Forum / William F. Buckley started a magazine, then ran for the office of mayor, then the magazine got big. William Jefferson Clinton went on the Arsenio Hall show,

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    ... played saxophone, wore his SUNGLASSES, and took home the Office of President—
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    "People had had it — it was OVER!!!"
    "Ah!"
    "They had come of age — NEW people had come of age!!!"
    He spills his drink.
    "Bartender!"
    "Don't yell at the bartender!"
    "Well you just spilled your drink — would you like to continue??"
    "ANN-ey-*way* ... like I was saying, this new media *always* brings a new advantage — "
    The bartender, deadpan, deposits another Sidecar™, neat, no ice, and is already waiting on another customer before they notice—
    "I like this guy."
    He spills it down.
    The other one waits, patient.
    "Ahh!"
    "Continue!" He turns one hand, palm up, to go with *THIS* ...
    "I shall." He places the glass, almost-mock-CAREFUL, right BACK on the *bar*, then says, almost to *HIMSELF*, "That was really good!", and then continues: "But it's who gets there FIRST and capitalizes on it that wins. People won't take it seriously."
    "Your right!"
    "They don't believe it. 'E-mail, what's that, that's not how we do things.' 'Mailing lists,' what's that. 'National Review,' what's that. Etc."

    THE END

    #sidecar
    #WAITERanotherSIDECARplease
    #WAAAAAAAITERRRRR

    #istilldontlikestephinmerritt

    #no

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