Wil Wheaton and I feel embarrassed for you

March 16, 2011

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Remember last week when Wil Wheaton sent me a picture of himself collating so I could use it to cure the world of bad PR pitches? If not, then you need to go back and read this.

Back? Good. Then you’ll be happy to know that I have started using the Wil-Wheaton-Feels-Sorry-For-You awesomeness to great success. Just yesterday I created this particular page to send to the PR people who sent me pitches of pictures of Nina Garcia holding a blanket and of Kathy Griffin leaning near baby supplies. It’s been incredibly fulfilling and I feel bad keeping all of this wonderful Wil Wheatoness to myself so I’m putting a link to the Wil-Wheaton-and-I-feel-embarrassed-for-you page right here so that if you get sent a terrible pitch you can just send the link to the PR person and maybe together we can slow the growing tide of thousands of bewilderingly inappropriate PR pitches using only the whimisical image of Wil Wheaton’s beguilingly smug smile.

Together, we can do this.

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1 Sara March 16, 2011 at 11:48 am: That is awesome! Love it!!
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2 Shan March 16, 2011 at 11:48 am: Haha, I love this!
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3 momiss March 16, 2011 at 11:48 am: Yes, we can! lol
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4 Teala March 16, 2011 at 11:49 am: Jenny, You are hysterical! I just might have to use this.
5 Carrie March 16, 2011 at 11:49 am: love it! except that a picture of nathan fillion holding some twine might be kind of cool
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6 Vern March 16, 2011 at 11:50 am: On the Intertubes the phrase generally used is, “Your argument is invalid.” For example, you might say, “Here’s Wil Wheaton collating paper. Your argument is invalid.” Give it a shot. It’s not hard and it just might make you smile.
7 Bitchin' Amy March 16, 2011 at 11:51 am: Thank you so much for making the internet a better place through PR pitch management. And a bonus: I bet you and Wil will be able to personally account for 1000+ wasted man hours in the marketing departments of America!
8 moooooog35 March 16, 2011 at 11:51 am: I just got a pitch with Bob Saget near NOTHING.

He’s just standing there.

Smiling at me.

I don’t know how it actually gets any worse than that.
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9 Sarah March 16, 2011 at 11:51 am: I love you. Take that as inappropriately as you’d like.
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10 elizabeth March 16, 2011 at 11:52 am: kinda wish you had this when those PR people offered you boxes of cereal…not for you, for one of your lucky readers.
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11 A Vapid Blonde March 16, 2011 at 11:52 am: This is perfect. Because the last thing I need is ANOTHER Katherine Heigle DVD about becoming a parent unexpectedly. I’ve already watched most of it while riding my exercise bike. How do you spell her last name. I should probably look it up on the DVD right?

Let me know when twine will buy me things. I already have a huge ball of it so I am rich before I know it.
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12 Daddy Scratches March 16, 2011 at 11:52 am: You might want to jack up your server bandwidth; I need to send this link to about a gazillion people.
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13 Gretchen March 16, 2011 at 11:52 am: How about a picture of John Cleese holding a goose? There are so many directions to go with this new found power!
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14 Laurel March 16, 2011 at 11:52 am: Genius
15 Angie March 16, 2011 at 11:52 am: I effing love you. Seriously.
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16 delenn13 March 16, 2011 at 11:53 am: Can I use this for spam emails too. Got 1 yesterday…….It was addressed “to Mr. Delenn13″ and it was addressing my “small penis”. Oh, gee. Could it be because I am female?

Not to mention the ones for the “Canadian Pharmacies”. Duh. I live in Canada. I have a Canadian pharmacy around the block from my house.

I would love to send them your link…not to mention Wil looks so cute with his neat stacks of paper.
17 Jill March 16, 2011 at 11:55 am: My only fear is that someone will try to make money from your wonderful Wil Wheaton picture! darn those PR people!
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18 Erica M March 16, 2011 at 11:58 am: I am currently fishing all pitches from my spam folder just so I can redirect them to your link. Of course, the last time I was pitched anything, it was for an 8×10 glossy of John Candy.
19 neuroticgoddess March 16, 2011 at 11:58 am: That is a fantastic page. I believe that this campaign will change the world. Or piss off a lot of PR people. Or maybe they’ll giggle hysterically like little girls. One can hope.
20 Courtney March 16, 2011 at 11:59 am: That is awesome…that is awesome…that is awesome! i just can’t say it enough!!
21 T.Seidel March 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm: “anywhere in entire the goddam world.”?

Is this intentional?

(Nope. Thanks! ~ Jenny)
22 Mary March 16, 2011 at 12:01 pm: Every stupid PR pitch you’ve ever gotten is all worth it because Wil Wheaton is so cute. Well, maybe not EVERY pitch.
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23 Marie-Louise March 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm: I just love it! I hope that one day I will get a silly pitch and then be able to baffle them with this reply!
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24 Tim March 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm: Holy crap, solid eGold! I’m making that website my auto-responder.
Though in truth, the spammers who continue to tell me how much they liked my ‘scientific article’ on the BIRTH OF MY CHILD really never stops being funny.
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25 stacey@Havoc&Mayhem March 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm: Where can I get a copy of the picture of Nathan Fillion with some twine?

