turq, I enjoy some of what Robin writes and think he adds to the richness of
FFL so would welcome his return.
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From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 3:10 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Announcing the Robin Carlsen Memorial Narcissism Award
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. 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...
