Fuego/Frio: The Orator, the Warrior, and an Unspeakable Headline
This week, Erik rolls up his sleeves and calls foul on the In Towner (for yet another god-awful headline) and the Atlantic (for some classic hash & rehash).
Brrrr.
This week’s shocker: Erik actually enjoyed “One Ring Circus” from the Post magazine’s wedding week edition. Wonder what the Sexist would say….
Meanwhile, the burning question: will the In Towner ever see “the warm side of [our] divide”? Tune in next week to find out….
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September 19th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Does someone actually pay you, ding-a-ling? This is frigging awful. You are a retard. Learn some Spanish as well, idiot! Fuego and frio are not antonyms, dipstick! Fuego means fire, frio means cold. Not even close enough, moron! Stop burdening DC with your Captain Obvious “humor.” Please crawl back under whatever unfunny rock from which you emerged. Seriously, you suck.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Hey Stu E.: The thinking here was that “caliente” y “frio” wouldn’t have the alliterative impact of the title we chose. And we felt that “fuego”, meaning “fire”, and “frio,” meaning “cold”, were indeed on sufficiently opposite ends of the temperature spectrum as to make for appropriate ratings baskets. The main point here: Thank you very much for visiting and clicking on it.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Is Stu E. another Ernest? I’m already sick of the original.
It behooves us all to take very careful thought before pronouncing an adverse judgment on any other person.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Seriously, what is the deal with the InTowner’s headlines? Wemple, you’re connected in the DC mediasphere. Can’t you get some info on why their heads are so comically bad?
September 19th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Wemple connected??.. No creo. That’s because it’s only with himself he’s capable of connections.
Seriously, I don’t find F/F particularly funny either. The main point here is that the humor is not working, lost in translation or somethin’. Stated so as bluntly as I could in the past but the blighter wouldn’t be dissuaded. Hence, muchas groserias ariba.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Oh? Well, I like F/F. I think it positively sidesplitting. Not everybody is the same, you know. So there.