Please?
26 Josh March 16, 2011 at 12:03 pm: Wait, are there pictures of Nathan Fillion holding twine?! Because I NEED one.
27 Kimberly J March 16, 2011 at 12:04 pm: This is hilarious, and Wil is adorable! What fun!
28 carolyn March 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm: Love the letter. Makes perfect sense and I’m totally going to use it. If you could come up with one for all the foreign lotteries/I’m from Africa and I’ll split you this money 60/40 etc etc, that would be just fabulous. I’m sure we could find a way to still use Wil Wheaton’s picture in the letter. . .

You rock, as always.
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29 Gen March 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm: I like it. I hope I ever get a pitch so I can use it.
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30 Cheree March 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm: You know I had the hugest crush on Wil Wheaton back in the day. You know which day I’m talking about. Thanks for proving he’s still made of awesome.
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31 Madame Queen March 16, 2011 at 12:09 pm: I didn’t know it was possible for me to love Wil Wheaton more, but *THIS* just solidified my 25-year-old crush and made me pea green with envy that Wil Wheaton sent you his photo. And yes, I am still nursing a grudge that I never got the signed photo I asked for when I was 13. But I still love him. And you.
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32 Meg March 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm: Love it…
Soooo at the point where I was reading ‘Other reasons you may have been sent…’ My mind decided to use the voice of tguy who does the side-effects for all those prescription drugs…my mind is not rational.
33 Erica March 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm: The blogging world thanks you. I may be Dutch but you can’t lure me with your promises of coupons!
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34 Amy March 16, 2011 at 12:10 pm: Just for the record, I will accept pictures of Nathan Fillion holding twine as payment for just about anything. (I’m assuming it’s a naked picture, right?)
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35 Laura March 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm: This was the highlight of my week last week…. you are fabulous!
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36 Carrie March 16, 2011 at 12:12 pm: That’s beautiful. I can’t wait to read the first responses!
37 Paul E March 16, 2011 at 12:13 pm: You had me at Nathan Fillion. The twine is just a bonus.
38 Jordan March 16, 2011 at 12:15 pm: Now I have to motivation to get to the point that I’m actually getting PR pitches. Sweet!
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39 Caroline Pollock March 16, 2011 at 12:16 pm: My fav product placement seen in a mag was a pic of Angelina Jolie with Just a Drop Natural Toilet Neutralizer.

http://www.amazon.com/Just-Drop-Natural-Toilet-Neutralizer/dp/B0019SPNQ8
40 Jennifer March 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm: You are truly a genius.
41 Kit March 16, 2011 at 12:19 pm: Last week someone offered to give a $25 gift certificate to my readers if I would publish a pre-written blog post about their homeopathic birth control formula that doesn’t need FDA approval because it’s not a real drug.
Let’s deconstruct this shall we?
1) You can’t buy ANYTHING at Victoria’s Secret for $25.
2) Sexy IS: V-S underwear, Sexy IS NOT: asking your S.O. to “pull out because I was just kidding about being on the pill.”
3) When I told them that I was willing to let them advertise on my site (for $) they responded, “Do we still have to give out the gift certificate?”
4) When I gave them my ad rates they asked, “Can’t you just do it for free?” I said that I would be “HAPPY” to let them advertise on my site for free if I could mention in the post that THEIR product was FREE.
5) That’s when they stopped responding to my emails. Too bad too because I was counting on a WHOLE new generation of readers.
Love,
Kit
42 Jami March 16, 2011 at 12:21 pm: I might be willing to pimp something in exchange for a picture of Nathan Fillion holding Wil Wheaton. Definitely if they were both naked.
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43 Nicole Pelton March 16, 2011 at 12:22 pm: You, and Will Wheaton, are truly amazing. Thank you
44 emily illinois March 16, 2011 at 12:23 pm: Wil Wheaton collating as a response to bad pitches? I’m in.
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45 cagey March 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm: Hey, if Kathy Griffin is not actually making babies, what’s the harm?

So judgey over there, Jenny.
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46 Mom101 March 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm: Wow, this is even better than that photo I have of Johnny Knoxville holding up a bottle of ice tea. Damn you.
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47 knows not what I do.. March 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm: underbite dog DID have a testicle or 2 removed, ironis huh? Oh watch how I use that to my advantage!!!

Luff u!!!
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48 Jami March 16, 2011 at 12:27 pm: Okay, to be fair, if they offered pictures of Nathan Fillion I might say yes to almost anything. That man scrambles my grey matter!
49 Sherri Paxton March 16, 2011 at 12:27 pm: I can’t WAIT to use this. Wish I’d had it when William Shatner’s people wanted me to be on his talk show, now that would have been perfect: Captain Kirk vs. Ensign Crusher
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50 Victoria March 16, 2011 at 12:30 pm: Beyond awesome.

