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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

VERY jelous of the men that would be stareing at me

Heads-up to the tip on "Alma" mentioned below. Theories continue to proliferate.

Ellen December 22, 2010 at 11:28 am

I absoluely LOVE this dress, but it looks to much like the teddy Alan gave me for my birthday.

I am SURE that Alan would questioning me if I wore this to work and he would be VERY jelous of the men that would be stareing at me if I wore this. As it is, the manageing partner takes any excuse whatsoever to come look over my shoulder (and he is BALD and has bad breath – ugh).

I do not want to give him an excuse to breath on me. Gross.

osa December 22, 2010 at 11:37 am

Oh Ellen, your teddy sounds soooo boring.

CSF December 22, 2010 at 11:41 am: I agree! Way too much fabric for a teddy!

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Ru December 22, 2010 at 11:43 am

What I want to know is why the word BALD is always capitalized? WHY? FOOEY!!!!

lawyerette December 22, 2010 at 11:48 am

I love to read Ellen’s posts by only reading the capitalized words.

LOVE SURE VERY BALD

RR December 22, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Awesome! Coded messages in troll posts.

kng December 22, 2010 at 1:20 pm: nice!!

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yes! December 22, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Add punctuation and it’s even better!

“Love? Sure! Very Bald. :( “

lawyerette December 22, 2010 at 1:24 pm: LMAO – that’s awesome :)

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Anon December 22, 2010 at 1:31 pm

I do the same thing! Makes his/her posts even more entertaining!

MC December 22, 2010 at 6:44 pm

lol!

meme December 22, 2010 at 12:22 pm

some have suggested Ellen is a computer program, but I disagree. I think a computer would use better spelling and grammar. I stand by my original opinion that Ellen is Alan, some weird guy.

Erin M. December 22, 2010 at 12:27 pm

I’m beginning to suspect Ellen is Alan’s blowup doll. It kind of gives me the skeeves.

Anon December 22, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Yes! Like that movie where Ryan Gosling dates a blow-up doll and all of his friends and family play along because they think he is psychologically unstable. Hysterical.

Jay December 22, 2010 at 3:46 pm: I love that movie. When she gets a job as a mannequin….it is so priceless.
Lola December 22, 2010 at 4:06 pm: That’s such a great movie. Lars and the Real Girl. :)

AccountingNerd December 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm

“Ellen’s” comments are starting to creep me out.

Ha ha December 22, 2010 at 12:36 pm

I go back and forth, but I am beginning to agree with you. I also think Alan is BALD and has bad BREATH.

I would also buy someone’s suggestion that it is a man with the initials L.N.

Mrs K December 22, 2010 at 2:33 pm

I agree with this – I thought the AI computer theory was interesting, and grammar issues I could overlook as a programming issue, but the spelling errors resolve this one for me. No way is a computer going to make the spelling mistakes that appear in this post.

Preego Angie December 22, 2010 at 12:39 pm

Be CAREFUL Ellen, you don’t want to wear a nice teddy and accidentally get KNOCKED UP before you get MARRIED. Then you would be RUINED.

Sorry, I’m super bored and couldn’t help myself! :)

K December 22, 2010 at 12:48 pm

LOL. :)

stc December 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm: spelled too correctly! but other than that, PERFECT.

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Janie December 22, 2010 at 2:02 pm

Your managing PARTNER wouldn’t want you then, even if you overlooked his BALDness and BAD BREATH. :)

Anon December 22, 2010 at 2:39 pm

Preego Angie, I think I love you!

UnSub December 22, 2010 at 11:04 pm

Hey Angie,

I think you mean – “Be careful Ellen, you don’t WANT to wear a nice teddy and accidentally GET knocked up…” Your capitalizations made way too much sense. :)

eaopm3 December 22, 2010 at 12:46 pm

My thought – an ATL reader, male law student, to whom we are giving too much credit for being sneaky.

jcb December 22, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Most likely you’re right. One of the comments from yesterday actually made me kind of sad – picturing this lonely, scrawny little guy, alone in a darkened room, the only light emanating from his computer screen, avidly reading the comments on a women’s fashion blog …

Ann December 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Either that or some 300-lb pasty-white IT guy in a sweaty Star Wars t-shirt, who spends his entire day ogling the women at work who would never, ever talk to him.

EG December 22, 2010 at 6:29 pm: Hey…I work in IT, and I am not fat & I don’t wear t-shirts!

gov anon December 22, 2010 at 4:27 pm

I’ve always gotten the feeling that Ellen/Alan/LN has spent way too much of his life in his mother’s basement.

