It all started December 1st 2009. I sent an email to Podcast 6738 (hey look, free advertising!), telling them I was interested in taking an ad out on their show.

I never heard back from them, and I didn’t know why. Last night I was playing catch up and listening to some older episodes of the podcast I had missed. Specifically one episode called Party Crashers that was released on 12/3/09. Starting at 17:53, they start talking about in detail what I now call “The Incident”. Here’s the segment edited down to 2:16 - To listen to it click HERE.

That should give you a pretty good idea of the story from their side. Now is the chance to hear mine.

This part of the story might seem irrelevant, but it’ll make sense later. Without getting into too much detail, my blood brother (I’m adopted) found me on MySpace a couple years ago. He then found me and started following me on Twitter. Back in August his girlfriend said something really nasty about me and I decided to block all communication with them for a while. I changed my Twitter name from @JoshSieg to @Joshonthenet, and blocked both him and his girlfriend.

Now, I’ve never met Josh or Matt, but we do have about 10 or so mutual friends and I sincerely enjoy their podcast. As you can see above in the screen capture from the e-mail I sent Podcast 6738, I never updated my signature to reflect my new Twitter handle. Oops! My mistake.

One day I got an email saying that @JoshSieg was now following me on Twitter. Immediately I thought of my brother. I thought that maybe he reactivated my old account as a means to get a hold of me. I also thought that if it wasn’t him, someone found out my password. I have one password for practically everything I use. So after I changed my password on every website I could think of, I got on my computer and blocked @JoshSieg from following me right away. One of the first things I noticed was, whoever copied my Twitter page didn’t save the background, they took a sceenshot of it and saved it as “SiegBG.jpg” if I remember correctly.

I then went to Twitter’s help section and filed a claim for impersonation. I had to fax Twitter a photocopy of my driver’s license to prove that I am who I am. They removed the profile from circulation on December 19th.

Josh and Matt, you really did it. My website is all about comedy skits, bits, stunts gags and pranks (sometimes spelled PRANX for thriving purposes) and you deserve to be on it. You really did a number on me. I’d like to officially meet you both and shake your hands. After that we can legitimately negotiate advertisement. I officially forgive you for what you’ve done.

Podcast 6738, talking about what I call “The Incident”.

Tried sending this earlier, but my phone’s data wasn’t working.

paulscheer:

MOVIE URBAN LEGENDS: DEBUNKED AND PROVED TRUE

• Did a ghost haunt the set of 3 Men and a Baby?
• Does the Minister in the Little Mermaid have an erection? (See Above)
• Did a Munchkin commit suicide in the Wizard of Oz?
• Does the Genie in Aladdin want good teenagers to take off their clothes?
• And does the Lion King dream about sex?

FIND OUT HERE

robhuebel:

The story behind this spot…

tumblrisforlulz:

I’m not sure why, but I laughed at this for a good 30 seconds.

Propaganda.

paulscheer:

The 11 BEST Snookishops The Web Has To Offer (PICTURES)

sarahspy:

Francis Ford Coppola carries his daughter Sofia on top of his shoulders at the Cannes film festival (1970s). This moment is remade in Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic when Bill Murray’s character carries young Leonardo Giovannelli down the steps at the end of the film, knee socks and all.

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thedailywhat:

OH SH-

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