Geeze...now we all want to read what they said.

I know what this is about. The 4th of July Fabulous Tomatoes came to an end Wednesday so summer's really over.

One of the nice things about the Sandbox is that it fosters intelligent discussion. It would appear that RedFishEx does not ascribe to that concept. Too bad that person is forcing you to police the comments to your blog.

An entire blog post about how you thought a comment wasn't worth posting, making it THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMENT OF ALL in the process.

Seriously, learn what a blog is meant for and stay on-topic.

I'll understand if you don't want to post this one publicly.

I think you misunderstood me. The point wasn't that the two comments were or weren't worth posting. All comments are worth posting. The point was that there are some comments I'm not allowed to post. Please take a look at the rules I linked to, which you do by putting your cursor on the word in bold and clicking. This isn't my blog, much as I would like it to be. It's The Sun's blog.

My other point was that it's silly to make up an e-mail address. You don't have to. Just leave the space blank if you don't want a dialog with me. EL

It's rainy, I have no food in the house, and my imaginary girlfriend is mad at me. How about posting the offensive comments with everything offensive replaced with the word "fluffernutter"?

I need a fluffernutting life.

Larry, if you think a blog is meant for something that only you know about and that this blog should stay on topic, you've come to the wrong place LOL.

I agree with you completely Larry! There's far too many comments that are completely off message.

Do think that Larry was the misunderstood Stooge or the anchor for the other two? I think most people would pick Curly as their favorite. I would. Moe is really a sadist. Shemp is okay. Why don't women like the Stooges? I've only ever met one who did.

I always considered the Three Stooges as proletarian heroes. I think Moe's rage symbolizes the repression of the common man by capitalism and their violence is their desire for class warfare turned inside. Like when they threw pies at the hoity-toity swells at the swanky party. Classic social class sturm und drang. There is no justice for the Stooges, just struggle, but they never give up. True American heroes.

RIP buddies. Your struggle lives on.j

Larry wrote Seriously, learn what a blog is meant for and stay on-topic.

hahahahahaha!

Mr. Larry, please go read the posts devoted to Caribou Barbie if you think there's a lot of censoring in the Sandbox. It may happen, but its mostly done by the contributors, themselves. As to staying on topic, that's very funny. I doubt that 10% of the posts are 'pure'. Its why we're here.

Why do I have this feeling that this post is about to spin wildly out of control and end up discussing the mating habits of leprechauns? Oh no.

Owl, you have a complex imaginary life, don't you? I could introduce you to my imaginary therapist, but she's a little pricey. She only takes imaginary cash.

OMG, I thought Rock Chicklet was your stalker/GF.

Terriermom, leprechauns don't mate. They are fairies, so they sprout full-formed from flowers.

Sheesh, I thought *everybody* knew *that*.

RtSO - Its why we're here. Amen.

Does anybody know how to make bacon-flavored bourbon?

Dahlink? RobertTSO? Owlie? Larry? No, wait...never mind, Larry.

Hey Bucky,

Some friends of mine are going to try that recipe soon!

Of course, the redneck way would be to get a mouthful of bacon, take a swig of Jack (or whatever), chew the mess up, then "swaller".

Crude, for sure, but it gets the job done.

Wow!!! did you open up an can of worms. As you are a critic for the sun, I hope you can represent your paper as an employee. I'm really sorry that you are angry cause you took the time to respond to a reader. As you said, it makes you angry. However, you may begin to understand how a reader feels when they take the time to respond to your blog and the reporter sees fit not to include it. As your business is free speech, it's ironic that reporters censor readers responses. In my case I disagreed with Mr. Hancock regarding his article on slots. I took the time to research some budget information so I was sure of my facts. Opposing Mr. Hancock's view, I wasn't surprised at my response not being included. In another piece of irony, 9 of 11 of the responses "agreed " with Mr. Hancock. To pick and choose which responses you're including is the lowest form of journalism. Hopefully, this form of censorship will change at the sun. Unfortunately, you learned, just as your readers have. It makes us angry to respond to no avail

Feel free to post the comment he didn't publish here. It won't be any more off-topic than a lot of our comments. EL

Sarcasm is a dish best served cold. Sticking with the food theme, is it any wonder your publication is known as the fish wrap. At least it's useful for something and let's not forget training dogs.

