Open Thread – Troll of the Week
Alright, it’s been a lot more than a week since we’ve had our last troll encounter, but Troll of the Week sounds better than Troll of an Undetermined Length of Time. So, there it is.
Here at The Mudflats, we like to check from time to time to see what little trolls have gotten stuck in our filters. Lately, there has been a huge infestation of a type of troll we haven’t seen much before, so I thought I’d drag a few of them out so you could see. Usually the troll is a solitary creature, ambling in by itself, grumbling and muttering and scratching itself, but these trolls seem to be rather… dare I say it… happy. They’re completely self-serving and self-promoting of course, but they do try to win you over with kindness.
Most of the time, it’s a fairly generic complimentary comment like, “Genuinely engaging. Keep those reports flowing.” But somehow you sense something is wrong. And then you notice that the comment links back to a website where they’re trying to sell you a grill, or fishing tackle, or some sort of exotic lotion. And you know you’ve found one.
The best part is that what they want you to believe is kindness, sometimes ends up being hilarious gobbledy-gook because English is not the fist language of many of this type of troll. All they want to do is lure you away to a link to increase the traffic to their site. I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. May I present for your amusement: The Spam Troll.
Tempie Olaya from (strangely enough) Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Without doubt consider whatever you explained. Your main proof was absolutely the simplest thing to have an understanding of. I express to you, I frequently get irked any time men and women talk about problems that they in plain english have no idea about. You managed to hit the nail directly on the top and furthermore explained out each and every step with no complications. , people can take a signal. Will likely be back to get more. Thanks
Ahhh…. I love it when I hit the nail directly on the top. And keep working on that “plain english.”
Here’s another member of the flock of trolls – Wolverine and the X-Men from Bryan, Texas.
Since tallying for some time for just a proper read in views to this sort of ecological niche. Seeking in Bing I now spotted this site . Looking this information so i am pleased to bring that I have a very good impression I bumbled onto whatever I was ready for. I’ll make sure to don’t forget this website and dedicate it a look consistently .
Out of the mouths of wolverines comes insight. I think I would like that on my tombstone, actually. Not the whole thing – just: “I bumbled onto whatever I was ready for.” If you can say that, I think you can count your life well-lived.
I’m sure we’ll be back to one of those other nasty virulent trolls soon, but I hope you’ve enjoyed our little lesson on the lighter side of trolling. Until an undetermined length of time passes, always remember – Don’t feed the trolls.
Sarah Palin’s choosing sides in the conflict between North and South Korea–and picking Kim Jong Il?
Couldn’t be. But there she is on Glenn Beck’s radio show saying just that: “This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy. But obviously we’ve gotta stand with our North Korean allies.”
The host helpfully corrects her, “South Korean allies.” this from :
http://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/sarah-palin-confuses-whos-on-our-side-in-northsouth-korea/
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you know. this woman, i believe, is an idiot. she is an ignorant idiot. an asinine idiot….she is many kinds of idiot.
Agreeeeeeed!!!
Yes—she would love for President obama to read her book. She has baited him, but he won’t take the hook. He’s too damm smart Sarah. Maybe Barbara Bush will read it and get back to you.
Go back to Alaska ======and STAY THERE!!!!!!
Palin was on the news tonight saying, “I wish President Obama would read my book.” But she wasn’t taking bets on in.
I think President Obama might read it, especially if he needs a good laugh.
Nah, I just can’t picture that. I really can’t.
Mrs. Palin and family are spending Thanksgiving here in Phoenix. Can’t you please take her back so we can have a good Thanksgiving?
DWTS just saved their show——-Third is MORE than she deserved.
There IS justice. Third place!
Could be that when Sarah’s minions flooded the phones and webs last night causing a crash, it resulted in not being able to vote and, therefore, the demise.
Irony. Yup, another word the Palin’s don’t understand…and the law of unintended consequences!
Studed journalism? Communications degree? Whew——If she had Sister Mary Clementine in the 8th grade—–she would have flunked out!
Or Sister Mary Elephant… she would show Palin a thing or two…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Former half-term, quitter Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R-NPD, AIP) has announced “that out of an abundance of caution,” she has hired Joe Miller’s team of election lawyers to challenge the outcome of tonights vote on Dancing With the Stars, “if our Golden Child Bristol” does not win the coveted glass ball.
