Comments on: Kidd Kraddick Is an “Elfin” Multimillionaire http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/02/29/kidd-kraddick-is-an-elfin-multimillionaire/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kidd Kraddick http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/02/29/kidd-kraddick-is-an-elfin-multimillionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-19659 Kidd Kraddick Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:39:35 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/02/29/kidd-kraddick-is-an-elfin-multimillionaire/#comment-19659 Tip: If ever ambushed by GQ and the story is not about "killer khakis", be sure to avoid all nuances of speech and say only precisely what you mean. Attempts at sarcasm or irony (followed by obvious eye-rolling and laughter) will be stripped down to their bare literal translation to portray you as the biggest tool possible. So if asked if you're a millionaire and you smile, roll your eyes and say, "multi", expect said writer to suffer a complete loss of understanding of sarcasm, irony, and humor. It's like being interviewed by Joe Friday on Dragnet. "Just the facts, ma'em." Careful using phrases like, "If I told you that, I'd have to kill you," because you must assume that the writer implausibly BELIEVES with all his heart that you really WOULD kill him. What's worse? A) Being deemed an "elfin multimillionaire" by a magazine that also tells you it's a sin to not wear an undershirt...or... B) Being deemed "a fearless writer" despite displaying mounds of fear when mock-threatened by a 145 pound "corporate slickster"? Rhetorical quiz only. Grade won't go towards graduation. Tip: If ever ambushed by GQ and the story is not about “killer khakis”, be sure to avoid all nuances of speech and say only precisely what you mean. Attempts at sarcasm or irony (followed by obvious eye-rolling and laughter) will be stripped down to their bare literal translation to portray you as the biggest tool possible. So if asked if you’re a millionaire and you smile, roll your eyes and say, “multi”, expect said writer to suffer a complete loss of understanding of sarcasm, irony, and humor. It’s like being interviewed by Joe Friday on Dragnet. “Just the facts, ma’em.”

Careful using phrases like, “If I told you that, I’d have to kill you,” because you must assume that the writer implausibly BELIEVES with all his heart that you really WOULD kill him.

What’s worse?

A) Being deemed an “elfin multimillionaire” by a magazine that also tells you it’s a sin to not wear an undershirt…or…

B) Being deemed “a fearless writer” despite displaying mounds of fear when mock-threatened by a 145 pound “corporate slickster”?

Rhetorical quiz only. Grade won’t go towards graduation.

]]> By: Scott http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/02/29/kidd-kraddick-is-an-elfin-multimillionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-19620 Scott Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:27:51 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/02/29/kidd-kraddick-is-an-elfin-multimillionaire/#comment-19620 So I guess I'm supposed to take from this that Alex is a "Hip" Pappademas? ty, ty... So I guess I’m supposed to take from this that Alex is a “Hip” Pappademas?

ty, ty…

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