My chances of getting a job there at the time were monumentally slim at best. Danyel Smith was none too impressed with my witty banter, alas. Also, given the fact that I really don't give the slightest whiff of a damn about 99% of the stuff they covered, it once again should be noted that it would not have been a good fit for any of the involved. Still, I lament that they're yet another music mag that has surrendered.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:06 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
maybe you should've practiced your witty banter on ILM now and again.
― some dude, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:40 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― zzz (deej), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:09 (seventeen years ago)
Oh that's just textbook zinging.
― Milijas now living will never die (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, July 1, 2009 4:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no way, that was a perfect re-purposing
― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:21 (seventeen years ago)
No, textbook as in "exemplary".
― Milijas now living will never die (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:51 (seventeen years ago)
"textbook" is the highest compliment available to the Briton
― caek, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:54 (seventeen years ago)
that or "tophole", and you don't really wanna use tophole in mixed company
― Milijas now living will never die (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:54 (seventeen years ago)
xD
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:54 (seventeen years ago)
ahhhh
― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:13 (seventeen years ago)
do british people really like textbooks?
― harbl, Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:31 (seventeen years ago)
they use them for reference the odd time
― [email protected] (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:32 (seventeen years ago)
Do Americans like pickup trucks
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:33 (seventeen years ago)
thats a pickup truck zing right there
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:34 (seventeen years ago)
And one
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:37 (seventeen years ago)
brits are strangely fixated with education, e.g.:
something exemplary is "textbook",a foolish mistake is a "schoolboy error",being fired is "getting your jotters".
i am sure there are more.
― the shock will be coupled with the need to dance (jim), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:38 (seventeen years ago)
head of Conservative Party is "witless Public School boy"
― Milijas now living will never die (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:39 (seventeen years ago)
lol
― the shock will be coupled with the need to dance (jim), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:40 (seventeen years ago)
finding out that your girlfriend is cheating on you with your brother is being "late for prep"
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:40 (seventeen years ago)
being sent to jail for upwards of 10 years is "a seeing-to round the back of the fives courts"
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:41 (seventeen years ago)
that happens enough to brits that it has its own phrase? xp
― harbl, Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:41 (seventeen years ago)
i feel like i'm being played here lj
― harbl, Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:42 (seventeen years ago)
failing to justify one's absence from a party is "tuckshop robbery"
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:42 (seventeen years ago)
^^^late for prep
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:43 (seventeen years ago)
Xp
an ill-fated love-affair is a "morning break crush"
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:46 (seventeen years ago)
A dose of gonorrhea is "spotted dick with pink custard"
― Milijas now living will never die (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:47 (seventeen years ago)
losing a limb in an industrial accident is "missing the form assembly"
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:48 (seventeen years ago)
Having your bank cards taken off you and cut in half by the bank manager is a "field trip"
― Milijas now living will never die (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:49 (seventeen years ago)
hey, this is thread that stopped being funny
― a ho (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:51 (seventeen years ago)
Travelling over 200 miles to save a marriage Explaining humour to Americans is "double Geography"
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:52 (seventeen years ago)
right i'm off to the "dorm" for a bit of "prefect's cane"!
― lynndie englisher (country matters), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:53 (seventeen years ago)
british humour has an extra letter that makes it incompatible with american humor
― a ho (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:55 (seventeen years ago)
sounds like a problem with u
― what if deeznuts comes back like that (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:56 (seventeen years ago)
i think i got a humor from an american girl once, and very nice it was too
― [email protected] (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:57 (seventeen years ago)
put me in right good humour, in fact
― [email protected] (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 July 2009 00:58 (seventeen years ago)
shush we can't hear the bingo numbers
― estela, Thursday, 2 July 2009 01:05 (seventeen years ago)
i regret my last post
― caek, Thursday, 2 July 2009 01:44 (seventeen years ago)
Would've posted Curtis' last one here, but demurred to excelsior
― an average room of dentists (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 July 2009 04:33 (seventeen years ago)
Look, Morbs, if you blow a gasket and your brain explodes, it won't be because you were using it.
― bad hijab (suzy), Thursday, July 2, 2009 8:30 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― am0ncipation proclamation (some dude), Thursday, 2 July 2009 16:58 (seventeen years ago)
woooooooooooooooow
― i yelled "BIG HOOS" but i was yelling at my steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 July 2009 17:35 (seventeen years ago)
you misspelled blaow
― carpathian florist (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 July 2009 17:39 (seventeen years ago)
BRUCKABRUCKABRUCK
― i yelled "BIG HOOS" but i was yelling at my steen (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 2 July 2009 17:40 (seventeen years ago)
bruck bruck that's the sound of the truck
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 2 July 2009 18:11 (seventeen years ago)
BLAKAAAAH!
― a ho (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 July 2009 22:33 (seventeen years ago)
TADOW
― carpathian florist (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 July 2009 22:38 (seventeen years ago)
BUCK BUCK
― a ho (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 July 2009 23:06 (seventeen years ago)
A PIECE OF PAPER
― carpathian florist (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 July 2009 23:07 (seventeen years ago)
in college there were these two girls my friends and i called "the headband girls", because they always wore headbands and were hot as fukk.
― enbba champions (omar little), Wednesday, July 8, 2009 6:08 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
great fuckin story kid
― Turnswagonesque (some dude), Wednesday, July 8, 2009 6:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 06:38 (sixteen years ago)
bad santa ref XD
― zzz (deej), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 07:14 (sixteen years ago)
lol i haven't even seen that movie, it just cracks me up anytime you say that
― Turnswagonesque (some dude), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 09:42 (sixteen years ago)
its actually 'thats an awesome fucken story kid' now that i think abt it
― zzz (deej), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 23:54 (sixteen years ago)
x-post - You should see that movie.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Wednesday, 8 July 2009 23:55 (sixteen years ago)