I posted something on GDP that sunk like a lead balloon. Ugh! It was called

[hisownpetard]

The Death of "If."

Don'tcha just hate when that happens?


:crazy: :dunce: :nuke:

[Solon]

1. 99.9% of the threads I create sink like stones...

yeah, it sucks.

[hisownpetard]

3. Ugh!!

;( :dunce: :thumbsdown: :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear hisownpetard...

It's always awful!

I feel for you, sweetie!

Especially if you've put some effort into it...

:hug:

[hisownpetard]

4. So tell me, Peggy - how do I look with egg on my face? Stunning, I'd say!

BTW, loved the recent pic of you. Your hair looks great.:pals:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. Hemingway, Tolstoy, Fitzgerald...they've all had threads sink on DU and went on to great success

Hemingway's thread "Boxers or Briefs" received only two replies before it was locked by the mods (as the result of a little-known DU rule, since purged, that forbade discussion of male undergarments).

One year later, he published "The Old Man And The Sea" to great critical acclaim:

"Boxers or Briefs" by ErnestH, 1/1/51:

"I think that boxers, while offering supreme comfort and mobility, fail to provide the calming support of their cotton cousins, the brief."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=105&topic_id=7295960&mesg_id=7295960

Leo Tolstoy really thought he hit one out of the park with his 1876 thread in the now-defunct "General Discussion - Adultery" forum entitled "Anna Karenina: Adulterous woman trapped by the conventions and falsities of society or simply a nymphomaniac?"

It became the first thread in DU history to receive NO responses. A frustrated Tolstoy returned to his manuscript and edited out all of the fart jokes from "Anna Karenina" (trimming it by over 400 pages...there were a LOT of fart jokes in the first draft). A year later, "Anna Karenina" was published and Tolstoy bought the candy apple red Porsche he'd dreamed about as a lad.

"Anna Karenina: Adulterous woman trapped by the conventions and falsities of society or simply a nymphomaniac?" by LeoTheLion, 4/2/76:

"So the bartender turns to Alexander I of Russia and says 'I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to the pig'"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=105&topic_id=7295960&mesg_id=7295960

Finally, F. Scott Fitzgerald felt the bitter sting of rejection in 1921 when he posted his infamous "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me" thread. He made the mistake of cross-posting the thread to The Lounge and the Semi-Automatic Weapons Really Suck Forum. The mods tombstoned him immediately and all records of his participation in DU were immediately purged. He then went on to publish his second novel, "The Beautiful And The Damned," and in the preface listed all the people on his former DU Buddy List as "The Damned."

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" by FScottIsHot, 4/2/76:

"But seriously, folks...my room is so small that even the mice are hunchbacked!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=105&topic_id=7295960&mesg_id=7295960

So what we're dealing with is a simple matter of DU's inability to grasp and appreciate your literary greatness.

:evilgrin:

[KG]

6. word.

[hisownpetard]

7. You may quite possibly be the sweetest person who ever lived!!!

This post cracked me up - for a long time!!! I especially loved the writing, the thought
and the links.

You truly are Mr. Marquis de Wonderful...

:thumbsup: :hi: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :hi: :thumbsup:

[no name no slogan]

8. You didn't make it inflammatory enough

You have to call some candidate Hitler, and her/his supporters freepers.

[hisownpetard]

9. I should've just thrown in "Hillary" every few words, and used "Obama" instead of punctuation.

That would've gotten a rise out of 'em, right?