Hey everyone, Nick and I missed our tuesday post. We are making up for lost time with 2 posts in one day!
this is a super mini post, that will deal with many departments of out blog. as you can see from the title, I will be covering shout outs, fun facts, a question to ponder, and will also be announcing a contest.
Shout Outs
Our first shout out goes to Sarah Carter. After Church on Sunday night at White Spot we found out she was the only Carter sister to read our blog... this has since been rectified, thanks largely to Sarah's powers of persuasion, and persistence. Here is a shout out to our favourite Carter sister.
Second shout out goes to Ben Roy, who was instrumental in our facebook takeover this afternoon. Ben, we like you as much as you like our posts (see what I did there, facebook pun!)
Our last shout out goes to Jonathan Senn. You are the inspiration for next small segment.
Fun Facts
Nick and I are amazed at the readership of our blog. Thank you for reading!
here is a fun fact about our little blog.
Fun Fact: We have readers in 6 countries on 4 continents. After Canada, the most page views are from Russia... who knew we had Russian readers... we didn't.
for our Russian friends,
Добро пожаловать в наш край в интернетах. Пусть ваше сердце будетсогрет смеха и счастья.
Question to Ponder
ponder this question.
vote in our poll.
comment on it in the comments
Do you still wish people happy birthday on facebook?
I have largely stopped. Instead I try to wish them a happy birthday in person or via text message. Wishing someone "HBD" on facebook seems like an easy, and largely insincere route to go.
Contest
Tell us your thoughts on facebook birthday greetings in our comments section.
The entry that uses the most "q"'s without exceeding 200 words, and while still maintaining a coherent argument will win 2 cookies, one of them autographed by us.*
contest closes 11:59 pm PDT on April 19, 2012.
So much for my mini post.
*If you win, and are somewhere I can't personally deliver the cookies to by bus, then you win a shout out.
i don't have anything useful to say except that i like cookies, because cookies taste good.
ReplyDeleteThe Question is what is a birthday greeting? For some they believe, Quite whole heartedly, that a facebook message Qualifies as a perfectly justified greeting. For others, including the Queen, believe that it must be done in a more personal way and they Question the other peoples motives. After going on a long soul Quest, I think that a deeply written, personal facebook message is fine for a friend that you may not be super close too, but all Quick messages (ex.HBD) should not be written. I am in no way Qualified to set a strict rule down, these are just my personal thoughts, so let us not Quarrel about it.
ReplyDeletethat is 9 Q's, i would like the cookies :)
Sarah C.
Having quizzed my friends, I conclude, despite lack of qualification: wishing someone happy birthday on facebook is about as kind as giving them plenty qindarka or a swimsuit made of qiviut. Which is to say, it might seem quite reasonable, but it isn’t very nice. And while I’m sure few people have received as many qindarka or qiviut aquatic gear as they have facebook HBDs, neither reflects the quaint old adage, and I quote: “tis the thought that counts.” Because ultimately, if you give someone something impractical or unremarkable, it’s quite clear that you don’t care. So no matter how many quippy or quick queer phrases you devise, it’s obvious that if you’ve shared them on facebook you were too lazy to say them in person. The convenience of these un-unique HBDs has worn off all too quickly- they were nice at first but now we’ve had quite enough. Come up with something new. Also, it seems pathetic that you’re too cheap to buy them something. So next time you’re squinting at your computer screen remember, your friend would probably like to hear from you in person, and it wouldn’t hurt to spend a few quid on them as well.
ReplyDelete... but give Sarah the cookies, I did that just for kicks and giggles.
ReplyDelete