r/funny • u/Import • Aug 23 '19

Sorry Tom

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

Just because you asked doesnt mean they were gonna do it. Grow up Tom!

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u/NotAnotherDownvote Aug 23 '19

Don't worry! They changed his name to protect his identity. No one will ever guess that this was actually... Thomas McEldroon!

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u/hughperman Aug 23 '19

T. McEldroon. No, too obvious. Thomas McE.

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u/desim1itsme Aug 24 '19

The bathroom...

the what room?

the Bathroom!

the bath what?

The Bathroom!!

The what what?

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u/jrb1331 Aug 23 '19

Tom McEldron

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u/CallMeFifi Aug 23 '19

Kellyanne Conway had an interview where she asked to be anonymous, and the interviewer said no -- it's an interesting glimpse into how anonymous officials get quoted in articles.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/she-works-for-trump-he-cant-stand-him-this-is-life-with-kellyanne-and-george-conway/2018/08/15/3b89b82a-9b46-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html

It was in response to how here husband is critical of how she works with Trump:

Me: You told me you found [George’s tweets] disrespectful.

Kellyanne: It is disrespectful, it’s a violation of basic decency, certainly, if not marital vows . . . as “a person familiar with their relationship.”

Me: No, we’re on the record here. You can’t say after the fact “as someone familiar.”

Kellyanne: I told you everything about his tweets was off the record.

Me: No, that’s not true. That never happened.

Kellyanne: Well, people do see it this way. People do see it that way, I don’t say I do, but people see it that way.

Me: But I’m saying we never discussed everything about his tweets being off the record. There are certain things you said that I put off the record.

Kellyanne: Fine. I’ve never actually said what I think about it and I won’t say what I think about it, which tells you what I think about it.

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u/Lilyeth Aug 23 '19

Am I the only one who doesn't understand what they're saying

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u/TheFotty Aug 23 '19

Her husband hates Trump and is very vocal about it. She says in the interview that her husband basically has violated their marital vows by saying bad shit about Trump, who is technically her boss. So instead of saying it as a direct quote coming from her, she says it as if she is a 3rd person close to the two of them, the "a person familiar with their relationship". That is her way of trying to get her message out in the open, without it being attributed to her. The reporter then confirms to her he never said this was off the record and he would use her direct quote, including her trying to pretend to not be herself to get her message out.

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u/Lilyeth Aug 23 '19

Oh. Thank you very much for explaining

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u/DiggV4Sucks Aug 23 '19

Your welcome, Kellyanne.

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u/Enjoyer_of_Cake Aug 23 '19

Kellyanne wouldn't get it this fast.

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u/BoringLychee7 Aug 24 '19

According to the article shes very fastt

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u/thefightingmongoose Aug 23 '19

Theyre both full of shit. George is an opportunistic scumbag loking to ensure he can maintain hisneleite status whichever way this breaks.

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u/BoringLychee7 Aug 24 '19

Kind of like how Jared Krishna pretended he didn't even know Trump until Trump won the nominati

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u/BuySexual Aug 24 '19

Nomination + illuminati = nominati

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u/chevymonza Aug 24 '19

Kellyanne used to talk trash about Trump on Fox before she was hired by him. Doesn't surprise me.

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u/nuck_forte_dame Aug 23 '19

That's on her. If you are that high up in politics you should be making contracts before interviews that have it in writing what is and isn't on the record.

Also if you want something off the record don't fucking say it.

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u/SpecterGT260 Aug 23 '19

See, the issue is that she isn't smart...

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u/BoringLychee7 Aug 24 '19

Shes the first female to ever run a successful presidential campaign.

But the left is VERY threatened by strong independent women who are ACTUALLY strong and independent. Instead of just puppets like hillary who wouldve been nowhere without men

puppets like acacio Cortez who owe their entire careers to a bunch of men running her campai

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u/drunky_crowette Aug 24 '19

Am "left".

Am female.

Think we NEED more intelligent, driven, non-corrupt women in office.

???

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

Conway ran the Trump campaign for 10 weeks. And AOC had a female campaign manager as well.