“These liberal, elite Hollywood-types who run the show are haters,” Palin said, “and I wouldn’t put it past ’em to rig this thing for that grumpy woman or that black kid. Nobody is gonna take away what is rightfully Bristol’s. She is the best dancer they have EVER had on their show.”
According to Palin, Miller’s lawyers left Alaska in her family’s luxury RV on Friday and hope to be in Los Angeles by the conclusion of tonight’s show. She strongly denied rumors that Miller severely sprained his ankle chasing after the bus on an ice-covered Anchorage street while yelling, “Come back here, now!! There are still absentee ballots to count.”
“Joe doesn’t need those lawyers anymore,” Palin said. “He can stand on his own two feet. Well….sort of.”
Paln, speaking from a parking lot in Arizona for the first stop on her book tour for her latest entre into the fiction section of book stores, said “Sorry I can’t be with The Pistol and Mark tonight but duty calls. Some British guy once said that ‘Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.’ Or was it absence? I can’t flippin remember what I told Briss but I’m sure it was good advice.”
Palin also denied rumors that the lawyers were being accompanied by representatives of Drop Zone Security who will be investigating the mysterious while powder sent earlier to her daughter and her dance partner. “It’s really not an issue,” Palin said. “We knew it was only talcum powder. Hell, it was our idea to send it in the first place. Ya just can’t do enough to draw attention to the Palins dont’ cha know.”
ROTFLMAO
“It was Todd’s idea, though, to call in the death threats, also, too.”
bubbles, what a tribute from your daughter- her letter is the Gold medal of Motherhood. Happiest of birthday wishes to you.
to the mudflats community. thank you for all the loving thoughts and best wishes on this my birthday.
some of you posted here on the blog and some of you posted on my wall. i am almost but not quite without words to express my joy and happiness at your kindness. i am singing (not well because the doc yanked out a tooth) the songs you sent me. my daughter posted a birthday wish for me on Facebook and i am telling you i nearly lost it. Jaime sent me stars and fairy dust.
my daughter Merry asked that i share her letter to me with you. i have mentioned her from time to time and now i introduce you to my light, my heart, the love of my life:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA! Aint No Nobody Loves You Better! Sending you one
of our favorite records to dance to when I was a kid, when you tried
to teach me to get the beat. I finally got it didn’t I?-20 years
later. Thanks for teaching me rhythm and a love for good music,
especially old school R&B. You also taught me how to paint, to cook,
to enjoy reading, fashion, design, good sense, to have a spiritual
center, to flirt and be charming, to win attention not by being
obnoxious but by being adorable, to have passion about
history-politics-black culture, pride and love for our ancestors and
family (at least the tolerable ones), to be kind to neighbors, to deal
with crazy low lives as well as the priviledged upper crust, to throw
a great party, to decorate the best christmas trees and enjoy
christmas with the important slow opening of presents, to love being a
New Yorker, to battle enemies and appreciate friends, to use
accessories wisely, to take risks, to travel well even while broke, to
take compliments, to work hard and never give up, to have a vast and
active imagination, to want justice and fight the power, to write
thank you notes, to protect myself from toxic people, to sing loudly
even though we are awful singers, and to love fiercely and freely in
every moment given to us in this world.
I hope you enjoy your birthday even though I know you also had a
tooth pulled today. Make it last and celebrate all week. And we will
celebrate when I see you next. Heal fast and get back to the important
work of raising hell in the LES and online. Love, Mireille
thank you my friends. thank you my daughters of the blood and of the spirit.
thank you Mudflats for being a part of my life and giving me access to some of the loveliest people walking the planet. you mean the world to me,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBLES! So glad I have a real live person I’ve met to think of when I see your comments now. Have a bubbly day! <3
Bubbles, you are just lovely. You’re daughter’s birthday wishes are proof.
Happy, Happy Birthday….and many more!
What a lovely way to be honored…!
Happy, Happy Birthday Bubbles. (love your name!)
my bad / Willow’s lament
http://southpawbeagle.com/2010/11/17/4634/
I believe the poor child. But at this point I believe anything.
Actually, that was wonderful. I really enjoyed it. I just want to believe there’s a black sheep to the $owah PayMe meme.
If only. If only Willow could be the opposition.
Well hello….
Here’s funny, albeit frightening, read about a Palin presidential run:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/compost/2010/11/can_palin_win_is_that_halibut.html#more?hpid=opinionsbox1
Love the poll: Do you think the bitter quitter is qualified to run for president?
91% NO!!!!!!!!!!!
