Gary: Landlord of the Flies - Latest Comments in July 8: Email Exchange

Re: July 8: Email Exchange

SirChazbot — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:52:59 -0000

Same here, class of 2000. Sigh, of course every school has black sheep, I guess, unless I mistook Gabe and he changed to Cathedral's name from something else, in which case bollux. (Although I don't know another HC high school in Indiana around that time...)

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Name — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:09:44 -0000

What does he have against Tufts? and why drag a Boston school into the mix? We Jumbo's are pretty harmless...

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Enrico — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:28:22 -0000

He's obviously referring to a Fock space. This supports my theory that Gary is actually working at CERN.

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Johnny Covert — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:32:24 -0000

Looks to me like his mention of Cathedral is that he's saying HE went there. You challenged his grammar, so he's defending himself by saying "THE HOLY CROSS BROTHERS DRILLED GRAMMAR INTO OUR BRAINS @ CATHEDRAL HS". "OUR" brains.

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katrina — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:53:13 -0000

I'm ashamed to admit that Gary and I went to the same high school. I wonder how he managed to graduate...

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Jack — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:36:39 -0000

Also, since we're nitpicking grammar, your use of "got" should be fine and formal enough even for old-school grammarians, unless there's a past tense for "to get" I'm unaware of. It's the use of "got" to mean "to have" or "must" that is considered informal and gets in the craw of some folks.

But you were probably right not to engage Gary in the finer nuances of English grammar.

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Elizabeth — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:57:03 -0000

wow. this is incredible. what a crazy guy.
i'm a brebeuf grad :D haha

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Goran — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:38:36 -0000

"Luckily, everytime an email starts to get a little creepy, he’ll use the term “FOCK,” and then it gets kind of cute again."

You're my hero.

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gdunn02 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:54:35 -0000

I think this blog is supposed to be just as much, if not more so, about my experience of all this. For this reason, I have avoided taking potshots at Gary and think I have made it pretty clear that I am not "out for revenge." It seems unfair that I should have to keep silent about my end of this because Gary is unbalanced.

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Lymojo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:12:03 -0000

Personal problems are no excuse for poor behavior.

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Arielle — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:45:21 -0000

" I didn’t realize you were such a stickler on grammar."
I don't know who you are, but I love you for that line. ♥

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Lymojo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:41:26 -0000

No. No, that's a terrible idea. You definitely shouldn't expect to ever get your money back - obviously - but you will be depriving the world of so many sumptuous lulz if you don't bring him to court.

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Pat — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:54:20 -0000

He's saying that HE, Gary, went to Holy Cross Cathedral, and that that is where he learned his grammar.

GO FOCK YOURSELF, YOU LYING INDIANA COWARD… THE HOLY CROSS BROTHERS DRILLED GRAMMAR INTO OUR BRAINS @ CATHEDRAL HS…..

I hate you, you liar. The teachers from Holy Cross Cathedral, my high school, made sure my fellow students and I understood grammar.

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Kathy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:56:46 -0000

It's not even incorrect to say "I got your voicemail." The verb is in the past tense. It's only wrong to say "I got" when you're speaking in the present tense and mean "I have got..."

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chrysee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:19:05 -0000

i was gonna say judge jeanine perrio as she's in the chicago area and, well, that's the one i watch ...

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Dell — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:52:18 -0000

We called the fat orange cat (f.o.c.) in my old apartment complex Fock, so everytime I read it here I think of a large cat strutting around a parking lot, meowing at the neighbors. That does keep it awfully cute :)

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Tom — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:14:12 -0000

Gabe..... I am your [FOCKING] father.....

</darth>

Great stuff dude, keep it coming.

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Carly — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:10:47 -0000

Dear Gary,

Please keep being crazy! This is the most fun I've had at work in a long time.

I've laughed out loud numerous times. He's FOCKIN' crazy!

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gdunn02 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:43 -0000

You don't have to go as far back as that. His response email was "THERE A GREAT DEAL...."

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Bemused — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:44:17 -0000

I find this whole exchange interesting, because if you go back to the eviction 'notice' it is CLEARLY not grammatically correct. "Your are evicted" is a much larger grammar error than saying "I got"... Interesting.

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gdunn02 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:21:53 -0000

That would certainly make for an interesting plot twist.

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QZ — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:59:22 -0000

I can see people in years to come studying Gary as we now do Shakespeare... Is he implying that he is in fact Gabe's father? Is his constant capitalisation and use of grammar the way forward for the English language? What is this 'FOCK' he speaks of? Time will tell.

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Mom — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:55:53 -0000

You sound like such a nice person. I'm sorry that you have had to deal with this --these types of people. I'm sure that everyone has had at least on really messed up landlord... But I am sure that not THAT bad. Good luck to you! Please keep us posted as I am most intrigued.

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TJ Dietsch — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:44:55 -0000

It's even better if you read Gary's words like the Tall Man from the Phantasm flicks.

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Stark — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:47:32 -0000

This blog is like candy to me.