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Thread: Best Putdown
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Simon
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A great putdown redraws the battlefield, leaving your opponent nowhere to go. Whether it's a withering one-liner, the pulling apart of a straw man, or a new and intriguing use for a decaying piece of agricultural equipment, we want to honour the author of the best putdown of 2008.
When nominating on this thread, please follow the format shown in the next post. If you don't have all the info you need to complete the nomination fields, you're not yet ready to nominate. Just make a regular post asking for the help of others in finding what you're looking for.
How to find out the URL for an individual post: go to the post and find the tiny page icon which is just to the left of the date (at the top of the post). Right-click the icon (or on a Mac, control-click it) and select "copy link" from the dropdown menu. You can now paste the link URL into your nomination.
Please note: Your nomination post should simply contain your nomination and nothing else.
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Simon
Editor
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NOMINATION
I nominate: Shipmate who made the putdown
For: Best Putdown
Posted on the thread: Thread title
URL: Insert clickable link to the individual post here
My reasons for nominating: Your comments in full here
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Esmeralda
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Kingsfold, your link does not link to the post you think it links to. Only to the thread.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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quote:
Originally posted by Yerevan:
quote:
Originally posted by kingsfold:
Buggeration. Let's try that again...
I nominate: Zappa
Seconded ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Thirded ! (I actually came into styx this evening to post that very quote ...)
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frin
Drinking coffee for Jesus
# 9
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What a shame that the rules mean that as a host Zappa is not eligible for nomination for this award.
Further nominations are welcome.
'frin
Host of the Shippies
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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Double buggeration.
Still, even if Zappa isn't eligible, I think it deserves an honourable mention!
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Socratic-enigma
Shipmate
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NOMINATION
I nominate Arrietty
for Best Putdown
on the'Golden Asshat' thread (in Hell)
In response to RuthW's comment
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"As for those complaining about the Golden Asshat Award both here and in the Styx: grow up, get a sense of humor, get a sense of proportion, and get a life."
Arrietty succinctly replied:
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"This could be equally useful advice for those who are getting ratty about people complaining about the Golden Asshat award, of course.
If you don't like complaints about the Golden Asshat award why read them?
'Ouch!' (RuthW slinks off scraping pie from face)
S-E
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Zwingli
Shipmate
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Such a shame this post by Ken is a month or two too old. It could also have been a nominee for Best Post, Best Hell Denizen, and ironically for Best Theologian.
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kingsfold
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Now that the rules have been changed, can my nomination of Zappa be reinstated? Or do I have to repost the nomination?
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Flausa
Mad Woman
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Red Carpet Gown on
Kingsfold, there's no need to repost your nomination. We'll be sure to pick it up when putting the poll together.
Red Carpet Gown off
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kingsfold
Shipmate
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Thanks Flausa.
I am glad it's now included - it was particularly fine!
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And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
# 107
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NOMINATION
I nominate Firenze
For Best Putdown
Posted on You're all Asshats, the lot of you
The woman that rared you would drown nothing.
It is very clear and succinct and so completely dismissive.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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so seconded! I am in awe of that woman.
and I'm totally stealing that putdown for my own use, too.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Firenze has what is known as 'a way with words'. There are precious few of them posting in the circus (Ariel is another) so they tend to get noticed when they do. I'm glad to see she has been nominated.
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Adam.
Like as the
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NOMINATION
I nominate Doublethink
For Best Putdown
Posted on thread: Belle Ringer's Church
Link: OP
Reasons: For saying what many were thinking in a much more subtly and cunnily passive aggressive way than I ever thought possible. I'm not sure Belle even realized she was being insulted.
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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NOMINATION
I nominate: Moo
For: Best Putdown
Thread: Sad Cunts
Link: here
Reason: Moo always uses language precisely and in most cases graciously. Here, however, her response to a regrettable OP is a masterpiece, and without stooping to the crude language of the OP'er.
[ 21. December 2008, 00:28: Message edited by: Geneviève ]
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Rossweisse
High Church Valkyrie
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I second the nomination of Moo. Brava. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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NOMINATION
I nominate: dj_ordinaire
Thread: Children and what to do with them (Ecclesiantics)
Link here
Reason: dj_o has a way with words at the best of times anyway, but this one really made me laugh.
[ 24. December 2008, 07:33: Message edited by: Spike ]
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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Excellent nomination, and especially as it is not in Hell.
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
# 6855
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NOMINATION Best Putdown
I nominate: Presleyterian
For: Best Putdown
Posted on the thread: Golden Asshat
URL: Here.
My reasons for nominating:
So many strong contenders but Presley's putdown was not only withering but satisfyingly topical to current events.
[ 30. December 2008, 02:16: Message edited by: Gort ]
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Flausa
Mad Woman
# 3466
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NOMINATION
I nominate: Preslyterian
For Best Putdown
Posted on the Thread: Golden Asshat
URL: Having the discretion to leave a thought, opinion, or complaint unexpressed isn't a concept I'd expect you to grasp.
My reason for nominating: This putdown is timeless, succint, and expresses an acute knowledge of the opposing poster while being adaptable to a wider target range. Besides which, Preslyterian is probably the only Shipmate whose posting abilities would encourage me to read all her posts again. She can say in less than 2500 posts what it can take others 10000+ much less elegant posts to say. My posts want to be her posts when they grow up.
[ 06. January 2009, 13:48: Message edited by: Flausa ]
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Sine Nomine
Ship's backstabbing bastard
# 66
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NOMINATION Best Putdown
I nominate: Presleyterian
For: Best Putdown
Posted on the thread: Golden Asshat
URL: Here.
My reasons for nominating:
I have to 3rd Gort and Flausa because my immediate response upon reading it was "OUCH! Thank God it wasn't me." - the mark, in my mind at least, of a truly excellent putdown.
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RooK
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My posts want to have Presleyterian's post's babies.
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Alfred E. Neuman
What? Me worry?
# 6855
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Originally posted by Sine Nomine:
Uhm...my 'reasons for nominating' would make a tiny bit more sense had I linked to Flausa's nominated post, which was actually the one I had in mind.
That'll learn ya to cut and paste my posts. Sure Flausa's link is succinct but this one is better.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
# 473
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NOMINATION
I nominate: Spiffy
For: Best Putdown
Posted on the thread: The Sunday after Christmas
here
My reasons for nominating: This is a completely unexpected angle on a putdown - not nasty in any sense, but a very funny retort which squarely puts Amos's compliment in a completely new light, as someone trying to get out of doing something by flattery of another. Which wasn't Amos's intention at all.....
Well, it made me laugh, anyway - and right on the last day of the competition, too! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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