Why do people speak in the third person?

AlanAllen · February 26, 2003 5:12AM

Browsing through the registry sets, I noticed a lot of people in their descriptions use stuff like "this collector" instead of "I." That struck me as kinda weird. Do you go to McDonald's and say "this customer would like a Big Mac. He would like extra ketchup, and he prefers that the onions be kept to a minimum." Anyone know where this convention originated and why so many people use it?

Cyphilissb · February 26, 2003 5:16AM

Cyphilissb does not answer such silly questions. Cyphilissb will let other board members do this for him.

rw2win · February 26, 2003 5:16AM

They are Rickey Wannabe's.

aconte · February 26, 2003 5:17AM

Tony thinks people go crazy putting large sets together and it affects their set writeups.

aconte

AlanAllen · February 26, 2003 5:19AM

You guys are cracking Joe up, stop it

Virtualizard · February 26, 2003 5:21AM

JEB doesn't do this. Check out his 1970 Topps Baseball writeup.

JEB.

interchanges · February 26, 2003 5:23AM

Of course this post is just begging for a reply along the lines of, "Scott has no idea why so many people do this, but Scott likes his Wilson Frank cards centered" but I won't even hint at it.
I've noticed this as well and the only reason I can think of is that we watch so many atheletes like Deion Sanders Keyshawn, and the like, that it trancsends into our sets that we're so proud of.
I doubt if we'll be interviewed by ESPN though.

theBobs · February 26, 2003 5:28AM

Big Chucky swings for the fences, big Chucky doesn't walk

carew4me · February 26, 2003 5:32AM

Randall is intrigued by this post.
Randall will go look through the registry for examples.

mikeschmidt · February 26, 2003 5:34AM

MikeSchmidt don't play that game.

Vargha · February 26, 2003 5:46AM

It bothers him too.

theBobs · February 26, 2003 5:49AM

<< It bothers him too. >>

Vargha, thats grammatically incorrect. Should read -- It bothers Rickey too.

1954 · February 26, 2003 5:51AM

One of my sets has this in the third person. My friend asked why I did it. I told him that PSA did that not me. I know they edited my comments about the set. I especially noticed it when I gave my opinion about the set. I agree that it does look very stupid that way.

1954

AlanAllen · February 26, 2003 5:55AM

That's interesting, 1954. By the way guys, I did not mean to say this is annoying or it bothers me or anything, actually this collector thinks it's pretty funny.

Joe

mikeschmidt · February 26, 2003 5:58AM

"Shane prefers a sharp focus and strong corners over the centering for this set. All of these cards are miscut and poorly centered, however Shane is looking for nice presentation and eye appeal. "

Mikeschmidt thinks mikeschmidt remembers how Shane may have originally worded his thoughts on this set.

anjcollection · February 26, 2003 6:08AM

I must say, I...errr..this collector hasn't posted a note in several weeks but this one made me...err... Andy laugh.

zardoz51 · February 26, 2003 6:19AM

Paul had the same thing happen to the descriptions on a couple of his sets on the registry. He became very confused and wondered if the voices in his head were taking control yet again. Fortunately, he doubled up on the medication and continues to function admirably in his capacity as the village idiot

FB · February 26, 2003 6:21AM

Yes... FB thinks that this post is a winner!

FB also agrees with Mr. Shane.... Every "me" when typed in the set registry writeups - soon became "FB".

theBobs · February 26, 2003 6:39AM

<< medication >>

We call that whiskey here...

Cyphilissb · February 26, 2003 6:53AM

Cyphilissb thinks Carew4me's BKAH sig pic is pretty funny. Cyphilissb has concluded this might start trouble. Cyphilissb thinks maybe its not such a good idea to keep the picture up. Cyphilissb the omnipotent has spoken.

Virtualizard · February 26, 2003 7:14AM

<< One of my sets has this in the third person. My friend asked why I did it. I told him that PSA did that not me. I know they edited my comments about the set. I especially noticed it when I gave my opinion about the set. I agree that it does look very stupid that way.

1954 >>

Jeb thinks he may have flown in under the radar - his set has had a description written in the first person for many months now. He will continue to hope PSA does not notice it and make revisions. That would p*ss him off.

JEB.

BugOnTheRug · February 26, 2003 7:27AM

Most of you folks are missing the point.............................

The real problem here is that not enough people can talk adequately in the fourth person, so they revert back to using the third person.

BOTR

PS> If you really want a challenge, try talking in the fifth person.

AlanAllen · February 26, 2003 7:32AM

Fifth person? Lemme give that a shot:

"There once was a guy whose neighbor had a friend who collected only well-centered PSA 8's...."