Sadly I have a feeling that page will be a highly viewed one on your blog.
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51 Karen March 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm: No one sends me pitches because only 3 people read my blog but if I ever get one, I’m sending them that link.
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52 libbie March 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm: I had to bookmark the “the Wil-Wheaton-and-I-feel-embarrassed-for-you page” because I see this being very useful in the near future…like in about an hour when i bother to reply to the idiots who like to call me “Teddy”
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53 Keely March 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm: I would have been tempted to consider the picture of Nathan Fillion holding twine. I’m not sure that one’s a compelling argument against bad PR pitches. But otherwise, they’re all getting sent to that link, because you and Wil Wheaton are freaking brilliant.
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54 Dangerboy March 16, 2011 at 12:31 pm: I can’t express how awesome this is. You’ve created a perfect tool for our internet smackdowns, and as a bonus, Wil will eventually be seen with his papers more often than the Paris sex tape. Which means, you win.
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55 cursingmama March 16, 2011 at 12:35 pm: This may be the perfect way to respond to the offer I received to write about renting college textbooks, saving money in college or Operation Smile in exchange for a 50% discount on my text books for next semester, or they’re also happy to send me a complimentary chocolate-covered fruit basket.
56 Gamerdarling March 16, 2011 at 12:37 pm: Maybe it’s my slightly inappropriate obsession with Nathan Fillion, but I might actually be willing to accept a picture of Nathan Fillion with some twine provided I was allowed to share it with my readers. I mean, if they’re going to have to read a post about the wonders of dinosaur tampons or whatever(wait, was I actually supposed to read the form letter telling me what to blog about before I agreed to it? I got so excited…) They should at least also receive the benefits of a Nathan Fillion loving twine more than he should photo…
57 jennielynn March 16, 2011 at 12:38 pm: What Amy said. Times two. Rowr.
58 Deina March 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm: I’ve never had a PR pitch but I’m marking this in my favorites so *IF* I do, I’ll be ready.

If only I had a picture of Wil Wheaton collating paper while wearing goat shoes……
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59 Penbleth March 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm: You and Will Wheaton will one day rule the World with a vast collection of photos of celebrities with stuff.
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60 Julie March 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm: OMG- I need to adapt this for use with my IT department at work for every time they respond to an email with a suggestion I try to restart my computer.
61 WebSavvyMom March 16, 2011 at 12:39 pm: –>This link is being bookmarked but my stupid PR pitches are always addressed to Blog Owner. I always read it too fast and think it says Dog Owner. Then I wonder, how did they know I own a dog? Then I remember that one of my dogs died last year. So then I get upset and have nothing to send back to the stupid PR people….TIL NOW!

~deb
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62 Ali March 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm: Will Wheaton is a genius for hitching his wagons to you. Plus, I totally wouldn’t want to get on your bad side. Is it wrong that I still think he’s a bit yummy?
63 Gamerdarling March 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm: Also, I love that I’m not the first person that went “Nathan Fillion AND twine? Sign me up!” in your comments. Just goes to show your readers have good taste. Not that there was any doubt after how much we loved Will Weaton Collating papers, but you know, reassurance is always nice.
64 jon spencer March 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm: Not even if it was coated with .5 milligrams of pure gold?

0.5 milligram = 0.000 017 636 980 975 ounce.
Thats either 2 cents or two tenths of a cent worth of gold, too many zeros for my math.
65 melistress March 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm: I love you. No really! And it might just be in that creepy stalker way I keep hearing about.
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66 SisterMerryHellish March 16, 2011 at 12:43 pm: Bravo! Now if only someone would offer me a picture of Bubbles the monkey next to a box of paper!
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67 Angela March 16, 2011 at 12:48 pm: Oh my God, I just want to spend one day sitting in your living room and smiling at how awesome you are. Will you offer that as some sort of contest or something? Because I want that.
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68 jello March 16, 2011 at 12:48 pm: You should totally send @Wil a picture of you holding a salad fork, because while it’s great for the rest of us to use a picture of him collating paper, it’s probably inappropriate for him to do so. He could respond to the pitch with “While I greatly appreciate you sending me a picture of myself collating paper, I raise you this picture of @TheBloggess holding a salad fork. This time, we all win. And by we, I mean not you.”
69 angelica March 16, 2011 at 12:49 pm: OMG, I laughed so hard I nearly pulled my post-partum stiches, and my baby is 3 years old!
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70 Kate @ UpsideBackwards March 16, 2011 at 12:51 pm: I am in awe of your brilliance. And Wil Wheaton’s. I got my very first PR pitch yesterday, and it wasn’t even a terrible one – they got my name right, for a start. But my blog isn’t really suited to marketing women’s clothing, and the company doesn’t even ship to my country. Now that I’m a “real” blogger on some PR company’s radar, I will have to bookmark that page. Thanks!
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71 Naked Girl in a Dress March 16, 2011 at 12:54 pm: I love it! Way to stick up for all of us bloggers. The best I have been offered is a free book with a title about learning when to take your panties off for men. Seriously.
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72 Nicole March 16, 2011 at 12:56 pm: I agree with everyone drooling over Nathan. Rowr x 2 jennielynn! And I’m in the same boat with Karen, no one reads my blog (granted, it’s been about a month since I posted) but if I ever get a pitch, this is SO going out!
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73 Lori March 16, 2011 at 12:56 pm: You know, “Si se puede?” “Yes we can!”
My first husband used to mutilate it into “Viva sueno.”
Which roughly translates to, “Long live you’re going off like an alarm clock.”

