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Nine Years of Trying to Explain My Position, part I of V

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, November 28, 2011, 09:01:33 PM

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November 28, 2011, 09:01:33 PM Last Edit: November 28, 2011, 09:22:50 PM by The Good Reverend Roger
Yeah, so about the whole Milwaukee thing...It's kind of a portrait of America in the dying days of the republic, right?  There's Richie and Potsi and Ralph Malph, and they're having civilized adventures and civilized problems, which they solve by the guidance of a wise father and a lovable rogue who lives in the apartment over the garage.

And time goes by, right?  Time sort of goes from 1955 to 1965 (or 1976-1984, if you prefer), and things change.  Richie and Ralph got hauled out back of Arnold's Drive In and got their asses kicked by a place called Vietnam.  They came back alive in time for Joanie's wedding, but they weren't the same.  Oh, they put on a good show, I mean, who wants to ruin the little sisters wedding, right?  But they didn't know what to say or when to laugh, and Joanie always remembered the wedding reception as being a little sad.

Some time shortly after that, Richie's dad took a nap in the office of his hardware store and never woke up.  It was kind of a blessing, because it wasn't long after that the national chains moved in and shut the little guy down, right?  It would have killed him to have to admit defeat and close up shop.  Richie's mom lived on and on and on, enough time to see Joanie's husband "Chachi" develop his gambling problem.  And the drink.  So Joanie moves back in with her, right?  And a couple of years later, Joanie comes home from work and her mother asks "Who are you?"  Let's not talk about that, though, you know about that kind of thing, and it's just too depressing.

Potsi  learned all about stocks, but though he was smarter than the SEC when it came to insider trading.

The Fonz, though, he was a smart one.  He knew that he'd pushed "cool" as far as you could go, as old as you could get without looking pathetic, so he got a sweet gig doing custom bikes for rich bastards in Chicago.  He'd get together with Richie and Ralph once in a while, and just sit and listen while the other two got drunk and started talking about the war.  Like I said, the Fonz was a cool dude, and he knew that sometimes all you have to do is listen.  He was still riding at age 70, when some yahoo In a Hummer clipped his bike and sent him on his way back to those Happy Days.

Even the house is gone.  It was torn down to make room for a McMansion, and all the memories went with it.  Sometimes Richie drives by the old neighborhood when he's feeling masochistic, when he wants to feel like he's had a tooth hauled out the hard way, and then he goes home to his wife and his Geritol, and tries to remember what songs they played at Arnold's, all those years ago.

To be continued
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Nephew Twiddleton

#1
November 28, 2011, 09:13:15 PM
Damn Roger....
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The Good Reverend Roger

#2
November 28, 2011, 09:24:04 PM
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on November 28, 2011, 09:13:15 PM
Damn Roger....

Well, I've spent 9 years trying to explain my position, and I don't feel I've done the best I can.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Eater of Clowns

#3
November 28, 2011, 09:29:27 PM
Fonzie wouldn't have changed the way he went, either.
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#4
November 28, 2011, 09:31:29 PM
Oh god.

I kind of want to just curl up in a ball, and the room feels suddenly very cold.
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PopeTom

#6
November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?
-PopeTom

I am the result of 13.75 ± 0.13 billion years of random chance. Now that I exist I see no reason to start planning and organizing everything in my life.

Random dumb luck got me here, random dumb luck will get me to where I'm going.

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#7
November 28, 2011, 10:22:35 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?

Go write your own story, fucknut.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

PopeTom

#8
November 28, 2011, 10:26:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 28, 2011, 10:22:35 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?

Go write your own story, fucknut.

FAN-FICTION SHOULD MAINTAIN CANON!  :argh!:
-PopeTom

I am the result of 13.75 ± 0.13 billion years of random chance. Now that I exist I see no reason to start planning and organizing everything in my life.

Random dumb luck got me here, random dumb luck will get me to where I'm going.

Hail Eris!

Phox

#9
November 28, 2011, 10:28:11 PM
Chilling. I don' know what else to say.

The Good Reverend Roger

#10
November 28, 2011, 11:50:15 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:26:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 28, 2011, 10:22:35 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?

Go write your own story, fucknut.

FAN-FICTION SHOULD MAINTAIN CANON!  :argh!:

You know what?

Fuck this.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#11
November 29, 2011, 12:12:41 AM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:26:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 28, 2011, 10:22:35 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?

Go write your own story, fucknut.

FAN-FICTION SHOULD MAINTAIN CANON!  :argh!:

You are a fucking stupid asshole.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Juana

#12
November 29, 2011, 01:01:13 AM
That...that was pretty damn depressing. :( Spot on, but very sad.
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Kai

#13
November 29, 2011, 01:55:53 AM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:26:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 28, 2011, 10:22:35 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?

Go write your own story, fucknut.

FAN-FICTION SHOULD MAINTAIN CANON!  :argh!:

It's not fan fiction, it's a metaphor. Just like the series of essays written here on sesame street and the muppets were metaphors. What's so hard to understand about this? Why must you shit up good threads?
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The Good Reverend Roger

#14
November 29, 2011, 02:06:16 AM
Quote from: 'Kai' ZLB, M.S. on November 29, 2011, 01:55:53 AM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:26:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on November 28, 2011, 10:22:35 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on November 28, 2011, 10:18:43 PM
I thought Mr. C sold the house and he and Marion moved to NYC so he could work for one of those national chains?

Go write your own story, fucknut.

FAN-FICTION SHOULD MAINTAIN CANON!  :argh!:

It's not fan fiction, it's a metaphor. Just like the series of essays written here on sesame street and the muppets were metaphors. What's so hard to understand about this? Why must you shit up good threads?

Someone was WRONG on the INTERNET!!!111@
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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