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WOW! Didn’t really expect such an outpouring of emotional gratitude from The Source community. I guess I must have struck a nerve of some sort, so I guess thanks for the print? I’m a bit humbled by being called out for the PPP, but my mother will not let me in the sandbox after school with some stranger, and besides that, MS. PAM STEVENSON WILL LIKELY KICK MY ASS!

So thank you for my 15 minutes, and you’re most welcome for letting me rattle your cage. Webster’s defines SARCASM as “a sharp and often satiric or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain,” it might be a new word this year, or maybe next year.

Lots of like, PB.

This article appears in Jan 1-7, 2009.

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Only Kidding!

by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 1, 2009

<h1>Only Kidding!</h1> <p class="byline">by Eric Flowers, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 1, 2009</p> <p>WOW! Didn&#039;t really expect such an outpouring of emotional gratitude from The Source community. I guess I must have struck a nerve of some sort, so I guess thanks for the print? I&#039;m a bit humbled by being called out for the PPP, but my mother will not let me in the sandbox after school with some stranger, and besides that, MS. PAM STEVENSON WILL LIKELY KICK MY ASS! </p> <p>So thank you for my 15 minutes, and you&#039;re most welcome for letting me rattle your cage. Webster&#039;s defines SARCASM as &quot;a sharp and often satiric or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain,&quot; it might be a new word this year, or maybe next year. </p> <p>Lots of like, PB.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/only-kidding-2132531/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15809&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/only-kidding-2132531/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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