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dadman wrote:Don't be too hard on yourself. There are many people who have made a LOT of money doing just that sort of thing (for the right audience) week after week after week. And they're still doing it and succeeding, unfortunately.

yeah, unfortunately quite a few of them are in the newsrooms of the worlds media outlets, whether they are video, radio, or newspapers...

dadman wrote:Uninhibited Bud is uninhibited.

Yes, drunk Bud has a tendency to get naughty.

This island is probably the safest place for Bud to get mind-freakingly blotto; if she stays happy, all's well - if she gets angry - well, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System has a chance to evacuate the nearby population centers before the mile-high wave hits.....

scantrontb wrote:

dadman wrote:Don't be too hard on yourself. There are many people who have made a LOT of money doing just that sort of thing (for the right audience) week after week after week. And they're still doing it and succeeding, unfortunately.

yeah, unfortunately quite a few of them are in the newsrooms of the worlds media outlets, whether they are video, radio, or newspapers...

politicians doubly so... or maybe their PAs or advisers... have you seen 'yes minister' ???

RL MP here in Somerset, UK, where it has record floods for weeks.."oh! I hear it is a bit wet there... " they have been campaigning to dredge the main river for 15 years, that would have moved the floods away properly...

I have on occasion referred to the Pacific as "somewhat moist".

The Norse and the Anglo-Saxons were ever fond of the ironic understatement ...

Sidhekin wrote:I have on occasion referred to the Pacific as "somewhat moist".

The ocean, yes. There's also the Pacific Northwest, which has rainforests. They're not always tropical; they can happen in temperate climates too. It turns out that 150 inches of rain a year is a lot.