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November 20, 2006 4:40 PM

May I suggest that the careersuicide tag, introduced today by jonson, has tremendous potential? For example, Ted Haggard, John Kerry, Mel Gibson, George Allen ....
posted by R. Mutt to Etiquette/Policy at 4:40 PM (40 comments total)

Michael Richards...
posted by Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson at 4:45 PM on November 20, 2006

Try the links, Art. You've been beaten to it.
posted by mr_roboto at 4:49 PM on November 20, 2006

Mel Gibson had a career crucifixion.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 4:52 PM on November 20, 2006

Oh, heh. *blushes*
posted by Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson at 5:00 PM on November 20, 2006

yeah but the trouble with crucifying your own career is you can never get that last nail in...
posted by jonmc at 5:00 PM on November 20, 2006

Wow! What a stupid thread that is!
posted by timeistight at 5:05 PM on November 20, 2006

My career choked on its own vomit.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:08 PM on November 20, 2006

Good tag to keep in mind. I'll have to argue about its application to Kerry though. Any others?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:14 PM on November 20, 2006

career screwicide for the seriously autocrucificeral
posted by Rumple at 5:16 PM on November 20, 2006

Two weeks ago, I'd have said Trent Lott, but he is apparently now one for the careerresurrection tag.
posted by madamjujujive at 5:17 PM on November 20, 2006

My career choked on its own vomit.

Mine choked on someone else's.
posted by jonmc at 5:30 PM on November 20, 2006

Glad we could share this gag, Jon.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:31 PM on November 20, 2006 [1 favorite]

Yes, but I don't think we should be too hard on you about that. I mean, everybody's had thoughts about choking on vomit, neh? Let who is without regurgoasphxiatory baggage blow the first chunk, as it were.
posted by cortex at 5:33 PM on November 20, 2006

Glad we could share this gag, Jon.

Hey, whenever it comes up, my man
posted by jonmc at 5:35 PM on November 20, 2006

What gag we coined together let no man blow achunder.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 5:43 PM on November 20, 2006

Speak now or forever hold your lunch.
posted by jonmc at 5:43 PM on November 20, 2006

Who knows what evil hurks in the heart of men?
posted by cortex at 5:52 PM on November 20, 2006

Yeah, Kerry's situation was different.
posted by R. Mutt at 5:53 PM on November 20, 2006

HURF DURF CHUNKYBITS EATER
posted by Rumple at 5:54 PM on November 20, 2006

Who knows what evil hurks in the heart of men?

The Splatt-O knows!
posted by jonmc at 5:54 PM on November 20, 2006

jessamyn writes "I'll have to argue about its application to Kerry though. Any others?"

Agreed.
posted by defenestration at 5:55 PM on November 20, 2006

Kerry may not have been careersuicide, but at least careerselfmutilation, another useful category. Kerry trying to tell a joke is always a big mistake. And I'm one who considered the "Infamous Dean Scream" and its reaction murder and not suicide.
posted by wendell at 6:12 PM on November 20, 2006

OJ?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:18 PM on November 20, 2006

No, I prefer beer.
posted by jonmc at 6:19 PM on November 20, 2006

That would make for one weird screwdriver.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:48 PM on November 20, 2006

Metafilter: Careersuicidewatch
posted by beagle at 7:09 PM on November 20, 2006

I'll have to argue about its application to Kerry though. Any others?

• Howard Dean? what with The Scream..?
• Tom Cruise blew it all out recently, didn't he?
• heh, K-Fed
• all the people suing the Borat folks

posted by carsonb at 8:17 PM on November 20, 2006

One cool thing about hanging out on MUSHes is that you can /gag specfific people from time to time, without having to exclude everyone.
posted by BeerFilter at 8:22 PM on November 20, 2006

Regarding K-Fed, you have to have a career before you can kill it.
posted by bob sarabia at 8:32 PM on November 20, 2006

Guys, leave the k-fed alone...he's been to places that most of us can only dream about, if you know what I mean.
posted by ashbury at 8:52 PM on November 20, 2006

Careerseppuku, for those rare instances when someone takes the graceful way out?

Like that's going to get posted here.
posted by casarkos at 9:13 PM on November 20, 2006

Guys, leave the k-fed alone...he's been to places that most of us can only dream about, if you know what I mean.

If by that you mean, "cleaning the toilets in a Stuckeys" then true-dat.

If you mean, "all up-amongst Brit's naughty bits" I'm sure we'll have plenty of opportunities to experience that once the many, MANY photos and videos come out over the next few years.
posted by Pollomacho at 9:22 PM on November 20, 2006

I was going to suggest careerstillborn for K-Fed.
posted by wendell at 9:37 PM on November 20, 2006

The Kerry tag should be careerfleshwound.
posted by madamjujujive at 10:55 PM on November 20, 2006

Mark Foley
posted by vito90 at 11:00 PM on November 20, 2006

Gary "Monkey Business" Hart.
posted by R. Mutt at 4:56 AM on November 21, 2006

Good band.
posted by The Wig at 7:54 AM on November 21, 2006

I'll have to argue about its application to Kerry though

agreed. the "careersuicide" tag belongs to some Swift Boat post in the summer of '04
posted by matteo at 8:23 AM on November 21, 2006

Don't feel bad, XQ, no one else has taken to my personal favorite tag either.
posted by jonson at 3:20 PM on November 21, 2006

It always warms my heart to see the batshitinsane tag is thriving.
posted by slogger at 8:55 PM on November 21, 2006