Spuff and the Zen of Statistics

Posted: Jun 21, 08 10:05am

Until last week I was proud and grateful TBD'ers had thought well enough of my posts to give me over 800 Helpful kudos, 900 or so Funny and 400+ Inspirational over 742 Discussions and 123 Q&As.

"Not bad," I thought to myself. I'm catching up to my hero, akabukowski.

Ahh, but God does love His banana skin on the sidewalk of life.

Then, o yes, then I checked out Spuff's profile to see where she was from, and as of this writing, here are her stats: Helpful 2192, Funny 4364, Inspirational 1392 spead over 3505 Discusssions and 192 Q&As.

Thesaurus.com gives me aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, gall, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, ruffle, sting among others as synonyms to describe "irritated" which I was on reading Spuff's stats.

Don't get me wrong--I enjoy Spuff, I think she's the bee's knees, the kick in the pants, part of the cream in the TBD coffee.

But her stats are better than mine.

This isn't good. Not because it's her, or because she's a woman, but simply because I'm competitive as hell. I don't like losing. But how can I compete with those stats? I can't.

What to do?

Then a few days later God ham-slapped me upside my head and said, "Dumbass, wake up! It's just numbers. They mean nothing. Get a grip!"

Me: Oh. So I've been wrong?

God: (rolls eyes) What do YOU think?

Me: (small voice) I've been a dumbass.

God: (snorts) Ya think? C'mere!

So He gives me a noogie, kisses me and says:

God: Good boy. You woke up. Now go out there and do what I created you to do.

Me; And that is...?

God: (smiles) You'll learn. Figure it out. Remember--I'll never leave you nor forsake you. Now go, go be KenWritez. And stop being stupid.

Me: Yes, Dad. Thanks.

God: (winks)

FADE OUT

And so now I'm free of caring what my stats are. I like that.

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Lola Davis

Posted: Jun 21, 08 10:12am

Old Chinese proverb:

May your discussions be enlightening and your kudos be many. I think your great! (you too spuff) Thanks for the laughs!

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wcbiv

Posted: Jun 21, 08 10:20am

Ken,

Now that you are free of Kudo Envy,..can you give me yours?

wcbiv doesnt have an obession re; his Kudo Kount & no Americans in Iraq

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Granny Gladys

Posted: Jun 21, 08 10:30am

wcbiv wrote:

Ken, Now that you are free of Kudo Envy,..can you give me yours?

Kudo envy? Now that KenWritz has done told ever'body about Spuff's kudos, I'm reckon I got it, too! Looky here, missy, I ain't been here long, but I'm a-gainin' on ye. You better watch out... Gladys

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Granny Gladys

Posted: Jun 21, 08 10:35am

wcbiv wrote:

Ken, Now that you are free of Kudo Envy,..can you give me yours?

Isn't there something wrote in the Ten Commandments about that? "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's kudos...", or somethin' like that? I sure don't want to commit no sins or nothing.

Miss Spuff, I take back. what I said..never mind ole Granny.

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check out chuck

Posted: Jun 21, 08 12:14pm

In addition to Helpful, Funny, Insightful, shouldn't there be "Pain in the Ass" category. If that was the case I think I'd beat most of you except akabukowski.

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backtoschoolbetty

Posted: Jun 21, 08 12:21pm

Ken, you are delightful, just delightful! You and Spuff are equal in that category!

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spuff

Posted: Jun 21, 08 12:26pm

Ken. Dear sweet loveable Ken. I'll give you a whole mess of my kudos if you will be my slave for a month. Why a month? No Ken, it has nothing to do with acting out my sexual fantasies or even yours (which I'm sure might frightened me). I got a very long "honey do list". Interested? We can start with changing the AC filter which I am too short to reach and then take it from there. After you are done with my list we can drive a few hours and you can help Rosebear's with hers.

Hey Granny....I'm watching you!

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