Anonny December 22, 2010 at 5:13 pm

I’ll come out of lurk-dom with an FYI: There’s an “Alma” who posts on BitterLawyer about all of the men in her workplace who hit on her excessively because she’s so beautiful. FOOEY on them seems to be a trend…

Anonymous December 22, 2010 at 6:14 pm: Definitely. See comment 11 here: http://www.bitterlawyer.com/index.php/site/columns_detail_comment/i_want_a_biglaw_boob_job/?cat_id=2

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Janie December 22, 2010 at 10:06 pm: This person has wayyy too much time on his/her/its hands.

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AD December 22, 2010 at 2:03 pm

I am SO laughing at this thread today!

associate December 22, 2010 at 3:48 pm: Ditto. LOL. Strangest troll ever, but points for entertainment. I don’t understand it at all.

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Rachel December 22, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Perhaps Allen bought Ellen the less revealing teddy so he/she wouldn’t have to shave his/her back again? It that case, it was really very thoughtful of him!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

my bodice will show through the midriff section

One of the longer meta-conversations, and the closest I think readers have ever come to a referendum.

The bit about Alan trying to fatten her up is an intermittent theme.

Ellen December 21, 2010 at 12:08 pm

I LOVE this dress, but it is not for me because my bodice will show through the midriff section, making me look VERY FAT.

I do not like to show off my extra 5 lbs, and hope that I will be able to stay away from the sweets this weekend, though Alan is getting me GODIVA as usual. I really think he LIKES me to be fat so that all the men will stop staring at me.

Right now, the manageing partner just came in and was doing nothing but staring at me. Why, I do not know, b/c he is married and is BALD.

I hope that Alan will get me a ring so that I can be through with this work stuff. I want to move to Long Island and get a HOUSE.

SuzyQ December 21, 2010 at 12:15 pm

I hope this post is meant to be a joke. I don’t even know where to begin with responding to this. I hope Alan knows that you are planning to quit working as soon as you get engaged.

stc December 21, 2010 at 12:26 pm

So very very tired of Ellen and Alan.

lawyerette December 21, 2010 at 12:27 pm

SuzyQ – I think we’ve pretty much established that this poster is really a man.

SuzyQ December 21, 2010 at 12:35 pm: lawyerette – thanks – I didn’t see that discussion until I just now read through yesterday’s discussion (I was at a cle yesterday). i will ignore Ellen and Alan since it’s not worth my time.

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anon in chicago December 21, 2010 at 12:39 pm: a man that misunderstands the meaning of the word “bodice” (hint: it isn’t a body part)

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michelle December 21, 2010 at 12:39 pm

hey Kat, is there any way to block individual posters for a reader? This stuff is annoying.

MC December 21, 2010 at 1:09 pm

I vote no blocking! sometimes Allan/Ellen makes me laugh.

Bonnie December 21, 2010 at 1:14 pm

The posts are funny. I don’t get the random capitalized words though.

K December 21, 2010 at 1:32 pm

This. Our own little pet troll.

Ses December 21, 2010 at 1:44 pm: This. But I also kind of stand by my “Ellen = test of an AI program” theory.

Louise, who is often a kind voice of reason, briefly made me feel bad for our teasing and accusations of trolling, but this latest post doesn’t really call for generous reading.
Anonymous December 21, 2010 at 2:05 pm: I think it’s the same Ellen who got kicked off as a commenter on the ABA news site.
A December 21, 2010 at 2:15 pm: ugggh, K is back and telling others what to do. How shocking.
anonymous December 21, 2010 at 2:36 pm: A – given K’s innocuous comment, that seems a little over-the-top rude. A = Alan getting defensive about his trolling?
Anon December 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm: It could be Alan. Or it could be that a small minority of people here seem to like to “pick people” to harp on and refuse to leave them alone. I guess they are trying to make it as miserable as possible for the people they choose to exile so those people never come back?
Anon December 21, 2010 at 6:01 pm: Oh, and I agree with Ses. I think it’s some sort of computer. Although, the vaguely sexual undertones in all of his/her posts do make me question that theory sometimes.

Midori December 21, 2010 at 2:01 pm

Me too! Ellen makes me giggle. The misapplied and misunderstood stereotypes are a very special type of trolling.

E December 21, 2010 at 2:33 pm

I really don’t mind. Just seems like someone is wasting his or her time for a completely mysterious reason, but to each his/her own.