So, in response to a movement of bloggers changing the world of PR pitches, I say: “Viva sueno!”
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74 Issa March 16, 2011 at 12:58 pm: That is the best thing I’ve read in a week.
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75 Suebob March 16, 2011 at 12:58 pm: Oh great. Now I’m obsessively checking my email to see if I have any stupid pitches where I can use this. Apparently I’m not even important enough to annoy.
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76 Renee March 16, 2011 at 1:02 pm: This is so going out to that stupid Nigerian dude that keeps asking me to hide his money. I’m sure he can appreciate Wil collating just as much as the PR people.
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77 ilinap March 16, 2011 at 1:05 pm: A whole lotta awesomeness.
78 Chelsie March 16, 2011 at 1:12 pm: Screw Nathan Fillion, give me a picture of David Boreanaz standing next to ANYTHING. I just wish I was at the point where I got PR pitches like that.
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79 Hope March 16, 2011 at 1:17 pm: This might actually be the motivation I need to start blogging – to be awesome enough to convince Nathan Fillion to send me a picture of him holding twine.

Oh Jenny, you’re my modern-day Lucy. That makes Victor your Ricky. Let’s make Wil Wheaton Fred!
80 Amy March 16, 2011 at 1:19 pm: Hey, I’ll take that picture of Nathan Fillion wearing some twine. there’s not MUCH twine, is there? what’s that you say? holding some twine? clothed?

sigh.

well, I’ll take it, anyhow.
81 Lynn MacDonald (All Fooked Up) March 16, 2011 at 1:24 pm: I’m so sad as I never get pitches. The last pitch I got was from my own child asking if they could come home for spring break. I said no, of course, as the pitch started with Dear David!

Coincidence, I think not. The child came home anyways.
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82 Laurie March 16, 2011 at 1:25 pm: Lou Diamond Phillips is to water, as…
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83 Kitten Thunder's Girl March 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm: I can’t wait for someone to write to me with a useless pitch so I can use this. I’m guessing, since I’m continually reminded that not everyone finds me funny, that this would not be acceptable to send to the pitches I receive at work. Not even when they call me Ashley. Or Dave. So I must await stardom on my personal blog.

On the bright side, the pitch I received this morning threatened to kill one kitten per hour until I responded to his email. Regardless of whether or not he was serious, PR folk seem to be getting a lot more interesting.
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84 Jon March 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm: Somehow I feel that sending someone a picture of Kathy Griffin leaning near baby supplies qualifies as a death threat.
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85 mrtl March 16, 2011 at 1:39 pm: Brilliant! Versatile, too, because you could also say that Wil Wheaton is collating all the other offers you’ve received, so best to make a good offer to stay by the top of the pile.
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86 Jennifer Eliot Kimball March 16, 2011 at 1:39 pm: As a comedy writer and sometimes stand-up comic, I don’t laugh easily. Your writing is fab and hilarious, so thanks! Thanks, also, for the hot Wil Wheaton porn. I’ve had a dork-crush on him since Stand By Me and suffered through countless episodes of Next Generation just for him. Well, that and Star Trek episodes were the only time my dad and I could stand to be in the same room…but that’s another story.
87 Heather C March 16, 2011 at 1:49 pm: I’d go to that page just to gaze upon Wil Wheaton’s Campbell soup baby face. He’s like that sunshine baby on Teletubbies. All PR people should be so lucky to click there.
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88 Rev. Back It On Up 13 March 16, 2011 at 2:01 pm: Unfortunately, I am so miniscule and unimportant on the grand scheme of life that none of Kathy Griffin’s PR representatives feel that I need to be “in the know” about when she leans near baby supplies. This is a mark of failure for me – something I never would have predicted had the 9 year old me from 1986 received a time-travel visit from the unbearably sexy and accomplished me of today.

If asked, she would say, “Of course I will receive photos of Lou Diamond Phillips holding a bottle of water. I’m going to BE somebody. The President of the United States of America!”

