…until it happened to me. An amusing publishing tale by Claire Berlinsky. I loved this:
I wrote the article, along with a sidebar about Sifu Emin’s top ten tips for defending yourself in hand-to-hand combat. It was a great assignment. I got to call people like Bob Wall and Chuck Norris to ask them who, in their view, was the most lethal man in the world.
Actually, to be honest, I couldn’t get through to Chuck Norris. I tried, but his secretary got frosty on me when I said I was writing for Penthouse. “Chuck,” she said sniffily, “is a conservative.”
Now, when I heard this, I was a bit surprised. I’m not really used to the insinuation that there might be a problem with my commitment to conservatism. “Ma’am,” I said finally, “I’m a conservative, too. In fact, I think my conservative credentials will impress him. Please let him know that I’m Margaret Thatcher’s biographer, okay? Really, I’m on his side.”
“You’re what?”
“I’m the author of ‘Why Margaret Thatcher Matters.’ In fact, I’m more conservative than Chuck.”
“Well” (doubtful). “I’ll give him the message.”
“I have a subscription to National Review, for God’s sake.”
“I’ll let him know.”
“Seriously, Ma’am, I make Chuck look pink.”
I think my tone probably put her off, though; she refused to put me through. Probably for the best. I mean, who wants to deal with Chuck Norris’s socialist nonsense?
Read all.
Chuck Norris has counted to infinity…twice.
It’s been said that Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer, but unfortunately Chuck never cries. Actually, Dick Cheney can make him cry, but chooses not to.
The Berlin Wall did not fall — it was knocked-down by a roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris.
I was over at Superman’s house once and noticed that he had Chuck Norris pajamas.
The Mayflower did not land on Plymouth Rock — it landed on Chuck Norris. The pilgrims were so thankful that he didn’t kick them back to the Old World that they made him pumpkin pie and roast turkey. That was the First Thanksgiving.
Every NASA payload could be delivered safely by Chuck Norris’s fist if only the bureaucracy would allow it.
Well done guys.
Astute readers will recall the series of spot-on articles of the coming economic meltdown that ran in several ’08 issues of WANKER magazine.