RITA'S CXLVI: They Tell Me Revenge is Sweet and From Where They Stand I’m Sure it is

[Paradox]

Michael P is at least half there:

Less "acquaintances", more "family members."

I could say the same, except that I never thought "these people are cool".

[Slam_Bradley]

Less "acquaintances", more "family members."

Yep. I damn near got in to a fist-fight with my wife's uncle at Christmas over a number of issues.

[Royal]

My sister is begging me for a Go phone.

God, I love being Daddy Warbucks. [/sarcasm]

[Donald M.]

Anyone else get a random friend request from a user called "netalife"?

I almost accepted it because what's the harm, but then I noticed that their avatar is a weird corporate-looking logo, which seemed kinda spammy to me. Plus, their signature is, "A Unique Online Journey" and I'm like, what the fuck does that even mean?

[Strongbad]DELETED!!!!![/Strongbad]

[Spackling Compound]

Classic rock radio. Why almost without a fault on every CRR station is Billy Joel considered to be "classic rock" or even earlier rock and yet, Barry Manilow is not?

How come this?

[Donald M.]

Classic rock radio. Why almost without a fault on every CRR station is Billy Joel considered to be "classic rock" or even earlier rock and yet, Barry Manilow is not?

How come this?

I guess Billy Joel is just cool enough (Apparently. It's news to me!) to qualify, while Barry's a total square and thus relegated to Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary stations.

Billy of course makes the cut on both types of stations, which means he's a crossover hit with the oldsters who've deluded themselves into thinking they're still cool and the ones who've stopped caring.

[bipolar danger girl]

You are the bestest friend ever.

I know.

Has this ever happened to you? You're having a conversation with a couple of new acquaintances and it's a lot of fun. You're joking around and you find that you have the same sense of humor and share similar interests and you're thinking: " These people are pretty cool. I should ask them to dinner with my wife and I. " and then the guy says something fucking racist and offensive about Obama.

God, I fucking hate that.

You and your lovely wife should go to dinner with my husband and I. Your wife would fucking hate me, and you fucking hate me, BUT you would both love my husband. He's nice.

My sister is begging me for a Go phone.

God, I love being Daddy Warbucks. [/sarcasm]

What's a GO! phone? Sounds like a Super Friends gadget. Can I have one too, Daddy? *twirl*

Anyone else get a random friend request from a user called "netalife"?

I almost accepted it because what's the harm, but then I noticed that their avatar is a weird corporate-looking logo, which seemed kinda spammy to me. Plus, their signature is, "A Unique Online Journey" and I'm like, what the fuck does that even mean?

[Strongbad]DELETED!!!!![/Strongbad]

Yay! Donald has a stalker! And it isn't even me!

I accept all friend requests, because it's my stalkers who should be afraid.

[bipolar danger girl]

I guess Billy Joel is just cool enough (Apparently. It's news to me!) to qualify, while Barry's a total square and thus relegated to Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary stations.

Billy of course makes the cut on both types of stations, which means he's a crossover hit with the oldsters who've deluded themselves into thinking they're still cool and the ones who've stopped caring.

Billy Joel is so cool!

[Slam_Bradley]

I guess Billy Joel is just cool enough (Apparently. It's news to me!) to qualify, while Barry's a total square and thus relegated to Easy Listening/Adult Contemporary stations.

Billy of course makes the cut on both types of stations, which means he's a crossover hit with the oldsters who've deluded themselves into thinking they're still cool and the ones who've stopped caring.

Manilow was never "cool." He was popular, but it was a campy uncomfortable popular. I'd argue that Billy Joel wasn't ever cool either but his early albums had him being aloof enough that he at least wasn't...Manilow. So the people who still think they're edgy by listening to the same warmed-over crap on "classic rock" stations and too "cool" for Adult Contemporary will listen to Joel.

So...what Donald said.

[bipolar danger girl]

Manilow was never "cool." He was popular, but it was a campy uncomfortable popular. I'd argue that Billy Joel wasn't ever cool either but his early albums had him being aloof enough that he at least wasn't...Manilow. So the people who still think they're edgy by listening to the same warmed-over crap on "classic rock" stations and too "cool" for Adult Contemporary will listen to Joel.

So...what Donald said.

No. What I said. Billy Joel is cool. Or was cool. He fucked Christy Brinkley! She's STILL hot!

[bipolar danger girl]

My boys asked to wear their super hero costumes on our bike ride today. We decided we were going to find Joker's lair, and my son found clues along the way that let us know we were on the right track. A plane flew overhead, and my youngest said "Bye-Bye, Joker, Bye-Bye." Then my oldest son started singing Fly like a G6, like a G6. It was greatness.

[Squirrel]

My boys asked to wear their super hero costumes on our bike ride today. We decided we were going to find Joker's lair, and my son found clues along the way that let us know we were on the right track. A plane flew overhead, and my youngest said "Bye-Bye, Joker, Bye-Bye." Then my oldest son started singing Fly like a G6, like a G6. It was greatness.

1) your kids are awesome
2) wtf does that song even mean?!?!

[Donald M.]

2) wtf does that song even mean?!?!

Fly (As in dope, hep, down, coolio.) like a G6 (Gulfstream G650, a big expensive airplane.).

Apparently another rapper made a reference in one of his songs to owning a Gulfstream IV and they're saying they're cooler than him because they're like a G6, which is presumably a better plane.

Yes, Hip Hop can be shockingly dumb at times. No more so than most genres of music though.

[bipolar danger girl]

Fly (As in dope, hep, down, coolio.) like a G6 (Gulfstream G650, a big expensive airplane.).

Apparently another rapper made a reference in one of his songs to owning a Gulfstream IV and they're saying they're cooler than him because they're like a G6, which is presumably a better plane.

Yes, Hip Hop can be shockingly dumb at times. No more so than most genres of music though.

You are a Hip Hop nerd.

[Squirrel]

Fly (As in dope, hep, down, coolio.) like a G6 (Gulfstream G650, a big expensive airplane.).

Apparently another rapper made a reference in one of his songs to owning a Gulfstream IV and they're saying they're cooler than him because they're like a G6, which is presumably a better plane.

Yes, Hip Hop can be shockingly dumb at times. No more so than most genres of music though.

Well, at least it wasn't all bitches and hoes again, I guess. *roll eyes*