Actually I wasn't being sarcastic. Try me and see. EL

Bucky, since vodka and olive oil seem to take on the flavor of almost anything you put in to steep, I would imagine that putting pieces of bacon (cooked is probably better) into a bottle of bourbon and leaving it for a few weeks or months would work. Even if it didn't you'd still have a bottle of bourbon and some interesting bacon. Kind of like the recipe for octopus I saw in Playboy many years ago: Soak your octopus in bourbon overnight. In the morning throw out the octopus and drink the bourbon. See, I WAS reading the articles.

pelham, go away and please take Mr Larry with you. You have become boring, which is about the only thing the Sandbox will not abide. Thank you visiting, please don't hurry back, no, don't come back unless you have something interesting to say (which from your contribution seems unlikely.) Good bye.

For the record, how many comments were NOT posted? We've had over 20,000 that were posted, so how many weren't. I've heard that some other Sun bloggers are very selective in what they post. I don't think that is the case here, but ... Enquiring minds want to know.

I haven't kept track, some but not many. Most people realize that they can be rude as long as they aren't obscene or say things that could lead to getting The Sun sued. For a while a few random comments simply disappeared from what folks said, but I asked them to repost them if they wanted to and I would publish them. Of course, when my editors publish for me because I'm away from my desk, they may have had stricter standards than I do, but I don't think so. EL

I feel your pain Pelham 1-2-3. Come on over here.

Welcome to The Only Blog That Matters™

A lot of blogs are not meant to be interactive like this zoo. They are basically monoblogues. See what I did there? Like monologues but ... There are 62 comments for Thursday's post on monkeys, Sarah Palin and dream foods with not much about monkeys or dream foods or anagrams. Things just go where they go. Come sit with the cool kids.

By contrast look at how many comments Hancock gets or publishes:
Posted by Jay Hancock at 9:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Posted by Jay Hancock at 10:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Posted by Jay Hancock at 9:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
Posted by Jay Hancock at 11:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Pretty lame. The median number of comments looks like zero.

I get the blog as feeds to Opera. When I viewed it from the Sun page I was really impressed by the photos here. It really looks good. I have to admit that finding/creating a fun picture for Thursday is my favorite part. Psychedelic gangsta chimp really pops. I think I will name him Bob after my barber. Or better, Notorious B.O.B.

Aw RtSO, Where's the love? You can't make a quilt from sticker bushes.

Don't pick on Pelham 1-2-3, he's an out of control subway car headed toward certain destruction unless the police commissioner meets the demands of Hector Elizondo. Do they get the ransom? How can they escape?

pelham - you appear to be confusing comments on blog entries with comments on columns that actually appear in the print edition of The Sun.

Taking a cue from Owl Meat, I went over to Jay Hancock's blog. It appears you are alluding to Mr. Hancock's August 27 blog entry regarding his column of the same date regarding the slots referendum. A grand total of zero (count 'em, zero) comments were made in response to the blog entry. By contrast, no fewer than 18 comments have been posted in response to the column -- including (surprise!) a comment from "Pelham21093", complaining about how your prior comment had not been posted.

Regardless of whatever happened regarding your attempt to post comments on Mr. Hancock's column, I must take issue with you transferring your evident anger to EL and to this blog, since I doubt that she has any control either over Mr. Hancock's column comments or over Mr. Hancock's blog comments. To borrow a phrase from Rufus T. Firefly: Remember, the Sandbox is fighting for EL's honor, which is probably more than she ever did.

