One Final Say
Not being railroaded any longer37 total reviews
Comment from Jumbo J
Hi John,
in the fist place, I'm pretty sure there was no Panda bear in the original joke, I'm pretty sure it was about a horny wombat...lol So I'm wondering did Lynn Truss get outed for using a used punchline... And what constitutes a plagiarism, does part of a reconstructed four words actually mean anything? Sometime this site loses it own sight... I know who you are and dishonest is not you... I say those among us that hasn't sinned... shit did I just plagiarize... So sue me... Wonder who would do that, Jesus?
Rest easy friend no fowl there.
Kindest thoughts,
James
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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Hi John,
in the fist place, I'm pretty sure there was no Panda bear in the original joke, I'm pretty sure it was about a horny wombat...lol So I'm wondering did Lynn Truss get outed for using a used punchline... And what constitutes a plagiarism, does part of a reconstructed four words actually mean anything? Sometime this site loses it own sight... I know who you are and dishonest is not you... I say those among us that hasn't sinned... shit did I just plagiarize... So sue me... Wonder who would do that, Jesus?
Rest easy friend no fowl there.
Kindest thoughts,
James
Comment Written 03-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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James, thanks for the wonderful review . I appreciate the support.
Gotta get back to work, John
Comment from adewpearl
phone's notebook - add apostrophe for possessive
Crazy Mike as we named him, - add comma
one's pen - add apostrophe for possessive
let's bash - add apostrophe
trust me, fellow writers - add comma for direct address
individuals' names - add apostrophe for plural possessive
I'm glad you're going to be back to posts about your grandkids :-) I don't agree with using recycled punchlines, an opinion I've voiced several times over the years in connection to the 5/7/5 just for laughs contests, but this got blown way out of proportion in the Fan Story drama it generated. People were wrong to call you out in such a public fashion, acting as if this was the one and only time a writer had "borrowed" a punchline while most of us know it happens with regularity. I wish it wouldn't happen at all. I prefer original wit and I never ever vote for entries where I recognize the punchline from an old chestnut, but good gravy, nobody got killed. LOL :-) Brooke
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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phone's notebook - add apostrophe for possessive
Crazy Mike as we named him, - add comma
one's pen - add apostrophe for possessive
let's bash - add apostrophe
trust me, fellow writers - add comma for direct address
individuals' names - add apostrophe for plural possessive
I'm glad you're going to be back to posts about your grandkids :-) I don't agree with using recycled punchlines, an opinion I've voiced several times over the years in connection to the 5/7/5 just for laughs contests, but this got blown way out of proportion in the Fan Story drama it generated. People were wrong to call you out in such a public fashion, acting as if this was the one and only time a writer had "borrowed" a punchline while most of us know it happens with regularity. I wish it wouldn't happen at all. I prefer original wit and I never ever vote for entries where I recognize the punchline from an old chestnut, but good gravy, nobody got killed. LOL :-) Brooke
Comment Written 03-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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My issue was that I didn't re-tell a joke or reconstruct a joke. This was my ten word story entry :
Panda Bear dissatisfied with food service. Eats shoots and leaves.
How is this such a cheaters paradise when I recently read a facsimile to the Three Pigs written for dogs. Earlier this year I wrote a story about Aiden to the tune of I've Been Working on the Railroad.
I just think this reviewer had a bug up their butt and I challenged it.
Enough said, time to move on and up. John
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I agree - time to move on :-)
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Just a crazy coincidence. They all owe you an apology for jumping to the conclusion that you copied a book title. But... even if you had... what the heck's wrong with incorporating a book title? Or an old joke, if you do it in a new way? It's not like you copied it the way it was. I'd have to see it, I guess, but I can see from what you said that no cheating was intended. I've seen a lot of old jokes incorporated into writing... I just tell them "I've heard that joke before... try coming up with something original." But if you changed it enough, that's different. Of course, still have not read it.
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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Just a crazy coincidence. They all owe you an apology for jumping to the conclusion that you copied a book title. But... even if you had... what the heck's wrong with incorporating a book title? Or an old joke, if you do it in a new way? It's not like you copied it the way it was. I'd have to see it, I guess, but I can see from what you said that no cheating was intended. I've seen a lot of old jokes incorporated into writing... I just tell them "I've heard that joke before... try coming up with something original." But if you changed it enough, that's different. Of course, still have not read it.
Comment Written 03-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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The fact is, I never told a joke. My entry into the ten word story contest was as follows :
Panda Bear dissatisfied with good service. Eats shoots and leaves.
That's it. Not joke. No re-telling an old joke. The 'eat shoots and leaves' stemmed from a joke told to me, the double meaning of the three words. Then I was accused of stealing this from Lynn Truss and her book. Get the F out of here with that. I steal from no one!! I do my own bad writing just fine by myself.
Just trying to move forward now after my little rant...
Go Penguins...
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Just a crazy coincidence. They all owe you an apology for jumping to the conclusion that you copied a book title. But... even if you had... what the heck's wrong with incorporating a book title? Or an old joke, if you do it in a new way? It's not like you copied it the way it was. I'd have to see it, I guess, but I can see from what you said that no cheating was intended. I've seen a lot of old jokes incorporated into writing... I just tell them "I've heard that joke before... try coming up with something original." But if you changed it enough, that's different. Of course, still have not read it.
