Disturbing Trend

[woodwardiocom]

-I've noticed a disturbing trend. Nancy Lebovitz's Button Catalog is getting less funny as I get older and more jaded, but it's also home to more and more things that I actually remember saying myself.

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[thespian.livejournal.com]

I never realized I was SMOFish, until at worldcon last year, the parody of the daily newsletter had a joke in it that was based on a button that I had Nancy make for me ten years ago (it's a particularly Can-fan joke, directed at Andre Lieven). Andre was amused by it, fortunately, and bought some buttons for other close friends of his, and I got enough inquiries about it that Nancy added it to her catalog for a while.

*I* hadn't thought of it in years, until it appeared in the parody, and when I commented on it to someone else, her comment was "Gosh, everyone says that. You're not fannish in Canada until you know the meaning of that button."

So a one off joke, twelve years ago, in Baltimore, apparently defines Canadian fandom. And I had no idea, because I was in another country, where no one cared about Andre Lieven much.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I'm curious...Which things do you remember saying yourself?

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-Well, on January 1st, 2000, I posted to Elbows about "Where's my flying car that folds up into a briefcase?" And one of my random sigs, for a long time, was "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Neither are exactly original to me, but it was still startling to see them in the catalog.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

I noticed that she hasn't added "Pointy hat not just for show" to the Very Secret Diaries section. Pity.

[buxom-bey.livejournal.com]

I found myself chucking quite a bit at the new slogans. I must not be that jaded yet. =)

I just checked...

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Funny, I'd have thought she'd have added my custom request from Arisia by now. After I wore a button saying, "I'm cuter on my knees" she said she got a lot of requests for it. ;)

Re: I just checked...

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

"I'm cuter on my knees."

-Like I'm not having enough trouble thinking straight today...