updating DU for guests: the history of Skins's island

[franksolich]

The current DU for guests is okay, but getting sort of dated, and there needs some new chapters--such as "The Three Most Catastrophic Events on Skins's Island"--and I was never nearly satisfied with the gemutlich--the sloppy carelessness--with which I put it together in the first place.

I need to sharpen it.

Below is the first chapter as it currently is; I guess what I'm looking for is stuff that should be included in it, but which wasn't.  Please feel free to comment; I'm going to do this chapter by chapter.

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The History of Skins's Island.  DUmmieland, or Skins's island (or, as some might call it, kuckenkuckensheim), was founded in late January 2001, after George Bush had been sworn into office, Alphonse Capote Gore having tried to steal Florida and failed.

The Democrat Leadership Council (DLC), having figured out that their presidential candidate had lost in November 2000 because of fringe elements, lunatic elements, extremist elements, in their own party shooting off their mouths, offending decent and civilized people, decided that while it was not wise to disavow such supporters of the Democrat party and Democrats, it might be wise to hide them away from view of the general public, so as to not offend.

Sort of like in the old days, stashing Retarded Johnny or Crazy Aunt Millie up in the attic.

At the same time, my fellow alum Skins (official name: "Skinner") was without a political job, and the DLC wished to keep him around and active.  Skins had previously worked for U.S. Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware), the Levin brothers (U.S. Senator and U.S. Congressman) of Michigan, and U.S. Congressman David Bonoir (D-Michigan).

There wasn't room for my fellow alum on any other congressional staffs, and besides, Skins had started a web-design business along with Lord Marblehead (official name: "EarlG"), and was doing well with that, turning out some really good, top-notch, high-quality stuff.

Skins was persuaded to undertake this new political web-site as a part-time deal, a hobby.

Alas for my fellow alum, it turned out a bit too much, what with all the whining, griping, moaning, complaining, cursing, self-pitying, of the DUmmies, or primitives.  Skins had hoped for some sort of high-class forum involved in Aristolean dialogue, but the world got DUmmieland instead.

Of course, sensible political dialogue was never intended for Skins's island; the purpose of DUmmieland was to identify, attract, and sequester the weirds, the whacks, the extremes, the lunatics, in some small place far isolated from the real world, where the primitives could yell-and-scream and spew forth their Hate and intolerance in foggy obscurity, invisible to decent and civilized people who might be offended.

Imagine the damage the DUmmies could do, to Democrats and liberals, if left alone to wander all over the internet; with Skins's island, the primitives are kept corralled in, controlled.

[USA4ME]

Looks OK to this point.

The only part I recall you haven't covered was that Skins & Co. stood in the presidental parade route in Jan., 2001 holding a poster board with the web address on it.  Seems like I remember reading about them going to some great effort to make sure the TV cameras would catch their sign as the motorcade went by.

But that info is more of a logistical bit rather than an overview.

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[Traveshamockery]

Thank you for update, Mr. Solich.  It would appear that the intent indeed was to bury the dummies into the bowels of the internet.  However, it appears that several of them have escaped to join the present administration. 


 

[franksolich]

Thank you for update, Mr. Solich.  It would appear that the intent indeed was to bury the dummies into the bowels of the internet.  However, it appears that several of them have escaped to join the present administration.

Chapter two's been altered from its first draft, and posted in the new edition in the DUmping Ground.

The next two chapters are going to be pretty much as in the old edition, mostly being stylistic changes, no real new information.

[md11hydmec]

Frank, you've outdone yourself.  It reads almost in the same format as "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".  I loved that book.  In this case, it'll be don't forget your blanket and the guidebook "the wandering observers guide to DUmmieland".  High five Frank!

[franksolich]

Frank, you've outdone yourself.  It reads almost in the same format as "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".  I loved that book.  In this case, it'll be don't forget your blanket and the guidebook "the wandering observers guide to DUmmieland".  High five Frank!

It's not done yet; that's just the first two chapters.

I hope to get it done this coming week, but anything can happen.