Simon Cowell Picks Up A Bugatti Veyron

Sage Oct 21st 2007 2:48AM

Lu! I am going to nominate you for the very first annual AOL "Lu Lu" award which will be presented to the biggest bag of wind on AOL. All those interested in casting a vote should click onto the little "blue name" at the end of each post to see who spends the most time typing their fingers to the bone. (Warning: Lu's posts are downright exhausting - have a pot of coffee ready.....it's just page, after page after page, yawn.) Anyway, Lu, I think you are going to win this one, hand's down. The AOL Windbag trophy ought to look swell next to your spelling bee award! And now, I personally want to thank Simon Cowell for providing the fodder for this amusing discourse. Who knew? What a country!

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jodie Oct 21st 2007 1:14PM

Lu
I'm flattered that my grammar has become a point of discussion. I work with 6 & 7 year olds. Do you think that they will understand that my grammar is not sufficient according to your standards? What has this become? My first point was that I wished I had Simon's money to help children from poverty. I did not whine. I didn't condemn him for buying an expensive car. I proof read my work on a daily basis. For some reason, I've taught hundreds of kids to read and gave them happy days in their lives. I think you have a lack of respect for other cultures and economically disadvantaged human beings. I don't understand "why" you would pick psychology as a career.

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Lu Oct 21st 2007 3:27PM

Hey, Sage and Jodie-To you first, Sage. I'll truly cherish the honor you've bestowed with your award. I do admit I'll have to share it with a few friends and relatives who've posted some of the comments, but I'm sure that they'll think it just as big an honor, especially coming from a newbie to AOL (that is what you claim to be, right??). And I do have to say that you seem to have overcome your rookie status quite nicely-in fact, some of your posts almost seem to come from an "old soul". Now to Jodie-I'm trying to understand your last post. First, I'm not a psychologist. I do work in healthcare but not in psychology. Now to the lack of respect for other cultures - where have I shown that? Please, I would like an example. Nor do I believe I've shown a lack of respect to economically disadvantaged people - again, give me an example. As to your comment about "Do you think that they will understand that my grammar is not sufficient according to your standards?". No, I don't believe a six or seven year old will understand insufficient grammar - BUT THEY WILL EMULATE IT unless taught otherwise.

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Daniel Sharp Oct 22nd 2007 9:01AM

Someone posted a similar idiotic comment like wisewoman's number 2 on Lusso magazine when one of their writers bought a Veyron. Why can't you just accept that there are smarter people that can make more money than you!!!!!!

http://www.lussoluxury.com/content.asp/read-109102007192253/Arash_Farboud_visits_the_Bugatti_Factory_and_ends_up_placing_a_deposit_on_the_worlds_hottest_supercar_.html

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Sage Oct 23rd 2007 2:47AM

Lu.....I see that some posts are still trickling in on the matter of Simon Cowell and his big, bad Bugatti, so here's one more post from me, Sage. I am indeed a bona fide "newbie" to this AOL commentary business, so thank you for saying I've "overcome my rookie status quite nicely." That was very generous of you, considering I nominated you for the First Annual AOL "LuLu" Windbag Award. If my soul seems old, it's because I am not a newbie to Planet Earth nor am I a stranger to expressing thoughts and words. I've just never done it on-line as an anonymous, faceless voice. I actually thought this was a forum designed to make comments and exchange ideas, not a place for casting aspersions, name calling and thumping people over the head with dictionaries. When thoughts are racing in our heads faster than our fingers can find the letters on the keyboard, passion should trump punctuation, content should override commas, grammar is not as important as guts and syntax and spelling errors are inevitable. We're not rewriting Tolstoy's WAR AND PEACE here, so unless you're working in a hospital and a patient asks you for a glass of w-a-t-e-r and you pour him a drink from a bottle labeled S-u-l-f-u-r-i-c A-c-i-d, spelling is not paramount on this little AOL forum. When we read a sentence, our brains actually don't see every letter in each word, yet we still comprehend the thought. Cn u rd ths? Anyway, none of us, could have passed the red pencil test with our posts. Even Ernest Hemingway had an editor! So let's keep this in perspective. This is AOL, not Simon and Schuster. Jodie from Wyoming, the teacher, who had some thoughts to share on poverty in her school, was mocked mercilessly because she messed up a little and got confused when when she dashed off her posts. Jdh0258 even prided himself for playing headgames with her. What a guy! I don't know how Jodie hung in there for so long, but she's got guts and I admire her restraint and gentle spirit. It troubled me that people could be so cruel and dismiss her contributions to the commentary simply because her posts weren't letter perfect. Have you ever called a carrot a veggie? If you have answered "yes" to this question, you may not cast stones! But now the "Sage" is becoming a very serious windbag (and speaking in the third person) and that is certainly not my style. The last thing I want to do is qualify for a "LuLu". But this AOL journey has been very educational because I also learned a Bugatti costs a ridiculous amount of money, the size and price of a car are directly related to the size of a male appendage, the government needs to go after the fat people who are an assault on the eyes of Dr.(?) Kat and Angie called us all fools in Post #144. Sage is signing off......and to Simon, thank you again!

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Sage Oct 23rd 2007 2:47AM

Lu.....I see that some posts are still trickling in on the matter of Simon Cowell and his big, bad Bugatti, so here's one more post from me, Sage. I am indeed a bona fide "newbie" to this AOL commentary business, so thank you for saying I've "overcome my rookie status quite nicely." That was very generous of you, considering I nominated you for the First Annual AOL "LuLu" Windbag Award. If my soul seems old, it's because I am not a newbie to Planet Earth nor am I a stranger to expressing thoughts and words. I've just never done it on-line as an anonymous, faceless voice. I actually thought this was a forum designed to make comments and exchange ideas, not a place for casting aspersions, name calling and thumping people over the head with dictionaries. When thoughts are racing in our heads faster than our fingers can find the letters on the keyboard, passion should trump punctuation, content should override commas, grammar is not as important as guts and syntax and spelling errors are inevitable. We're not rewriting Tolstoy's WAR AND PEACE here, so unless you're working in a hospital and a patient asks you for a glass of w-a-t-e-r and you pour him a drink from a bottle labeled S-u-l-f-u-r-i-c A-c-i-d, spelling is not paramount on this little AOL forum. When we read a sentence, our brains actually don't see every letter in each word, yet we still comprehend the thought. Cn u rd ths? Anyway, none of us, could have passed the red pencil test with our posts. Even Ernest Hemingway had an editor! So let's keep this in perspective. This is AOL, not Simon and Schuster. Jodie from Wyoming, the teacher, who had some thoughts to share on poverty in her school, was mocked mercilessly because she messed up a little and got confused when when she dashed off her posts. Jdh0258 even prided himself for playing headgames with her. What a guy! I don't know how Jodie hung in there for so long, but she's got guts and I admire her restraint and gentle spirit. It troubled me that people could be so cruel and dismiss her contributions to the commentary simply because her posts weren't letter perfect. Have you ever called a carrot a veggie? If you have answered "yes" to this question, you may not cast stones! But now the "Sage" is becoming a very serious windbag (and speaking in the third person) and that is certainly not my style. The last thing I want to do is qualify for a "LuLu". But this AOL journey has been very educational because I also learned a Bugatti costs a ridiculous amount of money, the size and price of a car are directly related to the size of a male appendage, the government needs to go after the fat people who are an assault on the eyes of Dr.(?) Kat and Angie called us all fools in Post #144. Sage is signing off......and to Simon, thank you again!

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