We should always have Bubbles circling the sun! Keep circling, Bubbles.
You mean the sun doesn’t revolve around Bubbles? (I’m in a birthday best wishes mood.)
Evidently the GotP failed to read The Mudflats: “War is Over, if You Want it… Have a Nice Day.”
Christmas-Hating Republican Party Selling ‘Happy Holidays’ Ornaments
“Conservatives are constantly telling us we are not allowed to wish people “Happy Holidays,” even if we don’t know their religion”……
http://wonkette.com/430891/christmas-hating-republican-party-selling-happy-holiday-ornaments
Happy Birthday , Bubbles !!!! And may you have many wonderful years of bumbling in to all the things you are ready for !
Hey, wait, didn’t a certain Troll, Joe W. Miller, draw a line in the sand to the journalists? Just before his major meltdown on so many fronts?
I think there is a signal here of a similar event on the horizon…
Why would $Palin imagine that she could make the same mistake again expecting different results?
Oh.
Happy B-Day to you, Bubbles! Enjoy, enjoy!! ((hugs))
Happy Birthday dear bubs.
Hau’oli La Hanau, Bubbles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLlPoVcFwx0&feature=related
…and jingle all the way
Count me in on this conga line–Happy Birthday Bubbles!
(All right thinking people are born in November [ignore Manson, etc.])
{Bubbles} “Happy Birthday, to yooou!”
((((((((((Happy Birthday Bubbles:) !)))))))
I actually like to bumble.
Which reminds me, Happy Birthday, Bubbles!!!!
Palin was speaking about the “Who, What, When, Where, and Why you ask when doing a news report, not an interiew which is much more indepth. Tells me that Sarah didn’t learn much in school. She is also blaming Couric for her own screw ups an lack of knowledge on issues.
Also, if by chance you caught the scene of her shooting a rifle at the gun range, you’ll notice she is not holding the gun properly, and it almost hits her in the face when she fired it. This tells me she has shot a gun very little to none, and validates what Levi said about Sarah pulling out a new gun from under her bed and asking him how to use it.
There was a loop video of her with a gun that went out yesterday, screen grabbed from the TLC show. It doesn’t even appear that her finger is on the trigger – the smug look on her face is ridiculous.
She was shown holding a gun (incorrectly) during the time she was on the ticket w/McCain and it reflected her non-experience w/guns. I doubt seriously that Palin has a hunting record (probably went out once or twice w/her Dad when she was a kid) in Alaska.
Her constant lies continue to amaze me and we’ve been watching her in Alaska for too damned long! I can hardly wait for the McGinnis and Dunn books to be published – she is going to be in one giant uproar over them, I’m sure.
I said on another blog that Dunn is just going to have to publish in volumes – this Palin Lies thing is a saga, not a set. It just keeps getting weirder, so Dunn is going to have to go to encyclopedia mode or publish the dang thing already.
It was not a rifle. It was a shotgun. You hold a shotgun differently than a rifle because you don’t sight down the barrel. She did just fine, provided the clays she busted were not edited in.
Did you get the plain English from this troll?
“… “I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism. And I have a communications degree. I studied journalism — who, what, where, when, and why of reporting. I will speak to reporters who still understand that cornerstone of our democracy, that expectation that the public has for truth to be reported.” …”
http://thepage.time.com/2010/11/22/palin-wont-waste-time-with-couric/
Sigh.
Oops, guess you did see the language-challenged comment – – –
Bretta,
Don’t fret. It can’t be re-stated enough! Unbelievable.
Hubris personified.
Palin: I won’t ‘waste my time’ with Katie Couric
“I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism,” she (Palin) added. “And I have a communications degree. I studied journalism — who, what, where, when, and why of reporting.”
It’s a pity, but clearly no one cared to teach her grammar. Amongst other things that she failed to learn.
There was a huffpo comment on this that just cracked me up
1st college – taught her who
2nd college – taught her what
3rd college – taught her where
4th college – taught her when
5th college – taught her why
and she still hasn’t learned HOW
Priceless!
Who : Sarah Palin
What: Mediocre Mayor, Quitter Governor, Queen of Tweets, and Founder of the Word Salad Language
Where: Facebook, LA, and (we of the Lower 48 really hope) Permanent Resident of Alaska
When: Way, Way too often on the tee vee
Why: The best question of all! Why is she in the media; better yet, why is anyone listening to her?
I don’t for a minute believe she has a degree in whatever sorry state she got it!
