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Why can't I get rejected?
zb Posted Oct 4, 1999
No, it just means my attitude towards submission has changed. I now wait until I think I have something worthy of a guide entry before wasting the editorial team's time with my request.
Before, when it asked me if I wanted to have my article rejected, it was an open door to sending in an incomplete and, frankly, particualrly unworthy item for consideration.
Now I've got the hang of things I can start in earnest.
Any idea how long the 15-week backlog is now?
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Anonymouse Posted Oct 5, 1999
Last I knew it was still at around the 13-week mark... However, Peta will be rounding up sub-editors soon, so we might be able to expect a huge drop in the backlog. 
Why can't I get rejected?
chippy42 Posted Oct 6, 1999
Hey, something that I can't get refected with? I'm there
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So Long and Thanks for all the Fish(Deceased) Posted Oct 7, 1999
errr whats refected mean?
*wisper wisper, he does oh are you sure oh*
oh ok.
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chippy42 Posted Oct 8, 1999
Hey, I misspelled that on purpose. It was to.....um......show you all that spelling doesn't matter.....yeah that's it.
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Zach Garland Posted Oct 8, 1999
Women reject me all the time. I'm a natural at rejection. I should get paid professionally for rejection, I've got so much experience in it. I should start a union. I could win awards. I'm a natural. It's a gift. I can get rejected at a drop of a hat. I don't even have to lift a finger and I could get rejected. In the time it takes you to read these words I will have been rejected at least a dozen times and I haven't even gotten out of bed yet. There's nothing to it. Just takes practice. Then someday you can get rejected just like me.
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Anonymouse Posted Oct 8, 1999
Chippy: Uhm.. Sure, okay. 
*pins an "I'm a Professional Reject" medal on Zach*
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So Long and Thanks for all the Fish(Deceased) Posted Oct 8, 1999
oh bugger I've foggoten what I was going to say
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Bruce Posted Oct 8, 1999
I'm just wondering who all these people are that are in bed with Zach waiting for him to awake so they can reject him
;^)#
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Anonymouse Posted Oct 9, 1999
I'm just wondering if they'll still be there when he wakes up.
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wsfn Posted Oct 11, 1999
I wouldn't wonder...its likely that that is a form of rejection he could get used to...you have to have verbiage to really reject someone with style.
wsfn
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Anonymouse Posted Oct 11, 1999
*chuckle* ... Nothing wrong with expanding your vocabulary beyond the four-letter level.
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zb Posted Oct 12, 1999
Sorry. No, nothing wrong at all. In fact I signed up for word of the day after the h2g2 flurry on the subject got me interested. It was interesting to see how many words from http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ turned up on the suggestions for http://www.h2g2.com/A142147.
I was simply quoting from Friends in case anyone was remotely interested (Ross to Joey when he uses three 3-syllable words in one sentence)
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Anonymouse Posted Oct 12, 1999
Heh.. Could have been anyone to Joey when he used more than three one-sylable words in a sentence.
(But yeah, I remember, now that you mention it.)
What I first thought of was that (iirc) verbiage was one of the first of the h2g2 WOTD words.
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zb Posted Oct 12, 1999
That's what made me think of it. But it doesn't seem to be there now.
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So Long and Thanks for all the Fish(Deceased) Posted Oct 12, 1999
what dosn't?................wait a sec how come your on the internet?
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