After reading the earnest list of reasons why Scott will never be cool – including “When it was cool to be a nerd/geek, I wasn’t it. When looking slopping was cool, I couldn’t even pull that off…” and especially “I get bad reviews in Broken Pencil and Exclaim” – my bitter, cynical venomous blood just vanished. I reminisced as I read quotes in praise of Mr. Dress Up (who’s just retired). I studied the interviews with shlock marketing geniuses Russel Oliver and Crazy Joe, I put my free Pog to one side, and it was only when I got the Ed the Sock part that I came to and realized that if I gave Cygnals a good review, then Scott would even be a loser at being a loser. (Oh ya – don’t think of this as part of the review okay? – his cut and paste just doesn’t quit.)
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