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[wombat]

Here's the thing I just realized about Pat's blog. I'm sure that in some interview somewhere, Onstad has said that thing that writers often say, that each of his characters comes from some part of his own personality. And you think about this and you think, yeah, you can picture this person, who has a little bit of Ray and a little bit of Teodor and a little bit of Roast Beef and even a little bit of Cornelius that he is growing to grow old to be. Because we all have a little bit of fun-loving and a little bit of obsessed with food or whatever and a little bit of self-doubt inside us. You can sympathize with all of that and it makes sense how they can all be different facets of a guy. And, a guy you'd like to, like, have a beer with.

But somehow I never thought... Pat.

OMG, Pat's voice in this blog. It is so real and so awful. He's just so awful. It just perfectly captures a particular kind of awfulness. Almost as if... the author has a little bit of Pat in him too.

I'm glad I never thought of this before. I mean, I let that man hug me. *shudder*

[CortJstr]

Wait, so you never thought the thread locking machine was in any way a little Pat-ish?

[wombat]

I guess I can see the connection now. But did I picture Thread-Locking Onstad as anything like exquisitely, horribly, wonderfully detailed mental image that is evoked by the Pat of the blogs? No.

Yeah, Pat would lock threads if he had a chance, sure. But somehow, Pat was always the odd character out in my mind, the one in whom was deposited hateful characteristics seen in other people.

Of course, I always did have a little bit of the Stockholm syndrome sort of thing in that respect. I mean, really, didn't we deserve to be locked, sometimes?

[Bimmicus]

I'm beginning to think Pat is a bit of a dick.

[CortJstr]

I'm beginning to think Pat is a bit of a dick.

The hell you say

[littlefallsmets]

I guess I always saw the guy as basically half-Pat and half-Ray, with Teodor and Beef being the light and the dark of trying to synthesize the two.

There is something about golf that would only be appreciated by someone who is half-Ray and half-Pat.

[pmcd9]

Thanks for the link, dick.

http://journeyintoreason.blogspot.com/2008/11/sensibilly.html

[theinevitable]

I am confused as to why he would pick a -billy themed thing to grow off of.

There are, though, ridiculously crazy -billy scenes in St Louis, apparently. All kinds of weird psycho- horror- death- whatever- billy bands. I have heard that it is like, a big deal.

[herofix]

The second you find out about a happening bhangra-billy scene, post it here and I'll immediately get on a plane. 

Man, that would be awesome.  Seriously.

I've done a million Pat-like things.  The things that suddenly come flooding into your memory just before you fall to sleep - that stuff - that makes you cringe.  I mercilessly humiliated my mother for saying that 'Professor' Gadget was coming up on TV, when she only said it because she knew I'd want to watch it.  That was 20 years ago, and I still burn bright red with shame thinking about that.

I told a friend that Catholicism made no since sense, and I told her that for about 40 minutes like a boring insensitive cunt who can't take a hint until she cried.

We are all terribly awful people, and since I know that today most of you are celebrating a holiday that encourages introspection, I'd like to put the point across that the people on Touamb are particularly awful.  For all the time I've been lurking here, I've been desperate to tell you that.

[Ruta Bagas]

Who is the most awful?

It is imperative that we know who is the most awful.

[littlefallsmets]

Personally, I've long accepted that my awfulness and my self-awareness are inversely proportional.

[pmcd9]

Who is the most awful?

It is imperative that we know who is the most awful.

It's that guy obviously.

[wombat]

that today most of you are celebrating a holiday that encourages introspection

Um, what holiday is that? It's not like it's Yom Kippur or something. It's mostly about eating too much. Hmm, I wonder what pretentious thing Teodor is cooking.

[AugustWest]

Um, what holiday is that? It's not like it's Yom Kippur or something. It's mostly about eating too much. Hmm, I wonder what pretentious thing Teodor is cooking.

Ping-pong balls made from sweet potato polymer inflated with turkey air.

[theinevitable]

Ping-pong balls made from sweet potato polymer inflated with turkey air.

YES!

Also: yes, I am the most awful person in the world.

I don't know what you're talking about with the rest of these guys, though.