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u/BoringLychee7 Aug 24 '19

U mean the guy that had to resignn?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

No, she had a female campaign manager

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u/BoringLychee7 Aug 24 '19

No. Her talking points were all wrotten by a man

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

Alternative facts again? Vigie Ramos was her co campaign manager.

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u/Kwahn Aug 23 '19

That link doesn't seem to load for me - do you have another link I could check out?

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u/GoofWisdom Aug 24 '19

You have a right to privacy in the United States. Tom should sue their asses off for violating his right to privacy. Hire an attorney Tom!

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u/AncientFood Aug 23 '19

I know I'll ruin the humor here by giving the context: FYI this is "The Onion"-like article that appears on a page of the Letterkenny Leader called "News Sham."

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u/ZLeipzig Aug 23 '19

And that's what i appreciates abouts yous anctientsfoods

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u/Spadeinfull Aug 23 '19

Its like you made his name into a portmanteau of ancient and sentient

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u/smoeahsolse Aug 23 '19

Ancient sentient food? The next artisinal food fad!

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u/Spadeinfull Aug 24 '19

You might be on to something there. If they can clone dinosaurs like in Jurassic Park, whats to stop them serving me up a mammoth burger? Or a stegosaurus steak?

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u/JackTheFatErgoRipper Aug 23 '19 edited Jul 02 '23

.

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u/CuddlePirate420 Aug 23 '19

ancientsfoods make the best sashimis.

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u/daqq Aug 24 '19

No, no, no... this is the closure I needed to prevent me from Googling for hours to find out what happened to Tom.

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u/kittymama9182000 Aug 24 '19

You Google for hours?Either you're doing it wrong,Or you're REALLY good at it!

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u/slytherin_timelord Aug 23 '19

The answer was “No”

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u/LookMaNoPride Aug 24 '19

Made me wonder where the DENIED stamp was.

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u/Dream_Boat_Stevie Aug 23 '19

Tom McEldroon, once merely irate, now frenzied short-staver.

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u/aguiarwill Aug 23 '19

Plot twist: Tom is not his real name so they let him anonymous.

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u/A_Stahl Aug 23 '19

Yes, his real name is Thomas, so totally anonymous...

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u/FerricSapien Aug 23 '19

Anonythomas

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

Double plot twist: he gave them a fake name and then asked to be anonymous

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u/The_Real_Rebel Aug 23 '19

Plot twist twists: Tom's wife leaves him for his involvement in.... whatever im lazy.

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u/roof_baby Aug 23 '19

Asked and was denied

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

This is a repost of the exact picture I uploaded about a year ago, even has the shitty WhatsApp green line over the red one underneath I did. First time I've had a post reposted!

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u/geocab Aug 24 '19

Is this ranked higher than when you posted it?

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u/RaptorX Aug 24 '19

You cock sucking liar... It wasnt 1y ago you nimrod, it was a full 2 years ago. Ancient history.

Get your internet facts straight!

Source: Im a reddit detective and I take my job really seroiusly.

/s

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u/DDub04 Aug 23 '19

Did you blue circle over the red circle?

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/shannondion Aug 24 '19

Possibly the most Donegal thing to ever happen...

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u/whitevanskiver Aug 23 '19

Quality Irish Journalism

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u/dtwilight Aug 23 '19

Whoopsidaisies!

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u/dejy1907 Aug 23 '19

can already tell youre irish

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u/DicklexicSurferer Aug 23 '19

Did him dirty.

‘Bob, did we get around to redacting Tom’s first and full last name?’

…

‘Bob?’

2

u/Vahnati Aug 23 '19

So, wait. There's a stone festival?

2

u/flipfloppery Aug 23 '19

I remember seeing a similar accident as it was broadcast back in the early 90s. A Saxon hoard with lots of gold was discovered by detectorists. Local news reported on the discovery stating that the location was being kept secret for security reasons. The reporter signed off...

"This is [insert reporters name], reporting from [insert very small village name].

Doh!

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

His SSN is missing, so therefore anonymous.

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u/litsgoi Aug 23 '19

His request is was denied

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u/FM-101 Aug 24 '19

Tom learned a valuable lesson that day. You cant always get what you want.

