Comments on: Guestblogger: Mister Jalopy! http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Giraffe http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278024 Giraffe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278024 Welcome Welcome Hoopty mon i just woke up from a delightful 12 hour nap where i dreampt that i became your assistant at hoopty lair. and then this! today is gunna be a good day- ha! =) cheers Welcome Welcome Hoopty mon

i just woke up from a delightful 12 hour nap where i dreampt that i became your assistant at hoopty lair. and then this! today is gunna be a good day- ha! =)

cheers

]]> By: Jake von Slatt http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278033 Jake von Slatt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278033 Welcome Mr. Jalopy! can't wait to see what you post! Welcome Mr. Jalopy! can’t wait to see what you post!

]]> By: TharkLord http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278048 TharkLord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278048 I am grateful for your encouragement to the neophyte as expressed in this wise observation: "People are not born craftsmen," he says, "they just have the courage to screw things up. Embrace your inner amateur and try everything. There will always be an expert to take your money and fix the mistakes." Friends and family admire my fix-it and DIY skills today, but as a youth, my interest in taking things apart were not always viewed so charitably by my dear parents. Bienvenido! I am grateful for your encouragement to the neophyte as expressed in this wise observation:
“People are not born craftsmen,” he says, “they just have the courage to screw things up. Embrace your inner amateur and try everything. There will always be an expert to take your money and fix the mistakes.”

Friends and family admire my fix-it and DIY skills today, but as a youth, my interest in taking things apart were not always viewed so charitably by my dear parents.

Bienvenido!

]]> By: amapolalola http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278056 amapolalola Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278056 Yes! I'm loving the guestbloggers so far, and this promises to be another great one. Yes!
I’m loving the guestbloggers so far, and this promises to be another great one.

]]> By: Frank_in_Virginia http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278062 Frank_in_Virginia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278062 Sweet! Sweet!

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278837 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278837 The latter, sir Bee. The latter, sir Bee.

]]> By: misterjalopy http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278610 misterjalopy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278610 Thanks everybody! Thanks everybody!

]]> By: Jeffrey McManus http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278105 Jeffrey McManus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278105 We put Mr. Jalopy at the helm of our wedding and our marriage has been long and happy. We put Mr. Jalopy at the helm of our wedding and our marriage has been long and happy.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278388 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278388 Hello Mr. Jalopy! I heard you on <a href="http://www.notmuch.com/">Whadd'ya Know?</a> yesterday. I think they will have a podcast of the show up by mid-week. You were pretty great. And thank you for enunciating while pronouncing Mark's last name, I'd really always wondered. Hello Mr. Jalopy! I heard you on Whadd’ya Know? yesterday. I think they will have a podcast of the show up by mid-week. You were pretty great. And thank you for enunciating while pronouncing Mark’s last name, I’d really always wondered.

]]> By: Beard of Bees http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278666 Beard of Bees Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278666 I'm never quite sure how to say "jalopy". It's a question of where to put the emphasis. In England at least it's a word you hardly ever come across. In fact one time it was the answer to a Trival Pursuit question and I seemed to be the only person to have heard of it. In fact, this is one of those words you can easily empty of meaning by saying it over and over. Before long you lose confidence that it's a word at all. Anyway, JAL-opy or jal-OP-y? I’m never quite sure how to say “jalopy”. It’s a question of where to put the emphasis. In England at least it’s a word you hardly ever come across. In fact one time it was the answer to a Trival Pursuit question and I seemed to be the only person to have heard of it.

In fact, this is one of those words you can easily empty of meaning by saying it over and over. Before long you lose confidence that it’s a word at all.

Anyway, JAL-opy or jal-OP-y?

]]> By: Vince http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278420 Vince Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278420 Mr. J Rules!!! Mr. J Rules!!!

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/guestblogger-mister.html#comment-278166 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-278166 Mr. Jalopy succinctly states my experience with DIY. From that, I've learned this about my skillz: 1. Plumbing: ok. 2. Wiring: ok. 3. Restoring cars: stay away from. 4. Cat amusement machines: maybe. While cat was appropriately amused by the whirling bugs and feathers, cat did not react well to small dog figure that exploded into puffs of fur. Go figure. --Rob Mr. Jalopy succinctly states my experience with DIY. From that, I’ve learned this about my skillz:

1. Plumbing: ok.
2. Wiring: ok.
3. Restoring cars: stay away from.
4. Cat amusement machines: maybe. While cat was appropriately amused by the whirling bugs and feathers, cat did not react well to small dog figure that exploded into puffs of fur. Go figure.

–Rob

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