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Brilliant!
Sad but true!
wow… this made me laugh, then cry…
yes Karen, it is VERY sad but true.
yep. true dat.
And if the committee fails to destroy the creativity, enlarge the committee!
Wow. Do you work here too?
What happens if I print this out and hand it in as the coversheet to my next committee reviewed project? Think maybe they’ll get the hint?
Beware: they might take it as a guideline instead.
Hey, I have an idea – instead of an artistic book cover – lets just slap another barely clad waxy chested man on the front, like every other book – BRILLIANT!
fail…
Brilliant!
I’ve come to the conclusion that committees, while SEEMING to be a great idea, are actually the bane of innovation and progress.
Perhaps that is the secret agenda of all committees? To hold status quo?
The purpose of a committee is similar to a senate, IMO. It creates a group of diverse people with differing opinions that must somehow come to an agreement on how things are to proceed. Usually this results in removing everything that offends or is not desired by any member on the comitee, which ends up creating something that neither shocks nor pleases anyone.
lowest common denominator = inherent fail
This is both very funny, and very sad!
Best. Graph. EVER.
WIN!!Q
Something can’t be too unique. It’s either unique or not.
ooohh you shouldnt have said that.
you set yourself up for a bunch of “stop being a hardass when its just here for laughs” and “other people think its funny so shut up” comments.
but not from me; this country supports your right to free speech – and [usually] i do too.
oh and atleast they used the correct “to”. whether on purpose or not i do not know/care.
I think he’s right too. It’s something that bugs me endlessly on TV, in books, on the radio – pretty much any time someone says “It’s extremely unique” or “The most unique feature” or “extremely historical” I have to resist the urge to yell at the tv/radio/book for being a dumb-ass.
And I was planning on commenting on this, but DaveG (whoever he might be) got there first.
It goes without saying that DaveG has every right to comment. However, when he criticizes someone elses work and bases that criticisim on incomplete/ inaccurate information… well, then he just comes off as an idiot.
One of the definitions of “unique” according to Dictionary.com (the end-all, be-all source for definitions /sarcasim) is as follows:
5. not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile.
The entry goes on to say the following about usage:
[...]The earliest meanings of unique when it entered English around the
beginning of the 17th century were “single, sole” and “having no equal.” By
the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical,
unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared: The foliage on
the late-blooming plants is more unique than that on the earlier varieties.
The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is
standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
So, yes, something CAN be “too unique.”
If you really want to nit-pick this piece… I’d mention the capitalization inconsistancies – but that’s just me. I personally think it is a wonderful graph!
PsychoGryphon – is a grammar committee member.
So where do you stand on the “very pregnant” issue? Cause I would have thought that you can either be pregnant, or not pregnant, and yet people say “Oh – she’s very pregnant” (and that sort of thing) all the time.
If you define “pregnant” as being equivalent to “impregnated”, then there is not likely to be any levels of variation. You either are, or are not. I am not, for example. My wife is, for another example. However, if you use “pregnant” to describe the characteristics and bodily processes that occur during gestation, then there can certainly be a case for using qualitative terms (such as a little, very, sort of) My wife, being due next week, is VERY pregnant, meaning she is as big as a house, unable to get comfortable in any position, has constant heartburn, and can’t go for more than 2 hours without having to “go”. My girlfriend, however, is only a little pregnant, being only 2 months along. She gets a little sick in the morning, she is still able to see her feet, her tastes in food are just starting to change, and she’s a little moody. It’s all in the usage.
Just because something can’t be too unique doesn’t mean a Committee can’t say it is, which is probably part of the point.
hear hear
DaveG’s penchant for grammar is unique.
Some might say… too unique.