For a while I was sympathetic to the “oh, why are we being so mean to her? maybe English isn’t her first language?” type posts, but (among many good arguments), the one that really gets me is that Ellen is a frequent reader of comments here but never responds to any of these discussions, which any genuine poster would almost certainly do.

Anonymous December 21, 2010 at 1:38 pm

No blocking. He’s not offensive and I find him quite amusing. If we start blocking one poster that annoys one or two people, where do we draw the line? Personally, I find many posts on this blog so whiney and don’t talk down to me, that I just read through and think “blech.” But many of you enjoy these posts and have heated discussions about the rudeness of those of us that wear perfume, or think a 4″ heel is fine at the office. Where will you draw the line? One mans annoyance is another’s amusement.

JAS December 21, 2010 at 1:53 pm

I agree with no blocking for all the reasons those above listed. However, if Kat does want to start blocking people, can she please start with the bullies (who outright insult people or call them names) and the self-appointed police (who pile on to tell others what is and is not an appropriate way to express themselves, and/or what is or is not an appropriate topic for the forum).

If Ellen/Alan is a troll, by responding at all we are only giving him/her what they want. If it is an AI experiment (which does seem possible) we are just giving assistance in developing it to who-knows-what scientist. And, if they are a real person who simply has an odd way of expressing themself, and has some viewpoints that are offputting to some, then there is some needless unkindness going on.

Lyssa December 21, 2010 at 3:20 pm: I tend to agree with Anonymous (1:38), but, on similar notes to JAS’s statement about insults, I’d love for there to be some way to police anonymous posters- there are some good reasons for them (when we ask about sensitive subjects), but some people just use them to hide behind while they insult.

Not sure that I have a solution, there, I guess.

2L NYC December 21, 2010 at 2:03 pm

I agree with this and the pet troll sentiment. I almost look forward to dear Elan’s posts!

academicsocialite December 21, 2010 at 2:38 pm: This.

Oh please, pretty please, can we keep him? I’ve always wanted a little pet troll, and this is just in time for the holidays! I promise not to bait him- and can we please collectively agree to call him Elan from now on?

Hysterical.
Ru December 21, 2010 at 3:06 pm: I love Corporettes – y’all are so FUNNY (ha, see what I did there???).
eg December 21, 2010 at 5:37 pm: Too bad you couldn’t work a FOOEY in there, Ru!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Alan was trying to get rid of my shoes.

Ellen December 20, 2010 at 1:40 pm

Clark’s are great!!!! My dad had a pair of Clark’s Wallabee’s and he swore by them. Now I have a pair of black ankle boots and they are great. Also their not to expensive either. I found out Alan was trying to get rid of my shoes. Thanks for stopping him. He is so cute, but my shoes are very important to me.

Eponine December 20, 2010 at 2:53 pm

Oh God, it’s back. Damn it. I thought it’d go away after slipping up last week.

Ru December 20, 2010 at 3:03 pm

LOL, this is priceless. Ellen and Alan are just *precious*.

Anano December 20, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Wait – what happened last week? I must have missed it.

Ru December 20, 2010 at 3:28 pm

I think it was on the weekend thread where “Ellen” signed off at the end of its post as “Alan”. Much hilarity ensued.

Ru December 20, 2010 at 3:30 pm: Oh and someone found the same troll with the same exact style of posting on another website.
Eponine December 20, 2010 at 8:20 pm: Not just another website, but an NYT article linked to in the comments on Corporette, and the troll’s comment there was signed as Alan. It was pretty evident that Alan is a creepy guy who assumes the identity of his imaginary girlfriend, Ellen, and gets his jollies posting here. Hopefully he will go away.
Samantha December 20, 2010 at 9:10 pm: Or maybe neither Alan nor Ellen, but someone with the initials LN.
:)

2L NYC December 21, 2010 at 12:59 am

Really brilliant trolling effort. I applaud your convictions, sir.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Alan says that he wants to be a father

Ellen December 6, 2010 at 8:29 pm

I have pretty good coverage at my job with low premiums and co-pays, but Alan does not have good coverage where he is working, and which he is paying alot for not all that much. So I am hoping he will consider this and marry me already so that I can add him to MY health plan.

We are not yet ready for a baby, but Alan says that he wants to be a father, so I have to get ready for that, because once I am out on leave with the baby, I am NOT sure we can all stay covered. Does anyone know about this? If the person going out on maternity leave leaves, does the family keep the coverage? We should figure this out, but I figure that mabye one of you have gone through this.