And then I would have to kill her, because she didn’t know who Lou Diamond Phillips was until 1987. Obviously she is a witch. Burn her.
89 Stephanie March 16, 2011 at 2:06 pm: I’m pretty sure that Nathan Fillion holding twine IS currency. (just so you know).
Also, you shouldn’t tease that way— do you have this picture?
90 Jeane March 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm: This makes me completely happy…now I just wish I would get some pitches so I can send it out! Awesome…thanks as always!
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91 John B March 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm: Wait! What kind of blanket is Nina holding?
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92 stacey@Havoc&Mayhem March 16, 2011 at 2:25 pm: I think you need to contact Nathan’s people about this twine thing. I’d do it but I would come over all stalkerish & creepy. Probably you will too but you have a whole history of it. You are a professional at it. And you have succeeded at it. Whereas I am just an amateur.

But I’ll trade you chocolate for it & you don’t have to say anything to anybody.
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93 Victoria Mixon March 16, 2011 at 2:29 pm: I swear I will use this, but I can’t bear to send it to ‘Miss Rosemary Birdford,’ who addressed her spam to me as, “Hello, My Dearest.”

I’d be afraid she’d send me photos of herself collating paper.
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94 Jenn March 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm: This was f-ing hysterical and spot on! Praise you Bloggess on behalf of all of us who have gotten odd solicitations
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95 kyknoord March 16, 2011 at 2:32 pm: Bless you, Jenny. I have not the words – except for “Bless you, Jenny” and “I have not the words” (repeat as necessary, or until the earth implodes).
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96 Elly Lou March 16, 2011 at 2:41 pm: I’m so empowered I feel the need to collate something. Huzzah!
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97 Kate, Oh March 16, 2011 at 2:46 pm: You and Wil Wheaton rock!
98 Steph March 16, 2011 at 2:50 pm: I believe you’ve been sent here to change the world. You should start a cult. I’d join.
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99 Jessica March 16, 2011 at 3:02 pm: I feel like we’re all part of some kind of political campaign…though I’ve yet to find THE MESSAGE…….
100 Phoenix Rising March 16, 2011 at 3:04 pm: I plan on using this the next time my boss asks me to do something ridiculous. Which is ridiculously quite often.
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101 Barbara March 16, 2011 at 3:04 pm: Jenny, I’d love to follow along in all the fun, but it just hurts too damn much. Wil Wheaton blocked me on twitter a long time ago because he doesn’t think I’m funny. Or something. Whatever the reason, it cuts too deep for me to laugh now. Maybe someday. Probably when the internet no longer exists. Or I do.
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102 Jenn March 16, 2011 at 3:17 pm: Fucking. Genius.
Added bonus? How often do you get to use “collate” in response to a PR pitch.

Seriously. You slay me.
103 Rev. Back It On Up 13 March 16, 2011 at 3:17 pm: Jessica, I think THE MESSAGE is, “You will be crushed under the weight of Wil Wheaton’s unrelenting pity.”

When Wil Wheaton looks at me like that, I want to go home and throw all my stuff away and start over. Nothing I own is good enough. I dropped out of college and my butt is too big. Nobody loves me but my weinerdog, and she could be jivin’ too.

Thanks for the CRISIS, Wil Wheaton.
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104 KJ March 16, 2011 at 3:52 pm: I predict this will be the new “rick-rolling”
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105 ann @ my life as prose. March 16, 2011 at 4:26 pm: *love.*

love that he put that photo up for you.

love that you shared this with us.

love that i can send people the wil wheaton rejection page.

thank you, jenny.
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106 Gigi March 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm: I am *totally* bookmarking that link for the day that someone actually pitches something to me. Even if it’s a decent pitch.
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107 LiteralDan March 16, 2011 at 4:34 pm: I get a dozen PR pitches a day, more than half being strange or misguided, but I don’t remember any inexplicable images of celebrities standing near things. Maybe it’s because I have Ad-Block and NoScript turned on? Could I be missing these wonderful things and not knowing it??

I want my Diane-Lane-Gesturing-Towards-Wallpaper-Samples poster!!
108 BrassyDel March 16, 2011 at 4:38 pm: I think the only way this could be any better would be if Nathan Fillion now sent you a picture of himself with twine.
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109 alonewithcats March 16, 2011 at 4:43 pm: I was just wondering the other day: What ever happened to Wil Wheaton? And what does he feel embarrassed about? You’ve come through in the clutch again, Jenny.
110 Adelas March 16, 2011 at 4:52 pm: But the TSHIRTS!
111 Kim March 16, 2011 at 4:55 pm: You know Nathan Fillion is on Twitter, perhaps if we show him the picture of Wil Wheaton collating papers he’ll raise the bar and actually send a photo of himself holding some twine.