[Confidential to EL: ;-) ;-) ;-) ]

Hector Elizondo is a really underrated actor. Or maybe he's accurately rated and just doesn't get much work. It's funny that people blame Pretty Woman for typecasting Julia Roberts. If anyone was typecast by that movie it's poor Hector. Always the prickly yet kind mentor, never the dashing leading man.

Lady E is getting tarred with a brush meant for other, more "selective" (read, censoring) bloggers.

pelham wrote: In my case I disagreed with Mr. Hancock regarding his article on slots.

Which reminded me...yesterday at work I went in to the lunchroom to get a candy bar and found a 3-pack of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups hanging sort of half-in/half-out of its slot.

So I put my money in, pressed E3 and that Reese's fell down to the tray, as did the one right behind it.

I love it when that happens.

It's like a slot machine for candy.

If I were to guess, I would think EL is happy to have more people at her party at The Only Blog That Matters™ Oh.

Merrymaking, love chasing,
at my place, baby, at my place
merrymaking,

Come in to my house,
you're invited into my house,
entering the back of my house,
welcoming you into my house,

I've invited loads to my house,
loads of people come to my house,
They take stuff inside of my house,
And smoke chuff outside of my house,

I've seen them before,
lots of people at my front door,
lots of people in my front door,
trying to get into my house,
Well I've seen them before,
lots of people in my front door,
lots of people at my front door,
trying to get into my house,

You can't stop the beat. Don't even try.

I want to be very clear. My comment was not intended as a slight to this blog. I understood her anger at taking the time to respond to a fake email address. Again, as readers we take the time to respond to various bloggers from the sun. It's unfortunate that readers take the time to comment and some employees of the sun choose to "select" the readers responses. As off track as this blog has become, I give alotta credit to the critic for posting all responses.

EL was it possible for you to stay angry after seeing the Boys of Tennis this afternoon? I love that new slo-mo swing camera replay feature. It has always been a beautiful thing to catch those taunting little shots of Tennis Boy tummy when their shirts rise up during the swing. With the slo-mo camera, it's down right tennis porn. I actually had to take a nap afterward I was so exhausted.

Sarcasm is a dish best served cold.

"Revenge is a dish best served cold" according to Mario Puzo in The Godfather. If you have to be insulting, at least be accurate [and, around here, erudite].

Sarcasm is a dish best served cold.

That doesn't make sense.

Revenge, like calamari, is a dish best served cold.
-- Antonio Scarpacci

Why does that make me think of the Logical Positivists? My brain is fried. I was up all night with a sick puppy.

About Bacon Vodka, I think Sessa has blogged about this.

Revenge is best served cold. Sarccasm is best with a quick bite.

It's possible that Jay Hancock is one of those bloggers - like Dan Rodricks - who does not believe in interactive blogging. Quite a few of the blog-meisters here are under the impression that this is another forum for their own personal soapboxes.

Geeze, Pelham, so far, you're not much of an asset to the Sandbox.

Sorry, my brain is little addled today. I watched the VMAs with my 13 year old niece Heather last night. I'm all Tweened out. And now my already over stuffed head bucket has made space for the Jonas Brothers. Sweet Death release me!

Boo, Eve. Pelham just needs more love. Just like the puppy I took care of this weekend, you cover your floor with the Sunday Sun and have a few Pikesville Rye and Mr. Pibbs and eventually they adapt. I'm so wise. Persephone, get your Uncle Meat some more Diet Mr. Pibb and the Examiner for Bojangles. Who's a good doggie. Yes, you're a good doggie. Woo hoo!

No more babysitting for you Uncle Meat. I don't want my daughter picking up bad habits like mixing good liquor with diet soda. Bad Meat. And stop with the MTV spelling, it's just embarrassing.

saw the top 10 fries, have you ever been to Victoria's in Columbia?
Their duck fat fries with rosemary are the best fries I've ever had. Their food is excellent. Check it out
http://www.victoriagastropub.com/

Hmm, is VGP trying to become the new Jack's?

Their duck fat fries ...

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