--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > For those who pride themselves either on their corpulent egos or their > misguided belief in their own writing abilities (or both), we are > pleased to announce a mini-contest on Fairfield Life.
Do you ever stop long enough to read what you write and realize it's all about you? I have to say, you are the strangest, blindest human bean I have ever encountered. > The duration of > this contest extends through the rest of 2013, and will be repeated > annually. The recipient will receive the coveted Robin Carlsen > Narcissism Trophy, a large statuette of the word ME carved by a known > artist from a solid block of bullshit, and then gold-plated. > > The rules of this contest are simple: > > > * You must write a number of "serial posts," each with the same > Subject line, each lambasting some personal enemy who has affronted you, > and whom you must officially Take To Task, For The Greater Benefit Of > Humanity. > > > * Each of these serial posts must be (in honor of the poster whose > name adorns the trophy) a minimum of 3,000 words in length. You may > "pad" your entries somewhat by including long quotes from the person you > are ragging on, but if the word count of these quotes exceeds your own > verbiage, you risk disqualification. > > > * Each of the serial posts in a series must have a singular focus, in > that most of the rants have to be trying to "get" one specific enemy. Of > course you can throw in the occasional tirade against *other* people on > this forum you hate, but again if you include too many, you risk > disqualification. > > > * The number of posts to be included in this series is up to you, but > be warned that the "standard" in this contest was set by its namesake, > so any number less than five in a row, separated by any more than a day > between posts, will be perceived (and rightly) as the slacking it is. > > > * At the end of your post series, to qualify for the award you must > present an impassioned, whiny plea/demand to the hate-object you are > ragging on (and to anyone else reading your post series) to RESPOND, and > in fact respond by arguing with you about *every* point you made. You > are free to impugn their character in any way you want if they do NOT > respond, and you are free to make multiple whine-posts demanding a > RESPONSE, even after the series is over. > > Points will be awarded for the total number of posts per series, total > word count, and amount of sheer invective hurled, as well as lack of > creativity and bad writing (which we assume is a given for anyone > entering the contest). > > Extra points will be awarded for achieving near-Robin-like levels of > manic narcissism and obsession, as demonstrated by the posts being made > late at night, well after midnight posters' time, staring glassy-eyed at > the screen and spewing venom non-stop in a veritable shitstorm of > invective. (This should not be a problem for anyone choosing to enter > such a contest, judging from past history.) > > *Serious* extra points will be awarded to posters taking their *own* > faults and weaknesses and projecting them onto their enemy. > > Good luck, and may the Best Narcissist win... >
