yeah, well, you know, I spelled "one" like "won" (or maybe it was vice versa) in a post and didn't realize until after the fact, then had to delete the whole thing and correct and repost it. These things happen. Diana R. was on Letterman 2 nights ago and gave Dreamgirls a positive spin by saying she was happy to have "inspired" the movie, rather than thinking of it as having her life raked over the coals on the big screen or something like that.
--- In [email protected], "dvm8375" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like the word "inpired." I hearby solicit definitions. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > oh there was a very long discussion previously about the horrors > of > > resplying to your own posts, mostly directed at me. You may not > have > > been around then. Apparently it really bothers some people > including > > you, obviously. I don't think I'm replying to my own posts. I am > > clarifying them, elaborating on them, etc. I wasn't answering my > own > > questions or contradicting myself or anything like that. I don't > > know what the big deal is, but whatever. > > > > I mean, of course you (or anyon else) can make up anything. But > to > > truly channel Gene in this case you would kinda have to "not be > > making it up" as the great Dave Barry would say. That was the > beauty > > of it--he was giving a play by play of what happened. I would say > > you were more "inspired" by Gene, like Dreamgirls was "inpired" by > > Diana Ross and the Supremes. Not that that's a bad thing. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ray Bradley" > > <clavenia@> wrote: > > > > > > 1) Ellen, you're now replying to your *own* posts. That's just > > scary. > > > > > > 2) Of course I can make this stuff up. I can make ANYTHING up. > The > > > question is: am I lying? Try to guess which ones of these are > real > > > and which are made-up: > > > > > > - I played tongue-hockey with a cast member from Avenue Q. > > > - I hooked up with a Penthouse Pet back in college, and got a > > mention > > > in her "modeling" bio. > > > - I'm highly allergic to mushrooms to the point where I have to > > avoid > > > the vegetable section of any supermarket that sells them > unbagged. > > > - I once touched a fish's reproductive glands and were stunned > that > > > it smelled like human. > > > > > > 3) Why? Because I am me, and dammit, that counts for something. > > > > > > - RB > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > > > <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I mean you CAN, but why would you want to? > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" > > > > <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > right, you can't make up stuff like that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
