August 10, 2008


A Public Apology to Mr Phil “Terrorkitten” Bebbington,

whose witty and tongue-in-cheek comment on my Show and Tell: Ephemera (I) post I undermined by my tone-deaf follow-up comments.

Mr Bebbington’s comment was clever and (moderately) subtle and English. My response was that of an American chick with an intellect subtle as a flying mallet.

“Hunh? Whaddya mean? Whaddya talkin’ about? I don’t GET it!”

Mr Bebbington, I apologize for having lowered the tone of discourse, and I do hope we will be seeing you* ’round these parts again soon.

With profound respect, I remain

Sheila Ryan
“Born that way and had a relapse”
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* Reference to tag line featured regularly in The Prisoner, the television series starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan. Well-loved by Anglophiliac American chicks.

posted by Sheila Ryan in announcements, culture, humor, intelligence, international, translation 

comments

5 Responses to “A Public Apology to Mr Phil “Terrorkitten” Bebbington,”

  1. Ruth on August 12th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Don’t sell yourself too short, American woman.

  2. Sheila Ryan on August 12th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Oh, fear not. That I would never do.

    But one must accept reality. I am, after all, scarcely over 5′ 3″.

  3. Ruth on August 12th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    Haha. Back to the American surface chick. Clever you.

  4. Sheila Ryan on August 12th, 2008 at 11:04 am

    “Too clever by half,” says a voice within.

  5. jack on August 12th, 2008 at 11:13 am

    i am from Iran and demand nothing less than a public stoning

    o.k. who’s got the smokes and a pin

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