Sunday, January 2, 2011

Syrupy Goodness from "Not Always Right"

I hope you're all familiar with the fantastic blog (The Customer Is) Not Always Right. If not, go check it out NOW!

2 related, fab-u-lous posts appeared recently:

A text version and a comic version of the same story. I've pasted the comic version below.



Cheers to the librarian in Greenville, SC, for not beating the kid with a Gutenberg Bible.

8 comments:

  1. MathsquatchJanuary 2, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    I had no idea that the library in Greenville, SC EVEN HAS a Gutenberg Bible!

    Mathsquatch out.

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  2. W.T. PfefferleJanuary 2, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Some readers have objected to us linking info from other sites here. I don't know why they have done so, but it'd be good to know that doing this is okay. I remember something last week from someone about it.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    ELS, as I recall, someone objected to the lack of proper attribution to the material's authors.

    This comic is properly attributed to the appropriate blog at least 3 times. Even the comic has the artist's tag on it.

    Isn't that enough?

    (Follow-up before posting: I have contacted NotAlwaysRight to verify THEIR policy on this matter. If they object, then I will take it down.)

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    It's kind of a strange thing to say as a blessing from a Christian, isn't it? While teaching near Cape Canaveral, I developed a strong dislike for being told, "If I were to tell you that, I'd have to kill you." I came to reply, "Then DON'T tell me!"

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  5. W.T. PfefferleJanuary 2, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    @flam

    It's not a problem for me, but the other pieces were attributed and linked to original sources; it didn't stop the complaints. those posts, I think, have been taken down.

    I agree with you. I think what you've done IS enough. I'm not against you on this.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I don't even get the syrup line. Is it from the bible? What possible context would it have had for the girl in the comic?

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  7. cmtJanuary 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    @Wisconsin...I don't know if it's a Southern thing or not, but this is actually an expression I've heard here (in the South)..."She's so sweet, she bleeds syrup."

    The double-entendre, of course, is "Well, aren't you sweet" is one of those things that Southern ladies say when what they mean is "You've just committed a major social gaffe, but it's really cute that you tried."

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  8. RimiJanuary 3, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Also a possible play on Shylock's line from he Merchant of Venice to the city's Christians: "If you cut us, do we not bleed?"

    The darling young thing is extending her Christianity to the nice librarian lady, methinks. And the libraian is not sure she likes slicing as an inclusive analogy.

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