Comments on: Fail

By: Vachtra

Vachtra — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:02:15 +0000

When you say “fail” I assume you mean the new, or by now somewhat old, expression circulating around many writers I know to announce that something hasn’t quite happened correctly as in “This coffee, fail.”
My response to this trend is “ARF!”
This will make sense to anyone who has come across the dreaded abort/retry/fail error. It makes more sense than just fail since it gives you some options, unlike the actual error which usually just lets you abort after hitting “R” for retry a billion times in the vain hope that it might work.
The only unfortunately down side to this is when commenting on anything having to do with a female since I am sure saying arf will get anyone slapped
So next time something just isn’t right try hitting “R”. It’ might work.

By: compostings

compostings — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:54:58 +0000

It sure does seem that my failings outnumber my successes! Even my tomatoes, which have been looking so good, now have blight. Sometimes it just feels impossible!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:27:23 +0000

Hi from a fellow Oregonian-

Don’t feel so bad about the rosemary- it is insanely hard to start from seed! For some reason my lemon balm does not like me. I grew it in a container last year and put it in the ground this year and it is still not happy! I’ll try again with a new plant one day…..

By: James

James — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:00:30 +0000

good to know we aren’t the only ones. I feel it is better to be honest about it all. ;)

Makes me feel better anyhow. Well, at least to know someone else sucks sometimes too. haha

By: Dee/reddirtramblings

Dee/reddirtramblings — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:40 +0000

Ah, we all fail don’t we? Some things I’ve grown again and again to try to figure out why I’m failing. A few I’ve learned, but others I’ve just killed again and again.~~Dee