Real Or Not? You Guess...

It's contest time. The contest? Can you guess whether this really happened or not...

December 2, 2009:

• Dennis gets an email from 'Roger L. Simon' that says, "Well done. Roger." The emailer is referring to this post.
• Dennis replies, "LOL. Good one, whoever you are!".
• Dennis gets an email from 'Roger L. Simon' that says, "It's me."
• Dennis replies, "OK, I'll bite... "Roger": Tell me something only you and I would know. Something about my happy weekend in LA, for example."
• Dennis gets an email, "You stayed at the Hollywood Renaissance." Dennis did stay at the Hollywood Renaissance.
• Dennis replies, "OK, it's you. If you don't mind me saying so, you're about the last person I expected to hear from today (or any other day)."
• Dennis gets an email, "I may be a nicer guy than you think I am. Liked your Sullivan piece. Made me smile. Cheers."

What you have to guess is whether the above really happened. Give me your guess, and why you've guessed as you have. The winner will get a genuine Pandagon Vagina O' Death combination bottle opener and doorstop, plus an equally genuine Pandagon Snuggie.

 

The Vagina O' Death bottle opener and doorstop...

 

The Pandagonian Snuggie...

Comments

[Jim Ryan]

Thanks for cutting that thing out of my wife.

Happened. Sounds like Roger: blase, self-absorbed. You could have written it that way? No. You don't do blase/self-absorbed.

[ema]

Let's see, he realizes he picked the wrong partner/s, the investor funds are mostly gone, and he's ready for a new, you know, business venture. My guess: it happened.

[Wm T Sherman]

Was he wearing a hat?

[Eric Blair]

True.

Roger is trying to make nice, since he realizes that CJ went completely batshit crazy on him, and you're basically still the same person.

And you were screwed over by Roger because, well, that was just business, nothing personal. (So he thinks, I'm sure).

[Guesst]

At least the va-jay-jay wasn't born toothless.

Re: rls

true story.

He is trying to seduce you back into the fold because you have more fans and readers than him. With you willingness to offend everyone without regard to race, creed, color---you are money in the bank to anyone brave enough to risk getting sued.

Plus rls wants you to stop exposing his shameful lack of ethics and loyalty. And business sense.

[Tim]

True. He didn't report the crazy blog-money he swiped from that Aubrey guy, because he thought the Feds considered it "virtual". Now he needs an accountant to help him cover his tracks, and he doesn't care if it puts you (i.e. not him) at risk.

[Allen]

It's true. Why? The cash is running out, and he now realizes that Curmudgeonly Media might be a profit center. Let's face it sucking up to Obama is now passe, and a non-starter money wise. The Obama opponents have their financial territory all locked up. Roger is looking for the next roadkill to scavenge.

Meaning, there is a vast group of people out there who think government fucks up everything it touches (which is true and bipartisan) and he's looking for a score. I hate to be the one to tell you this Dennis, but you are a bipartisan curmudgeon. Thus, the contact.

[richard mcenroe]

True.
In this fucked-up city friendship is a kind of sailboat, nothing else, and people are expected to _expect_ to be ripped off. It's like Jack Warner's famous quote to John Wayne: "Duke, of course we screwed you. We screw everybody. But we're you're friends." If you're ragging on CJ you're _obviously_ ready to make nice again with Roger in order to indulge in mutual fuckery of Chuckles.

[Dan from Madison]

I think it is true because he signed it "cheers". No real 'mercun uses that silly word, but a crappy playright might.

[Tim Worstall]

True.

Because my new year resolution is to go along with the crowd and I'm starting early.

[Rollory]

Yeah, I find it believable too, if for no other reason than that DtP seems to dislike revisiting the whole Wodger thing without specific and immediate reason. I don't see him making this up unprompted.

[Serr8d]

Ahhh, everyone else says 'true'; I must go with 'false'.

Roger L Simon, to make such a positive conciliatory gesture, would have to internalize that huge butthurt what you've given him for how many years now? I don't think he's gonna do that, at least not without getting in a few downdings firstly. When he collapsed Pajamas Media, he took a few knockout jabs from Jeff Goldstein and said nothing in return. He seems to me to internalize these 'slights', but he isn't one to readily forgive.

And he is probably deathly afraid of a blogwar with strange, distant Charles Johnson (the coward who never leaves his own sanitized site to comment on anyone's blog; he of the perennially pursed lips and shifty eyes and oh-so proud of his disturbed photographs that have absolutely no human presence in them atall...) because he knows that by e-mailing you that e-mail you received, a blogwar with Charles Johnson would be commenced.

Now, if he sends you that gawdawful ugly cowchip hat as proof of his identity, you might believe your 'Roger L Simon' e-mailer was actually teh real deal. Or, simply linking your post would be proof enough.

[ThomasD]

True.

(No further explanation is required.)

[Serr8d]

Well, I asked him. We'll see what he says.

[Lefty]

I say no. You never would have waited most of a month to post a compliment from Da Raj if it was real. But whether it is or not I suggest you immediately get in a flame war with him complete with IP forensic evidence to kick him in the shins again. A rapprochement only benefits him and hurts you.

[Steve H. Graham]

Seems like a lot of gay "conservatives" think like this:

1. Premise: gay sex is really good.

2. Conclusion: God does not exist, because he is against gay sex, and no real god could be against anything that fabulous.

3. Extrapolation: conservatives are evil and stupid, because they won't abandon God and back gay marriage. Which is kind of funny, because in theory, gay marriage will decrease the amount of gay sex.

It certainly works that way for straights.

From here, it's a short jump to "Fifteen million Jews and a barren postage-stamp-sized country are the cause of all the world's problems."

[C.S. Louis]

Simon's at that age where people take inventory and brave Steps to rectify. Seems to be at #9- trying to make amends for past errors.

Your errors. The Raj might forgive you, Dennis, hold onto your hat.

[Bob]

It happened, because you are using it to try and stir up shit between him and CJ.

[Guesst]

Remember, D: No flame wars v. RLS unless you threaten the dog.

[daphne]

True. Because he's an arrogant ass.

or

False. Because he's an arrogant ass.

Either way, I'd really like to own the Vagina O' Death, it might scare off my weird Irish stalkers.

[Tim P]

No way of knowing.

Did you look at the e-mail header?

Did the URL look like it would be authentic and from the right vicinity?

Based on your knowledge of him, does it seem in character?

If it's not genuine, what would someone gain by pulling your leg this way?

If it was genuine, would you really care, one way or the other?

Have a Happy New Year and may 2010 be a better year, in every way, than 2009. For you and everyone else.

[Steve H. Graham]

Anon: total or partial?

People say opinions are like them. Maybe they should say "eclipses."

[vanderleun]

It really happened. Giveaway, the Hollywood Renaissance. Which is where many Roger guests are booked.

Doorstop. Thank you.

[Bweep]

True. He's running scared that you'll pick on him next and wants to head you off at the pass by being all chummy now......Regarding the Vagina O' Death.....I would......

PS: Happy New Year.

[guesst]

Happy New Year!

I think you'll get an offer soon from PJM.

Ironically, you would be one of their few success stories.

[Lefty]

Oooh! An offer from PJM! That's sort of like being appointed Attorney General by Bush or promoted to field marshall by Hitler in January 1945. If you are considering debasing yourself like that you'd better get a big fat bank check up front. It's the only way you conservatives keep score and at least you'd finally get a piece of the action. Besides once you have the money you can tell Raj to shove it. Hell a flame war between you two just might save his sinking ship. For a week or two anyway. Whatever you do don't let him con you into taking a look at the books in a professional capacity. He'd probably try to hang you with that mess.