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Dear friends and fiends,
I have deep and troubling concerns.
I’ve tried to let it slide, but I am a natural admonisher and something must be said.
We’ve been slipping. Pnet is suffering for our neglect.
I was hoping I wouldn’t have to address this issue, but … Are we REALLY going to let non sequitur replies to three year old comments become our dominant posts? Is Jeep our new ambassador? Is this what we really want internet surfers to see as they walk through the front doors of our club house? I don’t wish to be unkind, but I take solace in knowing he won’t remember this post in a few hours, or possibly even who I am.
Peter! Where have you retired to? Does that place not have electricity? I hope you’re keeping warm.
Martin! We need someone to shut down the trolls with such mind blowing eloquence it makes them fearful of ever returning. EVER!!
(or perhaps you've done TOO good a job.)
Taxi Trix! Where be thy witty repartee and philosophical quips of olde?
Dr. Eric! Commoooon. We all know you’re pissed off about something! Tira Banks? Reality Television? Handlebar mustaches? You’ve got to have garnered some things to say in the last two years of silence. I’d even let you mock my heritage, if you’d only come back for a while. (Although, I’m not sure what you could possibly mock about the Germans. We’re pretty much perfect.)
Etienne! Say something about France! Is the bread there better than the bread in America? I’ve forgotten. …It’s been so long that I’ve actually forgotten!!
Rachel Peters! Would you STOP burning copies of that friggen “film” you keep bragging about and write something funny for once?!
Jester! …This has gotten so bad that I’m bating JESTER!!! Come play, will you? I saw Martin here somewhere, it’ll be fun, I promise!
Butterfly Man! …Well, you’re still here and I admire you greatly for it. Don’t you ever leave us. Don’t you die on me, man. Not here. Not now. Not like this.
Do you all really think this is what our forefather, Jim would have intended to become of our meeting place?? Mr. Show would be turning in his grave.
Contrary to a juicy rumour I've heard on "the circuit", I do not "have a crush on everyone". I am simply very enthusiastic about this big, little family we got here.
(Yep, rumours get around, boys. They aaaalways do.)
So, family -- Let's keep in touch, eh? I'm excited about you!
In closing, please don’t let what we have together die. This relationship is NOT 50/50, people, it’s 100/100.
We all need to do our part and chip in. Take one for the team and write something intriguing. At least try. Don’t just stand there like a deer caught in the Jeep headlights.
From the cockles of my heart,
Rational Peters.
I have deep and troubling concerns.
I’ve tried to let it slide, but I am a natural admonisher and something must be said.
We’ve been slipping. Pnet is suffering for our neglect.
I was hoping I wouldn’t have to address this issue, but … Are we REALLY going to let non sequitur replies to three year old comments become our dominant posts? Is Jeep our new ambassador? Is this what we really want internet surfers to see as they walk through the front doors of our club house? I don’t wish to be unkind, but I take solace in knowing he won’t remember this post in a few hours, or possibly even who I am.
Peter! Where have you retired to? Does that place not have electricity? I hope you’re keeping warm.
Martin! We need someone to shut down the trolls with such mind blowing eloquence it makes them fearful of ever returning. EVER!!
(or perhaps you've done TOO good a job.)
Taxi Trix! Where be thy witty repartee and philosophical quips of olde?
Dr. Eric! Commoooon. We all know you’re pissed off about something! Tira Banks? Reality Television? Handlebar mustaches? You’ve got to have garnered some things to say in the last two years of silence. I’d even let you mock my heritage, if you’d only come back for a while. (Although, I’m not sure what you could possibly mock about the Germans. We’re pretty much perfect.)
Etienne! Say something about France! Is the bread there better than the bread in America? I’ve forgotten. …It’s been so long that I’ve actually forgotten!!
Rachel Peters! Would you STOP burning copies of that friggen “film” you keep bragging about and write something funny for once?!
Jester! …This has gotten so bad that I’m bating JESTER!!! Come play, will you? I saw Martin here somewhere, it’ll be fun, I promise!
Butterfly Man! …Well, you’re still here and I admire you greatly for it. Don’t you ever leave us. Don’t you die on me, man. Not here. Not now. Not like this.
Do you all really think this is what our forefather, Jim would have intended to become of our meeting place?? Mr. Show would be turning in his grave.
Contrary to a juicy rumour I've heard on "the circuit", I do not "have a crush on everyone". I am simply very enthusiastic about this big, little family we got here.
(Yep, rumours get around, boys. They aaaalways do.)
So, family -- Let's keep in touch, eh? I'm excited about you!
In closing, please don’t let what we have together die. This relationship is NOT 50/50, people, it’s 100/100.
We all need to do our part and chip in. Take one for the team and write something intriguing. At least try. Don’t just stand there like a deer caught in the Jeep headlights.
From the cockles of my heart,
Rational Peters.
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