Healthy, sci-fi celebrity competition, you know?
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112 Melbourne on my Mind March 16, 2011 at 5:00 pm: This is pure, unadulterated win. Except now I really want a picture of Nathan Fillion holding a piece of twine. Dammit…
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113 Dani March 16, 2011 at 5:14 pm: Well the only pitch I have gotten recently was a place that wanted me to offer sign sticky things to my “fans” to let authorities know we have pets in the house. I fear if I send them to this link, they will just put Will Wheaton’s face on a cling, claim he is a dog (which he cleary is NOT) and then force me to put it on my back door. I wonder if that will make the firemen go in quicker?
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114 Brenna March 16, 2011 at 5:36 pm: Genius, as usual! Thanks, Jenny.
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115 Dana March 16, 2011 at 6:11 pm: I think I may be falling in love with this Wil Wheaton…. But where did his 2nd “L” go??
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116 the muskrat March 16, 2011 at 6:26 pm: This makes me happier than a puppy with 2 peters.
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117 Heather March 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm: I’m so unknown that no one sends me pitches. In fact, I go out begging for pitches and people say no. Wanna trade?
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118 Lookie Lou March 16, 2011 at 7:00 pm: Thank you for that page…we will be linking to it often. As an aside…it does appear the Wil Wheaton is collating blank paper and quite honestly, that makes it even awesomer!
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119 Amber Deschamps March 16, 2011 at 7:15 pm: I just need to post and say how much I love you. When I saw this post, I died laughing, then resurrected, got a cup of coffee, poured it out (because seriously who the fuck actually drinks that nasty stuff), and then read the post again, then repeat. It’s an optional repeat though. BECAUSE I’M FLEXIBLE LIKE A FUCKING SHAMPOO BOTTLE.
120 Rico Swaff March 16, 2011 at 7:26 pm: In that post, I learned what “collate” means.
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121 worldocrap March 16, 2011 at 7:42 pm: We totally need to start a twitter hashtag meme to get Nathan Fillion to send Jenny a pic of him holding twine. I’m pretty sure he has some twine handy, so it wouldn’t require a special shopping trip or anything!
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122 Kelly March 16, 2011 at 8:09 pm: You’re my hero!!
123 Annadanna (from Canada) March 16, 2011 at 8:34 pm: You are so far ahead of me that I can’t even laugh. You are the master. Bravo.
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124 Ousted March 16, 2011 at 9:00 pm: Psst, “whimsical.”
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125 susanbdot March 16, 2011 at 9:05 pm: What? A picture of Nathan Fillion holding twine IS currency. ANYWHERE. Sheesh.
126 EmDu March 16, 2011 at 9:33 pm: That was a great post but now all I can think about is Nathan Fillion holding twine. YOU HAVE TO GET A PHOTO OF NATHAN FILLION HOLDING TWINE!! My birthday is right around the corner, in a July sort of way, and that would be a fantastic birthday present. Why does my birthday matter, you ask? Because I’m pretty sure Nathan Fillion has a birthday too. It’s something we have in common. So, you know, GIMME!
127 Angella March 16, 2011 at 9:59 pm: No word of a lie, Jenny, but I was thinking today that somebody should just create a page that we could all send PR people to.

Further proof that you are, indeed, a genius.
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128 Haley March 16, 2011 at 10:49 pm: If you actually have any pictures of Harry Connick, Jr. standing next to some yarn, please pass them along. I love yarn (I knit a lot) and I am unashamed to admit that I actually love me some Harry Connick, Jr. Sometimes I come home from work on Friday evening and eat popcorn for dinner while watching New in Town. Yes, I just said that out loud. And when I’m done with the popcorn, I knit while I watch New in Town. I just admitted that too. Anyway, a picture of Harry and some yarn could help validate my life choices.

Pass along any naked pictures you may find of Henry Cavill, too. They didn’t show him nearly naked enough on The Tudors. Yarn or no yarn, I don’t really care.
129 moonemperor March 17, 2011 at 1:16 am: thank you, gorgeous woman. just responding to PR reps with a simple (amazing) link will be SO much easier than sending them that picture of Jesus giving the finger every time. in your debt.
130 Jo and the Novelist March 17, 2011 at 4:01 am: I got my first PR pitch email last week offering me “free, interesting content for my reader’s, whilst getting paid!”

For whatever reason, I feel like I’ve ‘made it’.
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131 doug richardson March 17, 2011 at 4:22 am: Ummm…three links in one tiny post to the same page? Whassat?

I want to hear about how Victor broke his arm. Was he wearing the goat shoes and toppled off?
132 Kelly March 17, 2011 at 4:49 am: Yes, we can! Yes, we will! And there is nothing more awesome than Wil Wheaton collating paper… though Nathan Fillion holding twine would come in a very close second.

