Resignation

Looks like I am gonna have to go visit and see if his condition is curable at all. I was thinking of taking something very stingy with me...

OK, I have to ask Rick, what has brought this on?

ps candianspankee does have a point about due notice... whenever I try and resign it is refused

He can't resign yet. He's in the movie. It's like the mafia---you try to quit but they just pull you back.

I confess this was my first reaction, though I almost certainly would've expressed it at considerably greater length than did Twisted's succinctity.


But now I worry that this might be a case of Shameless Self-plugger's block?

If Rick's stated cause is the true one, then it's a sad reflection of the demise of advertising in our era.

As an Englishman suffering from the almost haemorrhoidal discomfort of being caught between a need for feedback quite as avid as Rick's and a congenital embarrassment about seeking it, I wish to hail our retiring SSPiC for having pioneered and modelled the art with such front and balls. I regret any snide disdain I may ever have shown, now realising 'You never know what you've got till it's gone.'

In honour and penance, I shall now go read the story with FOURTEEN more comments than any other in the library, and make that fifteen!
Jeez! The ingratitude!!

Oh Rick! I don't believe a single word about your resignation. In fact, this is MORE (expertly disguised) shameless plugging so people will feel sorry for you and go read your stories out of a sense of guilt and regret (as evidenced by TEM's latest remark). Your shamelessness has really sunk to new depths. tsk tsk

(Damn! I just wish I had thought of doing this to get more comments for MY stories! You really are a sly one!)

I agree Janine. The power of reverse psychology is incredibly strong. Rick is not only a master of self plugging but also of 'retiring' and I think the latter will most likely increase his reads and comments hugely!

I'm having none of these legalistic technicalities. I resigned, and that's it.


I have now seen the light.


Great! I'll be happy to use it on you!


And here I thought I explained it quite well. Oh well, if you have an hour or so, I'll be happy to 'splain it all to you at length.


I believe I gave permission for unlimited reference to me in my erstwhile role.


You're making that up - there's no such thing!


We can only hope!


I can still be shameless - I just won't be self-plugging in that state. People who choose to go read my stories are free to do so. It will jsut no longer be at my instigation.


If I'm a master at retiring, then it is beginner's luck. This is my first (and only) time.

I can't believe that people doubt my sincerity. I may have been a shameless self-plugger (in the past), but I've always been honest (at least ALMOST always).

This sounds suspiciously like one of those notorious 'farewell tours' that certain ageing showbiz figures managed to string out for the best part of a decade....

Or two. Or three . . .

quote=njrick] hereby tender my resignation as Shameless-Self-Plugger-in-Chief (SSPC[/quote]

njrick it was you who "tendered" the resignation, the word tender implies it needs acceptance to be officially accepted, your words not mine, so it is not legalistic technicalities, it is you who is seeking acceptance of your "tendered" resignation. Such resignation of course can be rejected just as any "tender" can and with the upmost respect and admiration and jealousy as to how many comments you get compared to the number I get, I respectfully submit to the Library Administrator NOT to accept your "tendered" resignation, but instead make it a life long job assigned to the only real one person who could do such a fine job

When I say 'tender,' it shall mean what I intend it to mean, no more, no less.


And just what makes you think I'm a 'real' person?


It's gonna be the shortest three decades you ever lived.