Comments on: Killing Batteries: We get more press before breakfast than most people get all day http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/ Leif Pettersen's battery-powered rise to the zenith of travel writing rapture Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Matt http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-12198 Matt Tue, 29 May 2007 04:53:33 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-12198 Possibly this is a case of separate and uninfluenced co-creation, however, there does seem to be evidence that Jimmy Kimmel's production company has been using the name "Jackhole" since 1999. http://www.imdb.com/company/co0071163/ So it may be necessary to give him credit (or whomever he heard it from) for at least coming up with the term no fewer than seven years earlier, if nothing else. Possibly this is a case of separate and uninfluenced co-creation, however, there does seem to be evidence that Jimmy Kimmel’s production company has been using the name “Jackhole” since 1999. http://www.imdb.com/company/co0071163/
So it may be necessary to give him credit (or whomever he heard it from) for at least coming up with the term no fewer than seven years earlier, if nothing else.

]]> By: Jessie http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11760 Jessie Tue, 22 May 2007 21:23:02 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11760 I would visit the shit out of your anti-Londumb, wino, writer's retreat nation. I might even apply for residency and a gubment job. I would visit the shit out of your anti-Londumb, wino, writer’s retreat nation. I might even apply for residency and a gubment job.

]]> By: jux http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11738 jux Tue, 22 May 2007 16:09:45 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11738 oh oh oh. could we please get an interview for a small mag? how do we contact you? oh oh oh. could we please get an interview for a small mag? how do we contact you?

]]> By: John Oates http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11609 John Oates Mon, 21 May 2007 12:36:43 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11609 Without wanting to defend the people who run the Underground, if you get an Oyster card it's more like £3 per day. It's the tourists who suffer most, buying overpriced travelcards or absolutely absurdly expensive single tickets. What I liked most was the way they doubled bus prices if you use cash, then went on about what a great saving you could make with Oyster - the prices had just stayed the same... Without wanting to defend the people who run the Underground, if you get an Oyster card it’s more like £3 per day. It’s the tourists who suffer most, buying overpriced travelcards or absolutely absurdly expensive single tickets. What I liked most was the way they doubled bus prices if you use cash, then went on about what a great saving you could make with Oyster – the prices had just stayed the same…

]]> By: Leif http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11593 Leif Mon, 21 May 2007 08:23:27 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11593 John – 15 quid per week for internet. 8 quid to ride the Tube. How the crap can freelance writers afford to live in London? I can't even afford to visit anymore. What a downer. I AM gonna create a tiny nation that'll serve as a writers retreat. There'll be free wifi, cheap, tasty food, sushi and a spigot in every room, like a standard sink, but coffee will come out one side and red wine out the other. That'll show stupid London… Maureen – OK, OK, I'll change the fruity! But to what? Black is so last year… Color suggestions welcome. Lucas – You lie! You spread falsehoods! I made up 'jackhole' last year when I was in Minneapolis and my friend Marge made me watch "Metalocalypse" and I misheard 'jackhole' when a guy said 'jackoff'. Anyway, I made it my own and Kimmel can bite it. Jackhole. John – 15 quid per week for internet. 8 quid to ride the Tube. How the crap can freelance writers afford to live in London? I can’t even afford to visit anymore. What a downer. I AM gonna create a tiny nation that’ll serve as a writers retreat. There’ll be free wifi, cheap, tasty food, sushi and a spigot in every room, like a standard sink, but coffee will come out one side and red wine out the other. That’ll show stupid London…

Maureen – OK, OK, I’ll change the fruity! But to what? Black is so last year… Color suggestions welcome.

Lucas – You lie! You spread falsehoods! I made up ‘jackhole’ last year when I was in Minneapolis and my friend Marge made me watch “Metalocalypse” and I misheard ‘jackhole’ when a guy said ‘jackoff’. Anyway, I made it my own and Kimmel can bite it. Jackhole.

]]> By: Lucas http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11560 Lucas Sun, 20 May 2007 23:59:19 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11560 For the record, "jackhole" was coined by Jimmy Kimmel while on the Kevin & Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ as a way of avoiding FCC regulations concerning improper language. This was in the mid-90's. I've since heard it used plenty outside of this blog, so it's nothing original. Sorry :/ For the record, “jackhole” was coined by Jimmy Kimmel while on the Kevin & Bean morning show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ as a way of avoiding FCC regulations concerning improper language. This was in the mid-90′s. I’ve since heard it used plenty outside of this blog, so it’s nothing original. Sorry :/

]]> By: Maureen http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11539 Maureen Sun, 20 May 2007 18:06:55 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11539 Dear Kookee, Cheers on postive press; your cult is growing, which is as it ought to be in the land of goodcoffeecheapwinegreatlodgingswithwifi. I too have taken to using jackhole in conversations and writings, so I'll assign credit to you in future for coinage. Liz done good (thanks for blog intro) Have to agree with Lucas on the fruity color and of course we all want to hear travel writings from the big M. A devoted but notyet demented fan. Dear Kookee,

Cheers on postive press; your cult is growing, which is as it ought to be in the land of goodcoffeecheapwinegreatlodgingswithwifi. I too have taken to using jackhole in conversations and writings, so I’ll assign credit to you in future for coinage. Liz done good (thanks for blog intro) Have to agree with Lucas on the fruity color and of course we all want to hear travel writings from the big M.