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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Just a crazy coincidence. They all owe you an apology for jumping to the conclusion that you copied a book title. But... even if you had... what the heck's wrong with incorporating a book title? Or an old joke, if you do it in a new way? It's not like you copied it the way it was. I'd have to see it, I guess, but I can see from what you said that no cheating was intended. I've seen a lot of old jokes incorporated into writing... I just tell them "I've heard that joke before... try coming up with something original." But if you changed it enough, that's different. Of course, still have not read it.
Comment Written 03-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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Ditto...
Comment from AprilShower
John, I don't even remember this ten word story. Did I read it? I surely hope you aren't kicked off because of their behavior and your reaction. Those ten words must have been extremely valuable. LOL. I know it isn't funny. I'm sure their reactions had to be quite hurtful. I'm sorry that this happened, but you're not the only who has received one of those one star ratings at one time or another.
Hang in their, friend. This only means that you're a good writer. Could be a big green monster hopes to knock you down.
April
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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John, I don't even remember this ten word story. Did I read it? I surely hope you aren't kicked off because of their behavior and your reaction. Those ten words must have been extremely valuable. LOL. I know it isn't funny. I'm sure their reactions had to be quite hurtful. I'm sorry that this happened, but you're not the only who has received one of those one star ratings at one time or another.
Hang in their, friend. This only means that you're a good writer. Could be a big green monster hopes to knock you down.
April
Comment Written 02-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 03-Jul-2013
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I'll be fine April thank you. I have big shoulders and simply want to get back to writing and put this escspade in my rear view mirror. John
John, I've just been muted by someone who read my chapter poem. I wonder if it is the same one who muted you. I'm just curious. She maybe read what I said to you. I didn't do anything to upset her that I know of. I don't even know what she's going to report me for doing.
Comment from Hawthorne42
I'm sorry to hear about the heckling the received. Honestly, all ideas have been done. If you can bring life to an old pun, that makes it yours. Keep on doing that voodoo you do.
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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I'm sorry to hear about the heckling the received. Honestly, all ideas have been done. If you can bring life to an old pun, that makes it yours. Keep on doing that voodoo you do.
Comment Written 02-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Thank you for a great review and encouragement... John
Comment from ephraim crud, COS.
one star reviews have every place on this site as if not, would not be an option and quite frankly i hate the ego stroke mentality of the site. As for the plagiarist comment, well is ignorance an excuse? i am sure econ teacher, eph and i are all happy to be named as are the rest who spotted your post .... by the way you may like my poem The Ape. it is all my own work, best regards Connie Linctus
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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one star reviews have every place on this site as if not, would not be an option and quite frankly i hate the ego stroke mentality of the site. As for the plagiarist comment, well is ignorance an excuse? i am sure econ teacher, eph and i are all happy to be named as are the rest who spotted your post .... by the way you may like my poem The Ape. it is all my own work, best regards Connie Linctus
Comment Written 02-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Mr. Ape, I never mentioned one name...
Comment from Connie C
Thank you for sharing this, John. I'm sorry you had to be attacked by these three reviewers who probably don't know that you are a good writer who would not plagiarize and who likes to write about your grandkids. I'm glad you got the final say.
Your friend,
Connie
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Thank you for sharing this, John. I'm sorry you had to be attacked by these three reviewers who probably don't know that you are a good writer who would not plagiarize and who likes to write about your grandkids. I'm glad you got the final say.
Your friend,
Connie
Comment Written 02-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Thank you very much Connie. I appreciate the kind words... John
Comment from Aussie
Love the eats, shoots and leaves joke. It is a sad day when fellow writers become jackals fighting over a kill. There will always be good and bad and eventually the tall poppies will be cut down. Your honesty is your shield - no one can take that away. If you write from the heart and you know that you are not a plagiarized copyist - you have nothing to be embarrassed about. I won't get into these petty sessions and I know some writers have left because of hate mail - sick isn't it? Write from your heart, ignore the people that make you sick - go hug a tree and be yourself - simple, kind and unpretending. Blessings, K.
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Love the eats, shoots and leaves joke. It is a sad day when fellow writers become jackals fighting over a kill. There will always be good and bad and eventually the tall poppies will be cut down. Your honesty is your shield - no one can take that away. If you write from the heart and you know that you are not a plagiarized copyist - you have nothing to be embarrassed about. I won't get into these petty sessions and I know some writers have left because of hate mail - sick isn't it? Write from your heart, ignore the people that make you sick - go hug a tree and be yourself - simple, kind and unpretending. Blessings, K.
Comment Written 02-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Kay, thank you. I'm not looking for anyone to take any side. This situation irked me and to finalize it I needed to vent and get it out because nothing else was.
For me it's a closed chapter in the daily life of JohnnyD and I'm moving forward. Thank you for bring a friend. John
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John, There will always be the nice and the nasty; we are the special people! :-) K.
Comment from Mrs Happy Poet
Eat shoots and leaves is indeed a book title my friend a book about punctuation in writing , this being said the people that were rude to you could have told you in a nicer way I have had many insults in the past here I just ignore them and mute take care my friend and don't let them get to you regards Jill
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Eat shoots and leaves is indeed a book title my friend a book about punctuation in writing , this being said the people that were rude to you could have told you in a nicer way I have had many insults in the past here I just ignore them and mute take care my friend and don't let them get to you regards Jill
Comment Written 02-Jul-2013
reply by the author on 02-Jul-2013
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Thank you Jill, chapters closed. Time to start writing again, John
