Discomfort Zone Aug 30, 2011 at 2:51 pm

Welcome to the Discomfort Zone, Alison Hallett!

Ned Lannamann
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This always turns into "I thought it would be terrible but it wasn't so bad after all". Borrrrrring.
Wubbles on August 30, 2011 at 2:59 PM Report this
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The whole problem with Portland is it's way too comfortable (white people problem, that).
geyser on August 30, 2011 at 3:00 PM Report this
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WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SUGGESTION OF MAKING ALISON VOLUNTEER AT AN AIDS HOSPICE?!?
Graham on August 30, 2011 at 3:04 PM Report this
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What's with the kid-gloves treatment of Alison?
frankieb on August 30, 2011 at 3:06 PM Report this
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Guys, Alison had to go to a nude beach AND a swingers club on previous iterations of this... game? Is this a game?

Anyway, I voted state fair because the state fair is awesome and maybe she'll invite me to go along if that wins.
Ben Coleman on August 30, 2011 at 3:17 PM Report this
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That said, if you want to add a discomfortable spin to it, make it a requirement that she has to buy me cotton candy until I throw up on a giant pig.
Ben Coleman on August 30, 2011 at 3:20 PM Report this
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It is ridiculous how not discomfortable these things are.

Apologies to the internet.
Alison Hallett on August 30, 2011 at 3:22 PM Report this
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@ALISON, I KNOW, RIGHT? HEY ALISON, YOU WANT TO GO SIT ON A LAWN WHILE IT'S SUNNY OUT AND DRINK SOME BEERS?! BECAUSE THAT'S ALL OF THESE THINGS WE'RE VOTING ON.
Graham on August 30, 2011 at 3:26 PM Report this
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Seriously. Did you not get my suggestion about the Mexican Cat Juggling?
pdxMB on August 30, 2011 at 3:59 PM Report this
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Probably should just make her wear an (actual) silly hat for whichever event gets chosen. That would make any of these three discomfortable. I'm thinking a jester hat, maybe with bells.
BruceWang on August 30, 2011 at 4:12 PM Report this
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I felt like a total sadist for voting for this, as I think sitting through a Jerry Garcia band would be one of the most horrible thing one could be made to do.
The others pale by comparison, with the Oregon State Fair easily being the most doable.
rich23 on August 30, 2011 at 4:24 PM Report this
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(PS in my comment, three means four)
BruceWang on August 30, 2011 at 4:26 PM Report this
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Whatever we do, let's close the poll at a reasonable hour. I think some people lost sleep during Ned's poll.

I voted for the state fair. Only because my revulsion of Selena Gomez runs deeper than my discomfortableness with hippies.

Good luck Alison, and have fun!
Fruit Cup on August 30, 2011 at 4:57 PM Report this
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To add to your discomfort, Alison, when you attend the State Fair in Salem, you can stay the night at my parent's house.

It makes me uncomfortable when I do it.
Sonia Ruiz on August 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM Report this
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A Delightful Day at the Oregon State Fair???? What is this, Delight Zone? I thought this was Discomfort Zone!
guspasho on August 30, 2011 at 5:34 PM Report this
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Seriously Fruit Cup! I can't stand that girl. My niece watches her Nick show and she is a bbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiittttch!

As for Cialisin's fate - these all suck upon many a gonad!
Abusive on August 30, 2011 at 5:53 PM Report this
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As You Like it discomfortable? Nah. That sounds like Trek in the Park, but with Shakespeare.
Joe Streckert on August 30, 2011 at 6:51 PM Report this
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I think I saw CutS at Country Faire. Some middle-aged hippies played Garcia music for 74 minutes, but I don't quite remember what they called their band. Send *me* to that, and make Alison attend Shakespeare with the stinky Reed kids.
nwspirit on August 30, 2011 at 7:04 PM Report this
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Maybe Alison would like to go with me up Mt. Hood to fight the evil litter robot and feed the giant FRED cats.

It sounds pleasant but remember they gave me a Prius, money, and beer to watch them for two weeks.
Rosy on August 30, 2011 at 7:05 PM Report this
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At this point let's just forget the whole thing and post more interviews with random passersby.
Todd Mecklem on August 30, 2011 at 7:57 PM Report this
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If I recall, Alison had a not-horrible time at both the nudist camp and swinger's club.

