Poe Toaster?

from JoeUser Forums

As many of you may know, today is the birthday of Edgar Allen Poe - the greatest writer of the 19th century.  For the last 58 years, a man has put a rose and a bottle of cognac on his grave on his birthday.  Everyone has respected this man's privacy and no one has tried to find out who he is.

But this year, the news has adopted a name for the man.  The Poe Toaster!  Sounds like a breakfast food. "Mom, can I have another Poe Toaster?"

WTF?  Why cant they just acknowledge this man instead of making him into a breakfast cereal?

Oh, and in case you are wondering, the Poe museum is here in his city of Birth, not Baltimore, the city of his death.

Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well I thought it was a new brand of toaster on the market! Why don't they just leave it alone, the man has his privacy and by doing what they are doing is an intrusion to his privacy, no doubt next year they will camp out to photograph the person putting the stuff there - no respect is what it is.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
In the morn I hear my stomach grumble.
It roars, roars, roars when I exit my bedroom door.
I make my way forth to the kitchen.
"May I have a Poe Toaster", I implore.
Silence I did hear, save a raven which quoth.
"There are no more Poe Toasters, they are gone forevermore."

Okay...it's a shoddy piece of work...but improv isn't my forte...could've been worse.

~Zoo
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reporters...they're all asshats.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

Well I thought it was a new brand of toaster on the market! Why don't they just leave it alone, the man has his privacy and by doing what they are doing is an intrusion to his privacy, no doubt next year they will camp out to photograph the person putting the stuff there - no respect is what it is.

Actually, so far, other than watching, they have not tried to find out who it was.  I am sure they could if they tried.  I guess the mystery ala a Poe story, is better than the revelation of who is doing it.  It was just the stupid term.

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Okay...it's a shoddy piece of work...but improv isn't my forte...could've been worse.

Not bad for a spur of the moment!  I love it!  I did not realize you were so talented!

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reporters...they're all asshats.

When there is no news - make it.  What happened to "reporting" it?