by Hagakure_Leofman » Mon 12 May 2008, 10:23:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'I')ronically enough, yesterday someone from work sent me a spam of George Carlin's "solution" to high gasoline prices
It's a
fake. People write fake Carlin pieces all the time and distribute them via email. They use his name to get people to forward their weak ideas. This one is clearly fake and retarded. As usual, the writing is weak and stupid.
This is what Carlin says about the crap that is attributed to him. This is from his
website$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ON'T BLAME ME
Floating around the Internet these days, posted and e-mailed back and forth, are a number of writings attributed to me, and I want people to know they're not mine. Don't blame me.
Some are essay-length, some are just short lists of one and two-line jokes, but if they're flyin' around the Internet, they're probably not mine. Occasionally, a couple of jokes on a long list might have come from me, but not often. And because most of this stuff is really lame, it's embarrassing to see my name on it.
And that's the problem. I want people to know that I take care with my writing, and try to keep my standards high. But most of this "humor" on the Internet is just plain stupid. I guess hard-core fans who follow my stuff closely would be able to spot the fake stuff, because the tone of voice is so different. But a casual fan has no way of knowing, and it bothers me that some people might believe I'd actually be capable of writing some of this stuff.
Circulating emails use usually full of s**t.