Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Elected
ELECTED, adj. Chosen to discharge one duty and a hundred subordinates.
2009 Update: Judged by a jury of peers for their crimes. Sentenced to carry their grievances for eternity until the next election.
I am too honest to be elected. I was given a tip that my opponent would move to California before the end of her term but I refused to let that information leak out. It was close, she had 50.6%, I had 49.4% of the votes. Besides that she went inside the poling place with her friend to 'watch them' counting the votes. Reminds me of another lady who ... ..
Elected: The adult version of choosing sides for a game, but still childish.
ReplyDeleteElected: associated with grievous crimes and/or intimate friendship with a woman not the wife
ReplyDeleteOh the first was the last admin and the second the pres before him and governors of states I live in
Hmmm ... so how come all of the people we vote into office aren't named Edward? Something doesn't compute here ...
ReplyDeleteNice Ariel.
ReplyDeleteElected: Al Gore. But I'm not still bitter. Much.
Elected to serve... or take... or shove... or force... or to be served.
ReplyDeleteI am too honest to be elected.
ReplyDeleteI was given a tip that my opponent would move to California before the end of her term but I refused to let that information leak out.
It was close, she had 50.6%, I had 49.4% of the votes. Besides that she went inside the poling place with her friend to 'watch them' counting the votes.
Reminds me of another lady who ...
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Jim,
ReplyDeleteYou should have been first today. You could've said something less cryptic ~ like "Good Morning."
elected: Better than electrocuted, at least up until now.
ReplyDeletetoo many different words
ReplyDeleteTom, four words isn't too many.
ReplyDeleteelected, adj. anointed by the perspiration of others and the ability to recite fiction;
ReplyDeleteWe administrators elect to use it for "chose."
ReplyDeleteThe blog owner's answers are deleted till further edition.
ReplyDeleteEditor
Karma, they give the stupid verifiers to the first commenters.
ReplyDeleteNessa, you're my candidate.
Pia, I think that's connoted, not denoted.
Nice, Ariel.
Amoeba, democracy can be a messy thing.
TLP, just get over it this side of the grave, please. I fear you'll disturb the silence on the other.
JD, it's a funny consecration, isn't it?
Yeah, Jim. To Alaska with you. What did you run for, if I can ask?
Agreed, Anonymous. Cryptic doesn't seem to be Jim's best hat.
Better for whom, Coop?
Right, Icy, good thing they don't all get a vote or we'd be antidisestablishmentarians.
Anonymous, six is plenty.
Minka, see my reply to JD.
Minnie, is there a choosive I can learn more in?
Quite right, Anonymous, and cleverly put.
Ariel, everyone gets three HUF, if they properly follow proper protocols for payment.