me be absolutely clear about one thing: this is not fiction. That said, the original Uniball-on-graph-paper version is long gone, like the play we wrote on beer coasters and cocktail napkins, jdog. This list survives only because it was inserted whole-cloth into an abortive novel attempt, and so a few (stress on few) tiny details were changed to fit that context. Chief among these details are the mentions of literature classes. The Hungarian linguistics professor’s name was changed, and the Offender’s name was also changed (but is here changed back). Her first name is here omitted, since I don’t think releasing her entire identity to the internet is adequate punishment for brazen flossing of teeth during lecture on what was in fact not Donne but actually Theory of Bilingualism.

Jdog is right: I did not take any poetry courses in graduate school, but I stand by the spirit and content of this list.

Our play, “The Half-Assed Egoist”, also survives through this transcription-of-fact-into-fiction-and-back-again manner. Look for it in this space soon.

]]> By: Roo http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4753 Roo Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:25:03 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4753 Oh god, I so dearly love this list. I must forward to a few people. Or link to it on my website. Oh god, I so dearly love this list. I must forward to a few people. Or link to it on my website.

]]> By: jdog http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4734 jdog Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:08:13 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4734 Ah, thank you, thank you. It has gotten better in this form, slightly different than the original. For example the addition of (sharp-cornered) which I think was not in the original adds some much needed context. I can assure you this woman was real. I was in these classes with her and JDS. I can assure you as well that this list is not complete--the original was several pages (all caps, on graph paper)--and it is all true. What would we have done in those classes without her? Would we have actually listened to Istvan? Heaven forfend. I do think you're making up the stuff about poetry, though. Unless you took some lit classes I was unaware of. Ah, thank you, thank you. It has gotten better in this form, slightly different than the original. For example the addition of (sharp-cornered) which I think was not in the original adds some much needed context.

I can assure you this woman was real. I was in these classes with her and JDS. I can assure you as well that this list is not complete–the original was several pages (all caps, on graph paper)–and it is all true. What would we have done in those classes without her? Would we have actually listened to Istvan? Heaven forfend.

I do think you’re making up the stuff about poetry, though. Unless you took some lit classes I was unaware of.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4723 sgazzetti Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:44:18 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4723 It was zesty sneezing, for sure. And of course I couldn't break this up over a series of days; that would be like cutting up a sheet of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_Jenny" title="Those upside-down airplane stamps" rel="nofollow">inverted Jennies</a> or selling Michael Jackson the Elephant Man's bones one at a time. It was zesty sneezing, for sure. And of course I couldn’t break this up over a series of days; that would be like cutting up a sheet of inverted Jennies or selling Michael Jackson the Elephant Man’s bones one at a time.

]]> By: gwynne http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4710 gwynne Wed, 15 Nov 2006 04:58:16 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4710 Priceless...just...priceless! The Category VI was also my personal favorite. And the sneezing...was it with <i>pickle</i> relish, polish style? Or was it a particular zestiness with which the sneezing took place? Priceless…just…priceless!

The Category VI was also my personal favorite. And the sneezing…was it with pickle relish, polish style? Or was it a particular zestiness with which the sneezing took place?

]]> By: SquamLoon http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 SquamLoon Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:40:33 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4691 Truly. You have a knack. Well grieved. And a researched follow-up on where Plücker is now would most definitely be the filling in the Twinkie™. Truly. You have a knack. Well grieved.

And a researched follow-up on where Plücker is now would most definitely be the filling in the Twinkie™.

]]> By: juliloquy http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 juliloquy Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:42:16 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4688 Just think, she's probably annoying her cubiclemates as we speak. Apricot scrub and floss IN THE CLASSROOM? Oh.My.God. Just think, she’s probably annoying her cubiclemates as we speak.

Apricot scrub and floss IN THE CLASSROOM? Oh.My.God.

]]> By: DarkoV http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 DarkoV Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:38:21 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4687 Mr. Sgazzetti, If you could post this in one day (I would have drawn it out over 6 days <b>at least</b> for NaBloWriMo), I'm assuming you have a cornucopia of delightful items in the beet cellar. Aside from you being hilarious, you are cruel beyond words. <b>Category VI</b> was my favorite. Coffee spray all over the keyboard. Well, it was geting a bit sticky. I'm off to DP for a replacement. Mr. Sgazzetti,
If you could post this in one day (I would have drawn it out over 6 days at least for NaBloWriMo), I’m assuming you have a cornucopia of delightful items in the beet cellar. Aside from you being hilarious, you are cruel beyond words.

Category VI was my favorite. Coffee spray all over the keyboard. Well, it was geting a bit sticky. I’m off to DP for a replacement.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4678 sgazzetti Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:02:44 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4678 This person was not only real, it looks like she was also ubiquitous. This person was not only real, it looks like she was also ubiquitous.

]]> By: Jane http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4662 Jane Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:11:35 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4662 HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA! Hee! I was also in school with this person. How can this be? HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA!

Hee!

I was also in school with this person. How can this be?

]]> By: Tuuli http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/14/list-of-grievances/comment-page-1/#comment-4658 Tuuli Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:04:16 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=415#comment-4658 This person was <i>real?!</i> Unbelievable. This person was real?! Unbelievable.

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