And yet millions of citizens turn in to watch Katie daily. Missy Quittypants only gets ‘views’ prompted by constant self-promotion via keeping her face ‘out there’ with Fb postings, Tweets, manufactured controversies, and the resultant faux-outrage. And a HUGE difference between the two is that Katie has ethics and standards of honesty by which she operates; Missy Quittypants doesn’t. beth.
Not to mention Ms Couric actually makes a living with her journalism degree. Millions, for years. More in a year than $owah PayMe has earned in a lifetime – with any of her so-called work.
$arah is about to lose it totally – she has to explain why her abstinent daughter(s) is(are) pregnant. Again.
[[imagining…]]
“I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism,” and Palin continued: “and I will devote the same energy, and also too, then, my single-mindedness, to this effort as I do to educating rill citizens about special needs children — I have a special needs child, so I am qualified and an expert on the topicality to lead the discussion on how to parent them for their potential to be such a gift and blessing; I am the shining example of special needs child parenting and will lead the fight because of my mandation to it. Katie just doesn’t understand but rill Amuricuns do and I will promote Alasska and its G-d-given resources for 75% of our nation’s needs for energy independence from foreign oil and special needs children as well in the who, what, where, when, and why of journalism I studied that Katie forgets with her “gotcha journalism” and making things up in the librul agenda against Amurica and the will of the Amuricun people which Obama is taking the country in the wrong direction and must be stopped.” beth.
Seems Mrs. Palin is always wanting to clean things.
Didn’t she run for Governor on an anti-corruption, “cleaning up” the government platform? Wasn’t she AWOL for a significant part of her tenure (even before the 2008 campaign, ala the “Where’s Sarah?” buttons) and didn’t she have a number of ethics violations? Seems her cleaning wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Now she wants to clean up journalism, when she can’t even speak a coherent sentence?
Maybe she really wants to be a maid. A rilly, rilly bad maid.
If she were not a fraud, she would insist on another Couric interview. If she were intelligent, she would consent to any interview at any time. If she were knowledgeable, she would seek out the media to prove her worth. If she was the tough cookie she pretends to be, no member of the media would frighten her.
When Palin says she wants to clean up today’s journalism, she really means that she wants to control it. Like Sharon Angle, Palin wants members of the media to publish only what she wants them to publish whether it has any association with reality…or not.
A new name for your troll posts
“The Occasional Troll”
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/sarah-palins-alaskas-ratings-take-a-nosedive/51168
I still can’t believe TLC/Discovery has PAID for an 8 Hr Palin Political Infomercial.
Burnett says it’s NOT political – it’s about Alaska
Palin says it IS political – it’s about “Their” Alaska….
Either way – seeing it tank in the ratings…..
Leads me to believe all is not lost for our country.
i didn’t watch but i seen the clips where she cuts down democrats and progressive and does the wee wee comment again, so i imaging she lost and offended anybody that isn’t a republican. They advertised it as a non political nature show but it is anything but.
Nature of the Beast maybe,
Comment section of that site attracted plenty of people happy to explain why they chose to watch only once. Very much the train wreck crowd speaking up over there.
One of my favorites: “Its almost like the old SNL crew did a series of shows on Alaska with some of the comments she makes.”
Speaking of trolls, seems some Afghani guy was pretending to be Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour and conducting negotiations with coalition forces. Whatever. Not the first time we’ve been schnookered in Afghanistan. Just as Xe.
What I want to know is the who, what, where, when and why of this Taliban Mansour’s relation to Rebecca. Now that’s real journalism.
Well, who doesn’t “frequently get irked any time men and women talk about problems that they in plain english have no idea about”? Reminds me of a certain governor quitter.
Trolls I see come to here discuss subject dear. Hit nail on top most good for us. Troll love
we make for fun also too. Dancing trolls on stars step pretty and me like. Do much web
pages for excellence on seeking the Bing.
DD
equivalent to ‘spies’ from insurance companies that sat in all Michael Moore movies and documented standard talking points for all to use against him, his family, & reform for all … they are busy little things, aren’t they?… working for the Repub ‘man’!
That piece on Olbermann was great. I sure hope this story gets some legs. They need to do a book together to document just how Corporate PR gets in the way of the best interests of the American people. Sure hope others pick this story up.
it was great…I hope it gets legs too! I have a feeling Michael Moore won’t let this opportunity slip away. Somebody has to expose these white collar criminals for due process! It’s beyond me what they’re able to get away with. Enough is enough!
