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RE: Jim Merod may be a nice guy & good engineer. Dunno. But damn, this may be the worst "review" I've......

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lord addleford

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In Reply to: RE: Jim Merod may be a nice guy & good engineer. Dunno. But damn, this may be the worst "review" I've...... posted by Rick W on October 06, 2014 at 08:41:34

Let's keep it simple: Mr. Merod is 'putting us on'. Regardless, what is unforgivable is that he spelled Groucho, as in Groucho Marx,"Graucho", which displays and extreme limitation in knowledge. Did he intend to write Gaucho? Mr. Merod, polymath that he is, condescends to throw out a bit of Yiddish, poor soul. He failed to serve up 'schmuck'; that noun pretty much says it all. No doubt, Mr. Merod is a "nice guy".

But, hey, let's remember that his 'review' was intended to be a joke. Is the reader supposed to laugh?

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"Extreme limitation in his knowledge"? - rbolaw 16:44:34 10/06/14 (6)
Actually, the misspellings are intentional, as are the run-on sentences. He is likely parodying Irish modern novelist James Joyce, and in particular Joyce's famous novel Finnegan's Wake, that I quoted from in my first post.

You may not appreciate his attempt at humor, but why be so nasty about it? Low-level humor is very cheerfully accepted here, but apparently not the higher-level variety. Perhaps the only problem is the extreme limitation in your knowledge about James Joyce. ;)
- LOL! - mkuller 20:55:40 10/08/14 (1)
  ...now I've heard everything - an audio reviewer writing a review as a parody of a James Joyce novel.
  
  I have found both Joyce and his review to be unreadable.
  
  I once wrote an equipment review of as a parody of a Joe Bob Briggs drive-in movie review in the late 1980s. It may not have been high-brow humor, but at least no one questioned what it was.
  
  Do you think anyone but you got this one?
  
  If no one gets it, can it really be considered a parody?
  - I loved those Joe Bob Briggs movie reviews. nt - rbolaw 08:16:24 10/10/14 (0)
- Higher-level? Jeez, somewhere Gizmo's spirit is cringing. - Rick W 10:48:13 10/07/14 (1)
  I would prefer Merod submit his high-level literary parodies to some musicology publication, safely away from my eyes.
  - RE: Higher-level? Jeez, somewhere Gizmo's spirit is cringing. - rbolaw 11:10:36 10/07/14 (0)
    I hear ya. Turns out there are amateur humorists in every walk of life. As one myself, I've learned it's better to keep it to yourself unless and until you are specifically asked for it. Otherwise, you catch the grief Mr. Merod is getting here.
- RE: "Extreme limitation in his knowledge"? - lord addleford 06:37:07 10/07/14 (0)
  Yes, I realized the review was a parody. Given Prof. Merod's teaching history, which includes, among other schools a stint at Brandeis, I stand embarrassed by my unwarranted, thin skinned, knee jerk reaction, and I offer my apologies to the Prof. I actually appreciate your slap across the wrist. I deserved it.
- That's no parody! It's a Positive Review nt - DAP 05:41:56 10/07/14 (0)
  nt

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