I'd like to know who she bribed for this kid gloves treatment, and why I didn't get a piece.
Andy Mesa on August 30, 2011 at 11:48 PM Report this
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Fuck, if this was only a week earlier we could of all voted on her playing second base for the softball team during the championship game.
God damn you hindsight.
Rusty! on August 31, 2011 at 2:11 AM Report this
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@Todd: Aaaaa! That's just discomforting to everyone!
tk. on August 31, 2011 at 7:27 AM Report this
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By my troth, that say'st true: for since the little wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolery that wise men have make a great show!
TSW on August 31, 2011 at 7:50 AM Report this
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The State Fair? The State Fair is awesome. They have hand-dipped corn dogs and the Dairy Farmer's of Oregon soft serve ice cream cones. THIS CANNOT BE A DISCOMFORTABLE CHOICE.
Sara on August 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM Report this
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Can I just reset my MMA take?.....Ah screw it, whatever send her to whatever shite 32yr old white hipsters find comical. Shit you dorks probably think the Sklar Brothers are funny
on August 31, 2011 at 9:49 AM Report this
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Or at least send her to Paintball, given that things such as hand/eye coordination are foreign to many of you.....plus there might be at least one agro hillbilly. Comedy gold
on August 31, 2011 at 9:51 AM Report this
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Easily Dead cover band. Watching hippies dance makes me feel my soul being sucked from my body, so I'm just projecting that AH will find that discomfortable.

Seriously, a friend took me to a show about two months ago at Mt. Tabor and didn't tell me it was a hippie thing. I demanded to leave after twenty minutes and I didn't give two shits that we basically threw $20 in the trash.
Commenty Colin on August 31, 2011 at 10:12 AM Report this
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If she really likes comics about cats, isn't there a "Garfield Convention" we could chip in and fly her to...
If there's a hell for people who like cats, or comics, the seeing Jim Davis, and people who like Garfield, is it.

How about making her hand a Garfield "Hang in there" poster over her cubicle? We're talking Israeli torture tactics now...
El Stunto on August 31, 2011 at 10:50 AM Report this
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This is ridiculous. You guys know I'm from Oregon, right? And going to the state fair was a highlight of my childhood? I did 4-H, for god's sake.

I'll try to take some cute animal pictures, at least.
Alison Hallett on August 31, 2011 at 11:34 AM Report this
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Aw, crap. Why did anyone suggest the State Fair in the first place? It's just going to be a warm fuzzy post about ponies and corn dogs.

(Please take lots of cute animal pictures- that, at least, will make it all worth it.)
Joe Streckert on August 31, 2011 at 11:55 AM Report this
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I'm moving next week, can we do Blogger Helps Commenter Move again???
theterminizer on August 31, 2011 at 12:11 PM Report this
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This is a debacle. And no one could even remember to do GMN...I thought WSH did nothing but surf YouTube, but apparently he really does ride roughshod over you all, and nothing gets done when he's gone.

SHAPE UP! Or I'll convince Steve to put me in charge next time he's out of town. Then we'll have a memorable Discomfort Zone for all of you at once.
Todd Mecklem on August 31, 2011 at 12:33 PM Report this
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I stand by Elvis Costello karaoke. I think making Alison consistently the center of attention over several hours would have been the pinnacle of discomfortableness. Though I may be projecting.
Fruit Cup on August 31, 2011 at 1:08 PM Report this
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While she's in Salem for the fair, she should spend a sleepless Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf-style evening with my parents, then shake it off with a morning at the Pink Elephant, drowning her hangover and quietly sobbing with her head between her knees.
Ovidius on August 31, 2011 at 1:21 PM Report this
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Make her attend a high school dance
Barf! on August 31, 2011 at 1:25 PM Report this
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You dumbasses. Out of the feeble choices up there, Jerry Garcia easily trumps the State Fair.
Miranda Radik on August 31, 2011 at 2:51 PM Report this
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I don't know if any of these choices would cause discomfort other than boredom. I would like to hear of your chronicles of delight experienced at the Oregon State Fair. Take pictures.
Tom [______] . on August 31, 2011 at 4:29 PM Report this

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