“English is not the fist language of many of this type of troll”
I could just see them banning on their keyboards, fists bumping out foreign words left and right!
Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ Ratings Plummet In Week 2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/23/sarah-palins-alaska-ratings_n_787454.html#comments
Everybody wants to stop and gawk at a train wreck which explains the first weeks ratings. But according to what I have read the demographic they are getting is 57 and above, not the 18-49 age range. Which is probably the same age as most FOX viewers. Hopefully, it will keep going down in ratings every week and her books sales won’t be as high as her last one. One can only hope though.
The Beverly Hillbillies was a really popular show with good ratings. It got canceled when they started breaking down viewing demographics and found out the people watching were older–not the young people that spent money.
Now, what demography watch Sarah Palin’s Disastah or Faux Snooze? Yep, people who stay home, don’t spend money, and think their poor circumstances are due to someone else taking it away from them.
More liberal shows and stations have a lower viewership because their constituency is busy doing other things a good deal of the time.
Her book sales will be as high because she’ll have Sarah,PACitin buy them up.
Yeah. Those elderly should get a job!
Here’s a good chuckle for ya!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-michael/palin-quits-by-heart-audi_b_787193.html
Wow. Those things are either from Palin’s dimwitted cousins or translations from another language — like the construction instructions on products from China. Keep on “Seeking the Bing” though, that sounds promising.
Happy birthday, Bubbles, and many, many happy returns of the day.
The Palins and the politics of Dancing
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/john-doyle/the-palins-and-the-politics-of-dancing/article1809093/
“Back in 2008, when the Republicans chose Sarah Palin as the candidate for vice-president of the United States, I suggested in this column the development was “reality TV run amok.” I called it a “So You Think You Can Be Vice-President?” phenom, a sequel to the Alaska-only reality TV show So You Think You Can Govern?
Well, was I ever correct? It has come to this: Tuesday, on a packed night of network TV dramas, only one drama actually matters in any visceral sense – the finale of Dancing With the Stars (ABC, CTV, 9 p.m.). Not because the show is the biggest TV phenomenon on the planet. It isn’t. It’s popular and slick entertainment, but it’s not at the level of an American Idol finale or The Academy Awards.
It matters because of them – the Palins. And it behooves you to watch, because you’re watching a revolution unfold. The U.S. has turned into some kind of Palin-ville. The Palins are the defining figures of the moment in America. They’re everywhere”
Maybe its just an infestation. Where’s that Pied Piper when you need him?
Like bedbugs. They’re in the news, too.
Hopefully, Piper’s in school.
If Sarah pardons a turkey this year she has plenty to choose from–SP2, Sullivan, Joe the Miller, Christine the O’Dingdong, Karen Handel, Carly the Job Shipper, Meg the Whitless, Have you Looked at Todd? Thank you Goodness, No!, voters on DWTS, Sharon What’smyAngle, and the list goes on and on and on . . .
So many turkeys. How does one just choose one?
Oh, that’s right! She’ll take one for the team. She’ll just choose herself!
Rumor has it that she is campaigning to get Christine O’Donnell on the next season of DWTS. And why not? One no longer needs talent or will to succeed there, and it’s such a great way to campaign.
Or actually putting in EXTRA hours of practicing if you are not naturally gifted in that area. Oh no, don’t do THAT.
Sad isn’t it? Palin has done so much damage in such a short time.
I forgot to watch.. Did she lose??????
Who’s that trippin’ across our bridge? When my big brother gets here…..
Happy birthday to Our Bubbles! and many happy returns of the day!!
hahahahaha caw Caw CAW CAW CAW!!!
Now, all sing: “…make me happy…make me feel fine…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJo_bVUBTJw&feature=related
saving the bubbly for after work…just 7 a.m. here and must go to the library…then the rest of the week off to celebrate the harvest and count my blessings…that “Thanksgiving” pilgrims and Indians thingie doesn’t work out too well for thatcrowwoman, but I always have many blessings to count.
L’Shalom. L’Chaim!
Happy counting your blessings day, TCW! And, the happiest of birthday to Bubbles!
I wonder if those trolls have to intern as authors of “I will give to you the one have of the sum of 7 million dollars for the use of your account in the bank” letters?
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday, Bubbles! Have a great day!
