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Janelle Hartman's avatar

Damn, I clicked "yes" so fast that I didn't see "Yes, eff him." I want to change my vote.

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Sasquatch's avatar

I 8th that remark.

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Mikey's avatar

Me, too, er, 9?

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Anne DePalma's avatar

Same here.

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Gregory Dunn's avatar

Me three

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Janet Chafin's avatar

Eh not much difference between the two.

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Polly Shannon's avatar

Same!

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Jane Kidwell's avatar

Me too! I wanna change my vote!

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heydave56's avatar

"Eff" him? How quaint.

Fuck Bezos.

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Sasquatch's avatar

And the Blue Origin dildo he flew in on.

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Alexandra Petri's latest piece from The Atlantic via a freebie link from archive today.

http://archive.today/wrv8g

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Susan Bodiker's avatar

I have missed her!

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Sasquatch's avatar

Dave Barry could not have done any better.

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Dale of Green Gables's avatar

Bears repeating. From the Blue Origin site (or at least most of it): "Blue Origin means 'Earth.' We envision a future where millions of people will live and work in space with a single-minded purpose: get free same day delivery"

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Todd's avatar

My parents got the Post AND the Star while I was growing up

But, it's time. After umpteen years of daily delivery, I am dropping to Sunday only and the web subscription.

I feel bad for my delivery person, as she does a great job even way out here in the burbs.

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Just Lil Ole Me's avatar

I had home delivery of WaPo for years until I moved out of the area, when I switched to a digital subscription. I cancelled due to the new editorial policy and my subscription has now lapsed. It ticks me off that the WaPo that was part of my life for so long has been taken away by a putz.

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Michael Moriarty's avatar

What a charm to read! I worked for the Star up to the final day of publication. It’s long gone, as is my subscription to WaPo.

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Ellen Goodman's avatar

To clarify, wouldn't it be ostentatious wedding, not marriage? The wedding is the event, the marriage is the relationship. I guess the marriage could be ostentatious also, but not in this context.

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Carol McDonald's avatar

Hilarious!!! I’ve heard that the citizens of Venice are planning to protest the nuptials.

The first time I saw the happy couple was at the inauguration and wow was that an eye opener!!!

Talk about midlife crisis- whew.

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Linda Rose's avatar

As usual, a hilarious column and the fun Gene Poll! And the comments section doesn’t disappoint. We all hit the yes button so fast we missed the better option of “yes, eff him”. Please tell us who published the Washington Ghost. I am wondering if it is our esteemed Gene.

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Mike Gips's avatar

Where’s the option for “idea better than execution”?

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WolfBite🐺's avatar

Well, I completely took a different read of your comment on the first (second & third) scan and I was just trying to think "WHAT idea is better than execution?" because for a certain tyrant, I can't think of any idea better than execution.

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Mike Gips's avatar

Now I can’t unread it that way lol

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Charles Osborne's avatar

Two damaged people with broken self-esteem. Do people still register their wedding gift wishes with the psych ward at the local clinic?

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Mark Asquino's avatar

I find it very funny, and appropriate.

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Lynda Hoover's avatar

"Yes, eff him" is overkill and that's a defining Bezos characteristic. "Yes " is sufficient. Also since everything about him screams "Overcompensation for an undersized, uh, Blue Horizon", effing seems beside the point.

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Lynda Hoover's avatar

Eff. I called it a "Blue Horizon" rather than a "Blue Origin." Sorry.

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EAG46's avatar

Can "yes, eff him" be a common answer for the next few years?

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Patty Mallett's avatar

Wow. Just…wow.

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Nelsonsdad's avatar

We order things from Amazon, large things which their distribution network delivers itself, only to have them never arrive. Last time they resent it and it came a week late (their tracking said the first spent 3 days in a local warehouse, and then suddenly it disappeared.) Now we're awaiting a second item, again delayed. Apparently the man doesn't know how to run a delivery service and his employees are stealing him blind. Think Lauren may figure out how to steal from him? Excepting for his money he doesn't appear to be the man of anyone's dreams.

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Lynne Larkin's avatar

I still have a fake "Post" that was put out by the "Yes Men" a few years ago, but not sure they did this or no. Brilliant!

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