“Yeah, apparently he writes this blog of his anonymously”, said one of my colleagues to another at the conference we were all attending.
I stopped in my tracks. I had gone to get a coffee after meeting a client, and was walking back to the group when I overheard the discussion.
“He puts some jokes in there, but it’s mostly lame stuff about work and that,” continued another.
I am shocked. It is not mostly lame stuff. It has been described as “hilarious” and “not bad” by some other bloggers, and “insightful social commentary” by me, on several occasions. They clearly do not know what they are talking about.
Then I realised that Dave was one of the group. I have written about Dave on a few occasions, and I could not care less if he is offended, except if he tells HR. I am not 100% positive, but I think there might a problem with calling your colleague a feckless idiot on the Internet.
“That Pseudonym, I don’t know where it came from, it doesn’t even make sense!”
Now they are just being picky. Anyone of them that has been in the Monday management meeting with me will know where it has come from. They are deliberately missing the point.
“I mean, calling yourself after a childrens toy?”
Hmmm. I do not know a lot about toys nowadays. Perhaps the top selling toy at the moment is a Mr Angry doll?
“I think he might have stopped writing it because no-one ever read it”
“Ha! It can not be me!” I thought to myself. I have literally tens of readers, which as everyone who has a Grade C or above at GCSE maths knows is more than no-one!
I approached them as I drank my coffee and they filled me in on a client of ours who started a blog about the industry we are in. I played dumb and asked them what a blog was. Honestly, it is these little things that make my life bearable.
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Oli · May 17, 2007 at 8:43 am
So sly your like james bond and basil brush rolled into one.
Will · May 17, 2007 at 8:50 am
Is his pseudonym Mr Meccano? That would be a good pseudonym.
Admin comment by Mr Angry · May 17, 2007 at 10:00 am
Oli – I like that! I might steal it…
Will – I’m not sure I get it? But knowing your propensity to pun, that would not be surprising, I am rubbish at puns.
BoyOnTop · May 17, 2007 at 10:11 am
One of the kids has a Mr Angry doll, as well as Mr Incredible and Little Miss Grumpy (I think, there are many).
I always picture you as a small purple stuffed toy (even having met you), makes me smile.
Murph · May 17, 2007 at 10:27 am
You could call yourself Basildon Bond.
Mr Farty · May 17, 2007 at 10:59 am
“a feckless idiot on the Internet”
I resemble that remark.
Dr J · May 17, 2007 at 12:15 pm
You ought to try Brooke Bond, after all most of your material is PG…
GH · May 17, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Arrghh! Punsters should be beaten to death with a blunt egg-whisk!
GH
greavsie · May 17, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Is your new catchphrase is ‘Shaken, not stirred, Boom-Boom’?
Admin comment by Mr Angry · May 17, 2007 at 2:56 pm
BoT – You mean like the Purple People Eater?
Murph – From Essex? No chance…
Mr Farty – As do many other mate, as do many others…
Dr J – Taxi!
GH – I agree, but only because I am rubbish at them.
greavsie – It could be, I think it is only a catch-phrase that is preventing me from attaining complete world domination
Ldbug · May 17, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Oh, see, now that I read the comments, I’m going to forever envision you as Boy on Top describes; stuffed and purple. Actually, I already kinda thought you’d have a purplish hue to your face, you know, really angry like
Will · May 17, 2007 at 3:35 pm
No pun. You actually convinced me that they were talking about someone else, who had a children’s toy as a name. Or were they not? Fuck it, this is all too complicated for me, I’m going back to bed.
Dr J · May 17, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Ow, that bloody egg whisk hurt!
Sam Cullum · May 17, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Have you read his blog. It may actually be OK and the others were jealous and just being bitchy because of his wit, humour and devilish charm! Hadn’t thought of that had you?
Jake the Poacher · May 19, 2007 at 10:52 am
Lucky you… I wrote some indiscreet things on my ‘anonymous’ blog and the whole company ended up reading it. Brought on myself of course by having given someone the link, but anyone who suffers from reader-getting impatience can empathise with that. Then i got some hate mail.
I think even if the wall between blog and blogger is wearing paper thin, you always win out by feeding people’s reactions into the blog – bring them down to your level as it were. The result in my case was that those that didn’t hate it, loved it!
JTP
Barranos · May 20, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I love you.