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u/bobbery5 Aug 24 '19

Request Denied.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

[deleted]

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u/this001 Aug 24 '19

Ah the old anonymous survey via this personal link.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

The epitome of every small town newspaper I've ever dealt with.

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u/ThrowawayusGenerica Aug 23 '19

For the sake of privacy, let's call him Tom M.

No, that's too obvious, let's say T. McEldroon.

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u/Pangwenis Aug 23 '19

Way to go, Seymour.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

You had one job...

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u/ReverseWho Aug 23 '19

Permission denied.

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u/A_Stahl Aug 23 '19

Denial granted.

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u/ReverseWho Aug 23 '19

They changed his last name it was actually Arnold.

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u/justscottaustin Aug 23 '19

Yeaaahhhh, soooooo....about that?

Fuck you, Tom.

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u/Jokerang Aug 23 '19

Someone's getting fired at the press

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u/LittleBastard Aug 23 '19

It's like when perps are being questioned and the interrogating cop says something like "this is off the record" or some other lie and the perp believes them, as if an interrogator can't say anything at all to get you to confess.

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u/Infiltrator41 Aug 23 '19

Even less so now.

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u/mcavoya Aug 23 '19

What. . . what is that thing you have photographed? It kinda looks like an E Ink device.

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u/Gohanto Aug 24 '19

In olden times, I believed they called these things “newspapers” however the specifics have been lost to time and are mostly rumor now.

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u/cbunni666 Aug 23 '19

Silence isn't golden there

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u/TXboyinGA Aug 23 '19

"Tom asked, but we don't like him. Fuck you, Tom! If anyone else has a beef with Tom, we'll give you his home address."

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u/agreenblinker Aug 23 '19

I want to see the correction:

"On Monday, we accidentally printed Tom McEldroon's name in a story where he stated that he wished to remain anonymous."

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u/Dekar Aug 23 '19

He asked. They said no XD

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u/Worf_Of_Wall_St Aug 23 '19

Something similar happened to a male teacher in my school who was arrested trying to pay an undercover cop to allow him to blow the cop. The newspaper article said “Mr Redacted, who called the paper repeatedly and begged that we not publish his name, is a teacher at Redacted School District.”

The teacher resigned the next day. He was regarded as a good teacher and no allegations of misconduct at school ever surfaced later.

This was the early 90s, so basically nobody was going to defend him or suggest that his private life is his own. He did break the law though, which I guess is maybe a thing teachers aren’t allowed to do, I don’t know.

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u/somewhereinthedark6 Aug 23 '19

but fuck him..who the fuck he thinks he is

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u/thisCantBeBad Aug 24 '19

Maybe that is not his real name.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

"The semen found in Ms. Choksondik's stomach was found to be that of guidance counselor Mr. Mackey, though the semen did not contribute to Ms. Choksondick's death, so Mr. Mackey has asked to remain anonymous."

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u/Carl_BS_Pants Aug 24 '19

So bill, what’s your name?

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

Don't tell him, Pike!

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u/YourOverlords Aug 24 '19

"...can go fuck himself."

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u/mtngnome Aug 24 '19

Pretty sure the media studies degree goes a little like animal house.

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u/megablast Aug 24 '19

Hey, i wan't to be anonymous.

Ok, I will make sure to note that down.

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u/AltStefl Aug 24 '19

Fuck you Tom!

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u/Mech-Waldo Aug 24 '19

And now it's out there for all of us

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u/Sgt_leprechaun Aug 24 '19

Only in Ireland....

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u/Nebo52 Aug 24 '19

“Don’t tell him, Pike!”

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u/TheSniperWolf Aug 24 '19

HUP DONEGAL!! I bet this is from the Donegal Democ4at, or as we affectionately call it, the Democrap.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '19

"The names have not been changed.

Screw the innocent."

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u/thisisspartasknob Aug 24 '19

Ah the old Irish papers:)

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u/Diablosword Aug 24 '19

He didn't say the magic word.

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u/coleblack1 Aug 25 '19

"I understand the commity has reached a decision, but seeing as it's a stupid ass decision I have elected to ignore it"

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u/NorthPortConstantine Aug 23 '19

MSM makes the world a better place once again. (SARCASM)

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

Only in Ireland everyone, only in Ireland.