Comments for Merrill Markoe.com http://merrillmarkoe.com The site for all things Merrill Markoe Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:45:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on My nominee for worst art of the 21st. Century by Lane http://merrillmarkoe.com/my-nominee-for-worst-art-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1#comment-1372 Lane Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:45:33 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1627#comment-1372 If I saw junk like that in my primary care physician's waiting room, I'd get up and walk out, even if I were on the verge of death. In fact, that kind of offal would only hasten my death. My eyes hurt... If I saw junk like that in my primary care physician’s waiting room, I’d get up and walk out, even if I were on the verge of death. In fact, that kind of offal would only hasten my death.

My eyes hurt…

]]> Comment on Narcissists Say the Darndest Things: Great Quotes by Narcissists by Sue http://merrillmarkoe.com/great-quotes-by-narcissists/comment-page-3#comment-1317 Sue Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:05:12 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=943#comment-1317 I told my (very recent) ex that I liked tulips and getting flowers - without missing a beat, he said "I like getting flowers, too." Fortunately, that relationship only lasted 2 months - before too much damage (to me) could be done - and in the end, it was he who broke up with me...over the course of 3 hours...while he explained how I had crushed his heart but perhaps we might still have a chance but first he needed to see me make improvements and perhaps I should consider therapy. That was my first encounter with a narcissist...and I expect last, now that I know what the signs are. I told my (very recent) ex that I liked tulips and getting flowers – without missing a beat, he said “I like getting flowers, too.”

Fortunately, that relationship only lasted 2 months – before too much damage (to me) could be done – and in the end, it was he who broke up with me…over the course of 3 hours…while he explained how I had crushed his heart but perhaps we might still have a chance but first he needed to see me make improvements and perhaps I should consider therapy.

That was my first encounter with a narcissist…and I expect last, now that I know what the signs are.

]]> Comment on Is this going to be on the test? by Merrill Markoe http://merrillmarkoe.com/is-this-going-to-be-on-the-test/comment-page-1#comment-1295 Merrill Markoe Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:52:52 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1638#comment-1295 Your mother tells me you are definitely at least three of those things. Your mother tells me you are definitely at least three of those things.

]]> Comment on Is this going to be on the test? by andrea http://merrillmarkoe.com/is-this-going-to-be-on-the-test/comment-page-1#comment-1293 andrea Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:46:18 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1638#comment-1293 God, what I wouldn't give to be hot, sharp, liquid and oily. God, what I wouldn’t give to be hot, sharp, liquid and oily.

]]> Comment on Narcissists Say the Darndest Things: Great Quotes by Narcissists by Merrill Markoe http://merrillmarkoe.com/great-quotes-by-narcissists/comment-page-3#comment-1267 Merrill Markoe Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:29:26 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=943#comment-1267 That is so far beyond amazing that I am not sure what word to use instead. Yours is certainly the most pictorially grotesque story in this long list of crazy stories by commenters. But good lord... what a perfect punch line. Hopefully the real punch line is not that your mother in law healed and got right back with Bob? That is so far beyond amazing that I am not sure what word to use instead. Yours is certainly the most pictorially grotesque story in this long list of crazy stories by commenters. But good lord… what a perfect punch line. Hopefully the real punch line is not that your mother in law healed and got right back with Bob?

]]> Comment on Narcissists Say the Darndest Things: Great Quotes by Narcissists by Dave http://merrillmarkoe.com/great-quotes-by-narcissists/comment-page-3#comment-1266 Dave Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:52:53 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=943#comment-1266 Janet, Just know that you are not alone. My wife tells me similar stories of her childhood. Best wishes. Janet,
Just know that you are not alone. My wife tells me similar stories of her childhood.
Best wishes.

]]> Comment on Narcissists Say the Darndest Things: Great Quotes by Narcissists by Dave http://merrillmarkoe.com/great-quotes-by-narcissists/comment-page-3#comment-1265 Dave Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:45:37 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=943#comment-1265 After having been turned away from the door on two previous visits because "Myrna has the flu and doesn't want to be disturbed", a friend of my mother-in-law's pushed past Bob, the significant other, to find Myrna on a blood covered sofa, legs, clothes and floor caked in blood. At first the friend thought Myrna had been murdered. After determining she wasn't, in fact, dead, the friend called for an ambulance. My mother-in-law had been suffering from peritonitis for at least 4 days and maybe longer, and had been bleeding from her rectum and was near death from the infection and loss of blood. The friend related that, as Myrna was being loaded into the ambulance, Bob lamented, "Who's going to take care of me?" After having been turned away from the door on two previous visits because “Myrna has the flu and doesn’t want to be disturbed”, a friend of my mother-in-law’s pushed past Bob, the significant other, to find Myrna on a blood covered sofa, legs, clothes and floor caked in blood. At first the friend thought Myrna had been murdered. After determining she wasn’t, in fact, dead, the friend called for an ambulance. My mother-in-law had been suffering from peritonitis for at least 4 days and maybe longer, and had been bleeding from her rectum and was near death from the infection and loss of blood. The friend related that, as Myrna was being loaded into the ambulance, Bob lamented, “Who’s going to take care of me?”

]]> Comment on My nominee for worst art of the 21st. Century by Susan http://merrillmarkoe.com/my-nominee-for-worst-art-of-the-21st-century/comment-page-1#comment-1214 Susan Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:33:42 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1627#comment-1214 You were playing what I like to call the Best of the Worst game. I play it all the time. While on the subway, for example: Who would I sleep with if I HAD TO repopulate the world? You were playing what I like to call the Best of the Worst game. I play it all the time. While on the subway, for example: Who would I sleep with if I HAD TO repopulate the world?

]]> Comment on Is this going to be on the test? by John http://merrillmarkoe.com/is-this-going-to-be-on-the-test/comment-page-1#comment-1212 John Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:46:16 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1638#comment-1212 I take exception to the question that begins "How do Markoe’s sarcastic remarks affect your understanding..." Sardonic certainly, even satirical, but sarcastic? I think the question's author wouldn't know wit if it bit him/her in the arse. I take exception to the question that begins “How do Markoe’s sarcastic remarks affect your understanding…” Sardonic certainly, even satirical, but sarcastic? I think the question’s author wouldn’t know wit if it bit him/her in the arse.

]]> Comment on Is this going to be on the test? by Merrill Markoe http://merrillmarkoe.com/is-this-going-to-be-on-the-test/comment-page-1#comment-1200 Merrill Markoe Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:57:10 +0000 http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1638#comment-1200 Wow. Thank you for telling me that. I have never had any concrete evidence that the pieces appeared in actual text books, even though contracts were signed, because I guess I don't know any one in the eighth grade. That story really made me happy. THANKS! (Now don't ruin it by telling me about the other kids, sitting in the row behind you, who you heard muttering "I guess this is supposed to be funny but I think its STOOOOOOOOPID." Wow.
Thank you for telling me that. I have never had any concrete evidence that the pieces appeared in actual text books, even though contracts were signed, because I guess I don’t know any one in the eighth grade. That story really made me happy. THANKS! (Now don’t ruin it by telling me about the other kids, sitting in the row behind you, who you heard muttering “I guess this is supposed to be funny but I think its STOOOOOOOOPID.”

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