A very happy birthday to our dear Bubbles! In honor of you birthday, I took the day off. I have had lots of opportunities to pick up overtime the past couple of weeks and have accepted them all. With black Friday coming on the heels of thanksgiving, I needed to rest up a bit today.
I will be celebrating for you with pizza for dinner. May you celebrate many years to come.
bubbles!!!!!
happy, happy birthday!!!!!
Many joyous felicitations of the day, Bubbles!
Cohen takes aim and hits the bull’s eye in today’s column. Trolls and pups alike should give it a read:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/22/AR2010112204388.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Excellent article, OMG. Thanks for the link. I hope it gets wide distribution.
i hope so too, great article
OMG, thank you for the link. I just wrote to Mr. Cohen, because he left out the word “really” in Michelle’s statement. What she actually said was that she was “really” proud for the first time, not just proud for the first time. Makes a huge difference, however, most people quoting her, that I have seen, leave out the “really”.
I noticed the same thing and was going to comment on it. There was a video floating around, probably from Faux Nooze, that didn’t include the word “really,” which really changes the intent. I believe one needs to read the complete subject she was speaking about to understand what she was saying. Of course, many people don’t want to do that, but if you’re going to include it in a book, one should.
That was good.
Palin is an evil witch who dares to insult our first lady….I don’t see how everyone lived in fear of $arah the cheater. She said herself- that she made her kids compete with each other—DISGUSTING for a parent to do that..!
Making her kids compete with each other is new-to-me bit of information. But it definitely fits in with the Palin family attitude. Witness the latest comment from Bristol that winning Dancing With The Stars would be a huge middle finger to everyone who hated her Mom – well that’s par for the Palin course. With apologies to pit bulls, the Palin family are pit bulls, living for the fighting and competition. They lose interest after the win itself. That’s why she hired a town manager to do the nuts and bolts work of the mayor’s office, and why she quit the governorship after 2 years.
The vast majority of Sarah’s communications, whether via public speaking, the political infomercials w/ the Alaskan backdrop, or her books, is to complain, carp, and criticize.
Returning to the issue of making her kids compete with each other? It’s the antithesis of responsible parenting. Takes a pretty screwed up parent to encourage jealousy, competition and fighting among brothers and sisters. Mr. Rogers is rolling over in his grave! The nasty outcome of this Sarah’s style is clearly visible in each of Palin’s kids, except Trig. In the first episode of Palin Exploits Alaska on TLC, it became clear that even little Piper is well on the way to the dark side – repeatedly ignoring parental instructions whether growling at a bear up close and personal or licking utensils and then sticking them back in the batter, or calling her mother “Sarah” instead of mom – at one point the camera caught her with an evil gleam in her eyes & expression on her face that reminded me of Patty McCormack’s performance in “The Bad Seed.”
I have 3 great adult kids, and sibling rivalry still occasionally rears its head, but bottom line, they are each other’s best, most trusted friends. If one of them has a health crisis, or loses a job – the other two don’t wait to be asked to help – they are there in pro-active mode for each other.
And then, there are those who bumble through whatever door they happen to find God has absentmindedly left ajar.
And sometimes the doors are our mouths….and the vile things that come tumbling out at times- I do not recognize…..!
A good Wingardium Leviosa should do the trick. Haven’t you learned that one yet, AKM?
Speaking of trolls, I’m beginning to think of my sister-in-law as one. You know those alarming emails that warn you of whatever – like “microwaved water kills or stunts the growth of plants so what are we doing to our children”, or “everyone using an on-line email is destined to get the latest virus” as verified by snopes? *sigh*
Sadly, those two have come just a week apart. I very politely replied to her about the nasty water one after I checked snopes (false status due to flawed science project) and not so politely replied to her whole email list about the virus one (true, in part, but no longer much of a threat). That warning that’s in the current email is from a hoax one that was sent out in 2002 which is all on the snopes link included in the latest OMG email. If she had bothered to read it instead of just hitting forward to all, she could have saved us all a lot of time. It’s driving me nuts – maybe if I picture her as a troll the next time she sends me one I can keep my sense of humor about it.
I have a friend who does exactly the same thing, and I do what you do, check it on snopes, then let her know. She emailed me that I was such a negative person, please not to comment at all if all i had to say was something negative. Later she emailed me that she was looking at investing in mining in Alaska and particular a gold mine offering near Bristol Bay. I didn’t reply negatively, just wished her good luck.
Maybe Harry Potter can cast a spell on the trolls and expel them from the flats?
Evanesco might work.