Utter Wonder: The Idle Thoughts Of C. Monks

Ken Jennings Ate My Baby*.

Posted 09/26/2006 09:29 AM by cmonks in MEOW! MEOW!.

I'll take 'Big, Jerky Copy Cats' for 1000, Alex.

I guess I should be flattered. I mean, the all-time Jeopardy king liked my site's design so much that he pretty much copied the whole concept and used it for his own site. It could be worse. He could have run off with my wife and kids. Wait. Let me check and make sure he hasn't done that.

Nope. He hasn't.

So, yeah, I'm flattered. I suppose, if I wanted to, I could go on Jennings' message boards and provide a link to Utter Wonder so all his little followers got the heads up about his less than original blog design. But no, I won't. That's not how I roll. Besides, there are far more important and serious things to worry about in the world, like war, poverty, and the Hasselhoff family cat. In the grand scheme of things, that stuff matters a lot more than some game show champion's blog totally ripping off my blog. Yep.

But, say, if one or more of my readers should be so outraged by this obvious pirating of my over two-year-old blog design and they wanted to leave a message on Jennings' board to set him straight, then that would be their prerogative. And for that matter, if I showered said reader (or readers) with signed copies of fan letters I wrote Star Jones and devoted an entire day to him or her (or them) on Utter Wonder to honor their bravery and courage and intestinal fortitude, I'd only be doing it because, well, it was the right the thing to do.

Yep.

Regardless, I'm going to rise above this and just keep on keeping on. Sure, some might say that this is yet another example of why I'm a hero, but whatever. I'm just trying to stay true to myself. If that makes me a hero then so be it. Plus this cape makes me look awesome.

This post is dedicated to a trend.

*Kyle, UW's site designer, came up with this line. Unlike certain game show contestants, I give credit where credit is due.

Comments.

I'm so posting a comment right now. Look under Main Forum on his message board.

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/26/2006 10:32 AM

Cheryl, you are brave and courageous and intestinal fortitudinal and you will be showered with praise on Utter Wonder in the near future. Same goes for anyone else who takes Cheryl's lead. To see her post, go here.

Posted by: cmonks at 09/26/2006 11:03 AM

I totally stuck it to Jennings, just like Brad Rutter did in the Tourney of Champions. Take that Jennings. I bet he's sitting on his huge pile of money right now, surrounded by his many beautiful wives, cryin like a baby... revenge is sweet.

Posted by: cale at 09/26/2006 11:15 AM

Way to go, "Cale."

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/26/2006 11:27 AM

I have also posted my comment to that no good copy cat. Main Forum...united we stand!

Posted by: Lisa at 09/26/2006 11:34 AM

phwitt-phew! That's the sound of my whip thwacking Jennings' pale-white arse. Don't hassle the C!

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/26/2006 11:38 AM

You showed them good. Huzzah!

Posted by: George at 09/26/2006 12:06 PM

Get a life. You didn't invent phrenology.

Posted by: Marcus at 09/26/2006 12:14 PM

Mouth breathers? Um, C, you gonna go to bat for us or just sit idly by while we all get spanked? I, for one, breathe through my nose.

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/26/2006 12:36 PM

Spanked? [perk] Spank me first!

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/26/2006 12:45 PM

Givin' you props on KJ's site. He's a punk ass.

Posted by: Sharon at 09/26/2006 01:01 PM

Rest assured that I have LAID KEN OUT FOR THE COUNT!
Don't be surprised if his entire blog withers away as he wallows in the shame that he so richly deserves.
He's probably a big Adrian Brody fan too...the prick.

Posted by: Charlie at 09/26/2006 01:39 PM

Oh no she dinn'nt! And by "she," I mean Ken Jennings, or possibly even C. Monks.

Posted by: Ian at 09/26/2006 01:39 PM

Hi. My name is C and I'm a mouth breather.

Oh god, you don't know how good it feels to finally say that publicly.

Posted by: cmonks at 09/26/2006 02:37 PM

What's up with this SPerry guy anyway?
I'll bet when Ken Jennings farts you can hear "Luke" SPerry's knuckles crack.

Posted by: Charlie at 09/26/2006 02:37 PM

So C - it would seem that we have all proven ourselves loyal. Has this broken some sort of record or something? Or did your disciples of yester-year wreak havoc on other blogs to defend the honor of your fair-to-middle blogging? Did you see that? We were like a pack of sensibly-shoed, high-waisted jean wearing soccer moms chasing after a donut thief on a Saturday morning.

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/26/2006 02:47 PM

It's official. C is the L. Ron Hubbard of our time.

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/26/2006 02:51 PM

Ken Jennings...isn't he the guy who said he accidentally killed JonBenet? Oh wait, that was Mark Harmon.

Posted by: simpleton01 at 09/26/2006 03:12 PM

He's running scared...
http://www.ken-jennings.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=425

Posted by: Anonymous at 09/26/2006 03:43 PM

Well, if it ain't the man himself... like he doesn't know what's going on here. The guy is a brainiac.

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/26/2006 03:47 PM

C, your 29 to their 239? I'll take quality over quantity any time.

Posted by: Drama Queen at 09/26/2006 04:23 PM

I go out for a box of donuts (okay, three boxes of donuts) and I come back to find that Ken Jennings himself has weighed in on the controversy.

I'll write a reply as soon as I can come up with nine more funny adjectival forms for American cities.

Posted by: cmonks at 09/26/2006 05:32 PM

Stolen or not, yours is WAY prettier. And funnier. And has far more Letters to Star Jones.

Posted by: Molly at 09/26/2006 07:11 PM

You'd think the son of Waylon Jennings would have more fight in him.

Posted by: Gene at 09/26/2006 09:11 PM

Anyone know where the Jenningsonians buy t-shirts supporting their leader? Nope, me neither. I got mine though. My breasts proudly display the Monksonian code of arms.

Posted by: Cheryl at 09/26/2006 10:17 PM

After reading the heated battle on Ken Jenning's site, I started to calculate how many of Ken's fans have never had sex before.

Posted by: wvbaby at 09/27/2006 11:46 PM

They think they're so smart. wvbaby obviously has a doctorate in mathmatics, so we aint so disseducated as Ken's mignionainions might have thunk.

Posted by: Charlie at 09/28/2006 09:12 AM

Actually, sir, I did invent phrenology. Oh wait, that was phrenumology.

Posted by: simpleton01 at 09/29/2006 12:02 PM

It's sad what some people will do for attention.
You have my pity.

Posted by: Bun at 10/03/2006 11:20 PM

michael chabon has had the phrenology graphic in the headline of his site since 2001. seriously, check it out on the wayback machine here.

you don't win the prior art battle on this one, sorry.

copycat.

Posted by: Phil at 10/12/2006 05:42 PM

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