I was browsing through the list of incoming links to this site and spotted one at CougarBoard.com, a discussion site for fans of BYU sports. Here is a screen grab of what the person wrote:
What? Not the “lightly liberal but still funny” part (though I am amused by the implication that usually liberals aren’t funny). I mean the subject line: “Anybody Recall Eric D Snyder’s ‘Snyde Remarks’?” Really? Snyder and Snyde Remarks? You’d expect the link to read http://www.ericdsnyder.com, but somehow he got that right.
At least he didn’t say “lightly-loafered liberal.”
I guess I should say “lyghtly-loafered lyberal.”
Maybe he meant “lightly liberal but still funny [even if you’re a good, conservative Mormon].”
The misspelling is more baffling, though. How did he get the correct URL in the first place?
By the way, Eric, today there was a spider in my office and I quoted to my boss your line about spiders and ballerinas, and she laughed out loud. So the appreciation of your lightly-liberal funniness continues to spread!
Do you think he meant ‘slightly’ liberal? How is one ‘lightly’ liberal? By being skinny and liberal? Or does that mean Eric is liberal, but he doesn’t take his liberality too seriously? It’s a good thing he can be funny anyway!
You’re merely ‘lightly liberal’ because you hate PETA.
Liberal Light! Same great taste as regular Liberal, but without the intolerance of Conservatism.
Liberals are some of the funniest people around. Just not when they talk about politics. Then the comedy is merely unintentional. But seriously, most writers are liberal.
I will say that BYU is not the first thing I thought of when I saw “CougarBoard.com.”
Eric Snyder is a staunchly conservative writer, so you know he’s funny.
I tend to think the snyde part was a joke, or kind of a play on “The Y.” And new readers can’t say they weren’t fairly warned.
Although how I raised a “lightly liberal” and an ultra-conservative, born only 15 months apart, is not clear, but it sure makes me glad they love each other!
Paul wrote:
“Liberals are some of the funniest people around. Just not when they talk about politics. Then the comedy is merely unintentional. But seriously, most writers are liberal.”
I think you meant to write “Politically-oriented jokes are only funny when I agree with them.”
I thought they banned liberals in Utah…..or at least made them wear a big “L” on their chests, like Hester Prynne in “The Scarlett Letter”…….
Not that I would know, because apparently since I live in Utah I have to vote Republican or they’ll shun me…..
Jenn, what does Utah have to do with anything? Eric lives in Portland.
Somehow, I would have expected something very different on cougarboard.com, but that’s just me.
Well, apparently not JUST you, since thejoeinme said the same thing in his comment. 🙂
Mikey…Eric may be in Portland, but last time I checked, BYU was in Utah……..I could be wrong about that though….
peptide farmer wrote:
I think you meant to write “Politically-oriented jokes are only funny when I agree with them.”
That’s funny I don’t remember meaning to write that, or ever thinking along those lines. What I did write is that I think liberals are unintentionally funny when they talk politics. Why? Because I don’t agree with their politics.
Do I think conservatives are automatically hilarious? No. Actually very few have a quality sense of humor.
Your name looks funny spelled with a Y. I mean, it’s not like you’re a pretzel craftsman from Hanover or something. But if you were, you would be lightly salted, not lightly liberal (zzzzzing!).
Those Cougarboarders are at it again –
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/message.html?id=3760174