Attention GEWs FOR GESUS: Honorary Memberships

Okay. So, I realize I'm a day late and a dollar short on this one, but I feel we GEWs should extend to Miss South Carolina an invitation to join our illustrious organization. What could be more GEWish than inventing a new turn of phrase - "like such as"? We've never conferred upon anyone an honorary membership into our community that believes we are always right and has the forethought to change the rules of grammar and language as is necessary. We are Grammar and English Warriors, right? Like such as?

I mean, really. When we were kids we said all kinds of stupid shit. Our answers to educators, community leaders, and members of the clergy were often ridiculous, fraught with inconsistency and bullshit, and uncomfortable to say the least. Miss TEEN South Carolina is just a kid. She did what many of us would have done under the harsh glare of the television lights and millions of people wanting to hear what we have to say about solving the world's problems while making sure our breasts are perky and out there. It's unfortunate that this occurred on national television and that the question had to do with the education system that seems to be sub-par. She apparently has a good sense of humor about this and like such as I believe for that alone she should have won the competition.

Go forward, GEWS, and use *like such as* in at least one entry each day this week as a means of welcoming Miss Teen USA into our loving GEWish family... like such as... the I-raqis... um... and, uh... And write about the time you said something you wish you could take back because of the stupidity of it all... My mental collapse in front of an audience of college students will be posted shortly like such as... for our children.

(No pageant contestants were harmed in the writing of this blog entry...)