I usually just delete all the spam I get, but I’ll have to look more closely for weird pitches just so I can send them to the Wil Wheaton Collating Paper page.
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133 Fred Miller March 17, 2011 at 7:21 am: I could make a million if I had a picture of Orla Brady stripping for a barroom full of Leprechauns. I posted a pic of Orla today, so that’s a start.
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134 Beth March 17, 2011 at 7:33 am: Yeah… so when I was a teenager I had a MASSIVE crush on Wil Wheaton. At this moment, I have the picture of Wil Wheaton collating paper as the wallpaper on my Blackberry. It makes me laugh every time I look at it, and my inner 14 year old is totally “SQUEEEE”-ing. People have been asking me who it is. I tried explaining “Wil Wheaton collating paper”, but unless they know this blog and the humour therein, I just come across sounding like a crazy woman. I now say its a picture of my boyfriend. Then (since I’m married) I get funny looks and they walk away looking at my like I’m all sketchy. I’m totally sticking with “my boyfriend”. And if Wil Wheaton reads this… howyoudoin?
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135 Jane March 17, 2011 at 9:38 am: Man, I had to Google Wil Wheaton to keep up……….
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136 TQND March 17, 2011 at 10:01 am: Thank you for making the Wil Wheaton reply page both generic and publish-ready. I look forward to using it (although I may customize to include my photo of a drag queen Cher next to a crystal punch bowl).
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137 Invisible Mikey March 17, 2011 at 10:18 am: Thanks, Jenny! Hugely funny site, and this article is so useful. I’m always looking for anti-crapitalist response tools. (I must have been living offline too much or I would have found your work sooner.)
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138 Lisa March 17, 2011 at 10:22 am: Yesh, just forgot to press the sort button on the copier. Where is Wil Wheaton when you need him?

Oh yeah! He’s right here!

Power to the collaters!

~Lisa~
139 Rev. Back It On Up 13 March 17, 2011 at 10:49 am: Sean Connery making tacos. That would be my ideal random celebrity PR photo.

It’s almost hard to imagine, because I think Sean Connery is at a stage in his career where he has people for that. He probably hasn’t had to assemble his own taco in years.
140 Susan March 17, 2011 at 11:14 am: I still don’tknow who Wil Wheaton is….and, most importantly, why he spells is first name with only one “l.”

But I did order those goat shoes.
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141 Invisible Mikey March 17, 2011 at 11:19 am: I put a “Stylish Blogger Award” in your backyard, next to the composter. (You weren’t home.)
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142 Ginny March 17, 2011 at 12:27 pm: If I actually got pitches I would use this but I don’t so I’m thinking that this should be the new Rick Roll.
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143 Zom G. March 17, 2011 at 12:30 pm: check and mate, dear bloggess, check and mate. This has been bookmarked in the folder I like to call “The Armory.”
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144 RealMommyChron March 17, 2011 at 12:38 pm: To make you feel better about this harassment of PR reps…I, personally, am still excited when any PR person emails me. Even if they are offering free stuff that doesn’t pay my bills, which means that I have to decline or ignore.

Hoping, dreaming and wishing to one day be where you are and be annoyed with how many pitches I am getting!
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145 MeiLin March 17, 2011 at 1:29 pm: Except I really *DO* want a picture of Nathan holding twine. Or anything, really. he shiny.
146 Tammy R March 17, 2011 at 3:08 pm: I agree with a lot of the other commenters. We really need Nathan Fillion to come through and send you a picture of himself holding anything – or nothing. Really, whatever he prefers. Just a picture please. Or maybe one of Martin Henderson throwing a frisbee.
147 Haley March 17, 2011 at 9:04 pm: Can I just say that you remind me of David Thorne more and more every day? How long before you try to pay your chiropractor with a drawing of a spider?
148 pluffmud March 17, 2011 at 9:39 pm: NATHAN FILLION WITH TWINE!
149 Marian Schembari March 18, 2011 at 12:50 am: I am so completely obsessed with you right now it’s not even funny. I just went through my backlog of horrible pitches and sent them ALL that link. Blogger Solidarity!!
150 toni in florida March 18, 2011 at 1:59 am: … wait. what kind of yarn?? if we could make it nathan fillion *or* wil wheaton with the yarn, i’d post that sucker on my knitting blog. (geek flag waving high and proud!)
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151 If I Were God... March 18, 2011 at 8:10 am: The best Wil Wheaton gag ever was on Family Guy, when Stewie kept pronouncing it as WHil Wheaton. (this does not come off well in print, but if you’ve ever seen FG then just imagine Stewie and Brian ping-pong’in it back and forth Wil vs. WHil – if you haven’t seen FG you are missing it babe, it’s THE SHIT.)
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152 John@baby shoes March 18, 2011 at 11:13 am: You’re killing me!
153 Suniverse March 18, 2011 at 11:37 am: I’m looking forward to getting a pitch – particularly one pimping a photo of Rick Schroeder [that's RICK, not Ricky, bitches] in the vicinity of those new CFL lightbulbs.
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154 Chocolate Diapers March 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm: Any pictures of Will Wheaton concatinating an Excel file?
155 clevelandpoet March 18, 2011 at 12:25 pm: Apparently you don’t get pitched things when you post about your cat smacking at your balls.

