The kiddie pool will fall silent and dank. A useless and dangerous pit, into which small children and new users are likely to be fall and be injured.
What a shock to get to the once more functional Great Orange Satan, and find our Beloved Snark-fester has written a GBCWTTFN!
(h/t Ray Radlein, quibbler)
Fellow our farkin' BiPM, kos!
Update at bottom of diary......
This is a serious situation folks. Not only does the Great Maestro of Cheering and Jeering need work, I fear for his fragile mental state. He signs his post as Billy! This may be a serious clue to a deteriorating mental state.
We must save him! Does anybody know persackly where in PM he lives? Should somebody go by to see if he is alright?
Aside from the liability of having a cracking hole in the site, which stinks of old kiddie pee, there is and additional concern here.
Where will the baby Orange Satans cut their teeth. When I was a little one lost on the site, it was only when I found C&J, brainchild of the Great and Powerful BiPM, that I dipped my toe. After becoming used to the slightly yellow water in the pool, I became comfortable enough to step in and splash around.
From there, I gained confidence to begin to explore the dark and frightening worlds of "Front Page", and gradually to step into the right hand list of "Recent Diaries".
Why, because of the confidence and skills gained from splashing around with BiPM and his wacko pals in the kiddie pool, I can now step into the blackest hole of a diary, and read it! And comment!
Fellow our frackin' BiPM, kos! He's out looking for work, and although the tone is yet one of shock, it might get ugly later in the day. Certainly tomorrow morning, all hell will break loose, with Zombie C&Jers stumbling around the site, dying for the Wisdom of his snark.
Update from comments: histopresto hits nail on head, 10 times in a row!
10 reasons he should get a paycheck from dkos
1. Koufax Award!!!
2. Only person with comprehensive fart sites listed on personal blogroll
3. Kiddie pool provides safe zone for new members transitioning into the community
4. Redefines online humor as happily being rated PG13
5. Pooties
6. Puppies
7. Swoosh-gong!
8. Longest running series on site
9. His non C&J rants set the standard for kvetching
10. Because Jon Stewart will grab him otherwise!!!
bonus reason from sbdenmom
A closed Kiddie Pool means all those C&Jers will be roaming around the rest of the site every morning, knocking over trash cans and generally wreaking havoc.
See? It's already starting......
Kos has responded in comments
I'd love to, no doubt
But I can't afford it.
Now if the C&J community is willing to fund this fellowship...
by kos on Wed Oct 03, 2007 at 12:56:44 PM EDT
and timroff suggests:
Emma, in BIPM's diary... (3+ / 0-)
Recommended by:
Moody Loner, eej, Debbie in ME
there was the suggestion that we hire Bill -- via committed monthly donations -- through Paypal or some other system -- of $5 or $10 a piece.
Maybe we can support dKos and Bill simultaneously by buying subscriptions and having kos apply a portion to BiPM's fellowship?
I know I'd be willing to cough up $120 a year to ensure that C&J was on my doorstep every morning...
and supplies us a a good idea to make this happen.
Absolutely...
as I suggested above, what if we, as a group, bought subscriptions with the caveat that you'd apply a portion towards Bill's fellowship? Add a $10/ or $20/month option here as a "Fellowship Support Membership" that would help not just BiPM but SusanG, Hunter, Gina, etc....
Update, kos in comments:
Umm, guys...
We don't know 1) if BIPM would even be interested in this, and 2) what his salary requirements would be. Don't buy subscriptions expecting them to go to Bill without the proper legwork being done.
Also, the fundraiser would have to cover his entire yearly salary for it to be viable. I don't have flexibility in my budget for this. So hold off until I have more information. Thanks.
Thank you kos! We'll try not to stand around pulling nose picked fingers whilst we are holding off.
Bless you and the bytes you rode in on.
Gosh, what a surprise to get to the top of the rec list in a twinkling. Did my hair look ok?
And darn that Senator Kennedy, pushing us down the list like that!
I just love this place. Only on the Great Orange Satan can one rally the troops so fast and furious, then get kicked down the alley by a Senator.
And btw, I bought a 6 month, 4 buck a month subscription. Not because I thought it would go to BiPM, but because it seemed the right thing to do.
It's like the Koyoto agreement. We didn't buy into it because China didn't, or so they say. That was wrong. It was holding hostage.
I bought because I support the program, and my financial situation has improved a bit lately. If an opportunity to get Bill as a Fellow comes up, I've kept a little powder dry for that. But I wanted to blow some up too, so I did.