Another term for the CS glossary

[Ree]

"Vinegar Boy syndrome" - a condition whereby some random visitor reads the most famous story on the site and attempts to gain the same fame by registering, then inventing and posting the ultimate "one-up" story.

[friendofjimmyk]

"Vinegar Boy syndrome" - a condition whereby some random visitor reads the most famous story on the site and attempts to gain the same fame by registering, then inventing and posting the ultimate "one-up" story.

Hmm...lemme guess who just recently conjured this definition up!

I thought that story was suspicious. I think I would've believed it had the poster stopped with the OP and left well enough alone...however, they had to come and pile it on high!

[Ljt09863]

whoa whoa whoa...i missed something here....what did i miss?



NVM. i found it. im not saying anything else on that matter....im sure we all have our opinion...but its probably best to keep those to ourselves in this case. plus, i tihnk Ree summed it up pretty nicely!

[Gravekeeper]

Appropriate term.

Everything horrible that happens to me is recorded. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this. -.-

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Gee, I wonder which story that could have been....

[Ree]

Well, actually, there have been a few. That was just the latest in a long line of BS Vinegar Boy wannabes.

[blas]

I can't believe I missed it all.

[Rapscallion]

It was also the easiest to shoot down. Mind you, the cease and desist from James Thurber's copyright lawyer was a good hint.

Rapscallion

[crazylegs]

Mind you, the cease and desist from James Thurber's copyright lawyer was a good hint.

Rapscallion

Who?

I can't belive I didn't read the post that I think people are referring too before now really considering the amount of time I spend reading these boards (having no life and all that! :lol:).

[Fenrus]

I probably would've believed the story if there was just 1 or 2 posts. But with the alarming amount he did, and the depth of the continuity errors...

Some people have no life other than trying to make themselves into great stories.

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Crazylegs, that was a choice bit of Raps-esque humor there. I nearly peed my pants laughing over the Thurber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Thurber) remark.


Thurber was known for creating protagonists in his stories that were small, timid men who were overwhelmed by the world around them. Have you ever read The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?

[crazylegs]

. Have you ever read The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty?

It all makes sense now, but no I've not read it... :o

[ThePhoneGoddess]

It's Thurber's most famous short story.

Here it is in its entirety (http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=100). It's rather amusing, you should take a few minutes to read it.

[Rapscallion]

I'm glad someone got that one. One rather youthful chap receiving feedback from me didn't understand (nor did his reviewers barring one) a remark I made about him probably having an old-looking painting of himself in the attic.

Rapscallion

[ThePhoneGoddess]

One rather youthful chap receiving feedback from me didn't understand (nor did his reviewers barring one) a remark I made about him probably having an old-looking painting of himself in the attic.


AHAHAHAHAHAHAH! *snerk*


Yeah, I'm a classical literature geek, I'd get just about any of those you throw out.

[Broomjockey]

probably having an old-looking painting of himself in the attic.

Rapscallion

This one I get. And think's funny. :D

[Rapscallion]

Appropriate term.

Everything horrible that happens to me is recorded. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this. -.-

Actually, I did mean to comment on this. Gravekeeper, you're the only person on here who's ever produced any evidence. You have my sympathies.

When a tale of grandiose scale comes in and we get requests for war story status, though, we do take far greater care over the details. There are tales we have been suspicious about before, but generally let it slide as long as it wasn't too overly obnoxious. Some are more blatant than others, though.

I'm just glad I don't have to post any of the more extravagant type of tale - I don't know that I could take the suffering :p

Rapscallion

[marty]

Some people are just better off sticking to forums for fiction stories.

Though sometimes calling shenanigans can be amusing...

[Eireann]

Raps, maybe you can create a separate forum for stories that have been proven to be false. Sort of like the War Stories forum, but titled something like, Believe it or Not. The Etiquette Hell website has a now-legendary tale penned by (according to one of its members, who believes she knows who the author is) "a drama queen with a bizarre Titanic fetish." It's a long-drawn out "Cinderella story" involving a wicked cousin, a too-good-and-too-rich to be true fiance, the author herself, who is kind and forgiving and always bends over backwards for even the wicked cousin, and a truly weird shipboard climax.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Raps, maybe you can create a separate forum for stories that have been proven to be false. Sort of like the War Stories forum, but titled something like, Believe it or Not. The Etiquette Hell website has a now-legendary tale penned by (according to one of its members, who believes she knows who the author is) "a drama queen with a bizarre Titanic fetish." It's a long-drawn out "Cinderella story" involving a wicked cousin, a too-good-and-too-rich to be true fiance, the author herself, who is kind and forgiving and always bends over backwards for even the wicked cousin, and a truly weird shipboard climax.

I kinda like this idea.

[Rapscallion]

Proven false? Not really more than one that we could point out in public as proven. Wouldn't be a very busy forum :p

Rapscallion