A devoted but notyet demented fan.

]]> By: elfin http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11354 elfin Fri, 18 May 2007 17:08:38 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11354 John Oates hi! I think you have to change London Library. I haven't been down and out in london in quite a while, but I do remember a lovely library right off Leicester Square where guys dressed like Michael jackson having interersting chats with the third dimension were not frowned upon, au contraire ,they made us all feel quite legitimate about going about our business (namely keeping out of the cold and looking for job adverts). It was my second home for a long time, it's worth checking! John Oates hi! I think you have to change London Library. I haven’t been down and out in london in quite a while, but I do remember a lovely library right off Leicester Square where guys dressed like Michael jackson having interersting chats with the third dimension were not frowned upon, au contraire ,they made us all feel quite legitimate about going about our business (namely keeping out of the cold and looking for job adverts). It was my second home for a long time, it’s worth checking!

]]> By: John Oates http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11337 John Oates Fri, 18 May 2007 14:15:30 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11337 Let's see... Reliable internet - check (£15 per week) Decent coffee - not sure, will report back (I keep visiting the cafe after the coffee machine has been closed down for the evening) Wine for a pittance - certainly not (I think they do those little bottles beloved of train buffet cars, which cost a fortune) Pacing and drum solos - frowned upon but I imagine not unheard of Turns out you are right, I need a new London hangout. Any tips are welcome. Let’s see…

Reliable internet – check (£15 per week)

Decent coffee – not sure, will report back (I keep visiting the cafe after the coffee machine has been closed down for the evening)

Wine for a pittance – certainly not (I think they do those little bottles beloved of train buffet cars, which cost a fortune)

Pacing and drum solos – frowned upon but I imagine not unheard of

Turns out you are right, I need a new London hangout. Any tips are welcome.

]]> By: Leif http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11323 Leif Fri, 18 May 2007 12:35:16 +0000 http://killingbatteries.com/2007/05/killing-batteries-we-get-more-press-before-breakfast-than-most-people-get-all-day/#comment-11323 Sheila – Coffee-Mate will never be allowed in Reliableinternetanddecentcoffeeandwineforapittanceville. Bad juju. John – Does the British Library have reliable internet and decent coffee and wine for a pittance? And can one pace and do a drum solo on the table and curse medium-loud when it takes them 15 minutes to summon the word "intensive"? Dude, clearly that's no place to really work. Liz – Never hesitate to contact me whenever you need someone to write 1,280 words about themselves. Lucas – I'm a design half-wit. The bold-fruity background was the least distracting color I could come up with that sort of matched my title banner. If you've got a better idea (and the CSS skills to implement it), be my guest. Meanwhile, let's talk about you being my publicist, since you have all this free time and opinion… Anne Marie – I can't tell you about the cult part until after you've signed an affidavit stating that you're a consenting adult, have no criminal record, are not a federal agent and have no allergies to raspberry Jello. Mark – Someone is using my insult in their blog… This may be the proudest moment of my travel writing career. Well, the day I slip 'jackhole' into an LP guidebook, THAT will be the proudest moment of my travel writing career. Sheila – Coffee-Mate will never be allowed in Reliableinternetanddecentcoffeeandwineforapittanceville. Bad juju.

John – Does the British Library have reliable internet and decent coffee and wine for a pittance? And can one pace and do a drum solo on the table and curse medium-loud when it takes them 15 minutes to summon the word “intensive”? Dude, clearly that’s no place to really work.

Liz – Never hesitate to contact me whenever you need someone to write 1,280 words about themselves.

Lucas – I’m a design half-wit. The bold-fruity background was the least distracting color I could come up with that sort of matched my title banner. If you’ve got a better idea (and the CSS skills to implement it), be my guest. Meanwhile, let’s talk about you being my publicist, since you have all this free time and opinion…

Anne Marie – I can’t tell you about the cult part until after you’ve signed an affidavit stating that you’re a consenting adult, have no criminal record, are not a federal agent and have no allergies to raspberry Jello.

Mark – Someone is using my insult in their blog… This may be the proudest moment of my travel writing career. Well, the day I slip ‘jackhole’ into an LP guidebook, THAT will be the proudest moment of my travel writing career.

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