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- moonrat
- I'm a recovering editorial assistant. I'm like most of my kind: impoverished coffee-and-gin survivalists, underpaid but ambitious, bitter but hopeful. Painfully self-conscious, woefully self-congratulatory, willfully self-indulgent. Yes, I'm white, but I'm trying to get over it. Accurate spelling (to the dismay of my boss) is not among my interests. So read forgivingly.
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24 comments:
Okay, we know how the pig got the flu. Who gave it to the kid?
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
you made me laugh
Ick. Going to fetch the iodine and disinfectant now.
buwahahahahahahah! I'm laughing at Jonathan's comment. HILARIOUS!
*gag* *gag* *gag*
Eeeeew!
Made you laugh? Cool!
Keep that in mind if ever see my name on a query... :-)
I've lost most of my respect for this blog after reading the book tailer thread. Closing comments because they are not of the "you're so great" variety? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
GROSS!!!! hahahaha
I question the unspringing sandalled toes and the shameless zoom fingers.
Oh gosh, I just went and read the book trailer thread. How childish it all was. If you don't like a trailer, that's fine, feel free to say so - not go into long, angry, attack-type posts about it. Geez.
I liked the trailer, and I think it's a novel (no pun intended) and interesting way of advertising a book - especially considering the book's aimed at YA, who are the main YouTube users (so far as I know).
Fair enough for locking further comments, moonrat - it was just all starting to go round in circles.
Also: Ewwww about this post! I love Jonathan E. Quist's comment though. :D
That's pretty bad. Turning something beautiful like a child's innocent first kiss on a pig into a joke. You should all be ashamed of yourself.
;)
aw young swine love. Thanks for sharing this. It maded me laugh despite the fact that I'm having exams and have not revised.
Super fun. Needed that to make it through the last day of classes!
ha ha.
wait until you see the one I've got about piglet and pooh!
mwahahahahaha
BLECH!!!! said the little piggy..
ngh... cute picture though...;-)
ew.
My sis sent me this pic--way too cute!!
I've seen this picture all over the place and it's funny every time!
I have one thing to say after seeing that...I feel dirty! :)
More a lick than a kiss. I am telling myself that it's probably no worse than kissing the dog....
I got this in an email, and that version had a caption as well: "Thanks a lot, you little bastard. You've killed us all."
Super double yuck! ;)
Alvah’s Books recommended your blog and this photo was well worth the trip!
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