and referring to your balls in said post as “the Olsen Twins” gets you hate mail.
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156 lesliereid March 18, 2011 at 2:45 pm: Without doubt, you have the most sway of anyone I “know” so I’m begging you. Please go for Nathan Fillion. Please. Twine or whatever. Just please.
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157 mandy March 18, 2011 at 7:04 pm: This is totally unrelated and now I have to go read this post because I feel bad for commenting without having read your post but I CAN’T FIND THE OLD POST YOU WROTE ABOUT THE ZOMBIE BABY EATING THE SHOE with the picture and I really need to share it with my aunt. But I think she’s really my 2nd cousin. I think your search is broken.
158 Bodaciousboomer March 18, 2011 at 10:19 pm: Jesus. I’m gone three weeks working at the fucking rodeo and the whole world turned upside down without me even realizing it. Do you have a Cliff Notes for this Wil Wheaton thing?
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159 "Susan Says..." March 18, 2011 at 11:23 pm: Hold the phone!!!! Was this guy in the movie “Flubber?”
160 Alicia March 19, 2011 at 12:45 am: Jenny,
I gave your site .03 cents on YouData and I will send you a copy of me singing “Stand By Me” if you’ll do me favor. I only need to be talked through this. In the summer of 2009, a guy did a *thing* to me that both you and I felt very STABBY about. Whether you remember or not, I do. I got rid of Facebook, but sometimes I peek (and I realize it’s a total waste) but tonight I plugged in his name. He’s on there!! GODDDDDD…How can I let this go??
Thing is, my husband and I are working toward a family and are planning a “Hollywood” baby in June (ie, IVF). I want to feel like I’m starting fresh, but I don’t. I want my baby (to be) to have the best mom on the planet (ME!)…where do I go? I’ve tried therapy, but the only lady available around here didn’t water her plants and I found that disrespectful of nature. I didn’t go back. I’m feeling pouty, like I should just suck it up, but I really feel the need to be stabby in his calves or arms or something.

Thanks,
Alicia the Housewife/Most Coolest Person Alive

(Find a doctor. Really. Therapy and drugs can help. And remember, you are amazing, and no one can change that. ~ Jenny)
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161 Jules March 19, 2011 at 9:03 am: Thank you so much! I don’t have that issue yet, but I anticipate having it sometime in the future. And when I do, it’s nice to know that I have a place to go to get a letter to send.

Bless you!
162 Kate, Oh March 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm: @ Jessica and Rev.- if there is a MESSAGE, it would be too complicated yet simple for us to ever understand, and if one of these many readers were to suddenly know what the MESSAGE is and what it could mean for us all, reality as we know it would suddenly disappear and be replaced by something far more inexplicable.
163 Mrs. Mustache March 19, 2011 at 7:32 pm: I don’t get PR pitches, but I’m going to start sending this to my Grandmother whenever she forwards me one of those angel/ kitten prayer GIFs that say I have to forward it to ten people or God will squish a kitten. And then she calls me to check and make sure I did it *just in case*.

I bet the baffling response of Wil Wheaton will nip that right in the bud! Thanks!
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164 Melinda March 20, 2011 at 10:19 am: Ha ha! Brilliant! I am going to put that link to good use. If only there was a telemarketer version and you could send them there. “please hold we are busy collating papers”.
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165 EdT. March 20, 2011 at 12:32 pm: “…if you get sent a terrible pitch you can just send the link to the PR person and maybe together we can slow the growing tide of thousands of bewilderingly inappropriate PR pitches…”

Or, we could just post the really hilarious ones on our blogs, where we could all read them and laugh at them and poison the SEO results so that any attempt to Google the PR firms involved would return them as the top results.

Just saying.

~EdT.
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166 Stacey March 21, 2011 at 1:40 pm: It’s moment’s like this where your “tagline” like Mother Teresa only better especially ring true. Magnanimous Jenny Lawson, that’s what you are.

Also, I’m sad that you haven’t had time to do comment of the day. Or just don’t want to do it or whatever. I miss it.
167 Ninja March 21, 2011 at 4:18 pm: Hi, I’m from the lazy as shit internet marketing company and I was so excited about a special offer we have at the moment that I had to contact you. I am not a mailshot. Honestly. We’re handing out exquisite pictures of Wil Wheaton collating paper (while feeling sorry for you) and all you have to do to qualify for a token of a picture of a token of a place in a prize drawer for Wil Wheaton collating paper is mention our company and their great product on your blog. Obviously we’re not going to tell you what our product is because that would be cheating. Seriously, I’m not a mailshot.
Barbara “The Ninja” Freeby, Vice President of Internet Marketing and Attack ‘Copters, Lazy as Shit internet marketing company, aka SMERSH.
168 Meg@RaisingBipolar March 24, 2011 at 11:12 pm: That’s great. Due to the nature of my blog I get requests from PR people acting like they are teaching crippled children and asking me to name said kids in my posts when, in fact, they are wanting me to link to services I have no desire to endorse. Pathetic. People have no limits.
169 My Baby Sweetness April 5, 2011 at 2:58 pm: Effing David.
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170 Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting April 5, 2011 at 8:30 pm: Holy shit, I laughed so hard I almost gave birth. And considering I’m not even pregnant, that’s saying A LOT.
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