Joe

Vargha · February 26, 2003 7:38AM

theBobs -- David thanks you for correcting his sentence.

tbub · February 26, 2003 8:17AM

CAREW4me

BKAH-let the games begin

cdbb · February 26, 2003 8:34AM

"You know it, Bob Dole knows it, the American people know it"---Bob Dole

BigKidAtHeart · February 26, 2003 12:56PM

murcerfan · February 26, 2003 1:13PM

this collector had similar editing to description.

carew4me · February 26, 2003 9:21PM

Randall could care less. Randall calls em like he see's em.

BigKidAtHeart · February 26, 2003 11:36PM

<< Randall could care less. Randall calls em like he see's em. >>

But he is too afraid to say it
directly TO the person...
Instead he prefers to skulk around and
place silly, childish cartoons instead.

He is not man enough to even face me
much less say or do anything directly.

(says a lot about a person)

carew4me · February 27, 2003 12:28AM

Your a whining clown.
You scream for attention, cry about political sigs and then use them yourself.
You often end up being the crying name caller in many threads so when I saw the crying baby I thought of you.

Enjoy!

ps: the reason I did not respond to your PM's is because I dont f**king use PM

BigKidAtHeart · February 27, 2003 1:37AM

<< You cry about political sigs and then use them yourself... >>

The point of the thread I started was to point out that
there was a huge Double Standard in regards to sig line pics.
Some people (like yourself) had very political/non-sports
pics with nothing ever said about it, yet a simple
"I support Bush" pic that I posted caused a gigantic
explosion among the members who supposedly
"only wanted to see the politics left off the board".

It was a simple (and effective) way to point out the inconstancy.

As for "cry babies", what about all the babies that got their
panties in a bunch with my intitial pic. they cried and whined
for no reason other then "their guy was robbed of the election"
or "bush is an idiot" - Now THOSE guys are the freekin crybabies!

(and for the record, My current pic is Directly sports related... so enjoy it!)

BigKidAtHeart · February 27, 2003 1:39AM

pic removed out of good faith
from carew4me removing his....

carew4me · February 27, 2003 1:45AM

My sig pics were in the same vain as Vargha's.
So obnoxious that you had to laugh.

As far as your attempt at humor, come on, you can do better than that.
Because of your feeble attempt at equaling my superior comedic intellect, I am going to remove my crying baby
pic becasue I fell like I am picking on the less fortunate.
Its no fun now.

Cyphilissb · February 27, 2003 2:17AM

Cyphilissb thinks carew has done the right thing, but wonders why everyone is looking at him strange.

theBobs · February 27, 2003 2:21AM

Its like the wild west, or a play ground here.

I am expecting all of these tough guys to immediately throw the gloves off and fight at Nationals...

carew4me · February 27, 2003 3:04AM

Bobs,

Advocating fisticuffs would be on the level of a playground, so those 2 comments are at odds.

I am all about peace and love for my CU brothers.

But I will not hesitate to unleash a Dennis Miller type verbal skewering to those that qualify

BobS · February 27, 2003 3:22AM

How about something a little more civilized in A.C., like a BEER DRINKING and 8-BALL CONTEST? I've got those two nailed down and will accept all challenges (also looking for a partner who's good at two-rail bank shots).

Tipem · February 27, 2003 3:29AM

Vic thinks that he-- uh-- we-- all of us--

My medication must be wearing off!! I better get another drink--- a pill -- shock treatment

I sure hope we get to meet most of yall( that's southern redneck talk for you boys up north) at the national.Did somebody mention something about sig lines?Boy, These really important topics sure get sidelined fast with garbage

BobS · February 27, 2003 3:34AM

Tipem -

I am extremely offended by your last remark. Beer drinking and pool playing are NOT garbage!!

theBobs · February 27, 2003 3:45AM

BobS and theBobs = billiard partners or pro wrestling tag team? The name fits, although my skill level may not

Tipem · February 27, 2003 4:38AM

BobS

Offended Party noted,(Is this third party retraction language?)retraction forthcoming, on second thought,To hell with the retraction!!!I owe you a beer at AC

If you weren't so quick on the keyboard,My one finger posting would have been there before you posted.Did you have a third person typing for you?

theBobs,

How about tag team wrestling on a billiard table?( after a few beers and holding a bowling ball)

Vic

rw2win · February 27, 2003 4:42AM

<< I am expecting all of these tough guys to immediately throw the gloves off and fight at Nationals... >>

Wasn't this already done last yr. at Chicago?

BobS · February 27, 2003 5:27AM

<< Wasn't this already done last yr. at Chicago? >>

Quote of the month.

Why do people speak in the third person?

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