NEW YORK, NY–A shocking revelation regarding Open Salon came to fruition this morning when an undisclosed blogger shared the following labeled photographs bringing to light a shocking Open Salon secret. While it is unclear if any of the OS editors were aware of the conspiracy, it seems I was not the first to question Project Greg Thomas Randolph as I learned that investigators have been leaving snarky comments as early as May of 2008. Such a theory has already been explored as recently as November by poster Lonnie Lazar but the financial benefits of such a scam were never speculated. Open Salon account records show Greg Thomas Randolph (air-quotes) earned $ 238,671 in Tippem tips...in the month of December alone. This from just 3,450 posts.
Initial contact with OS editor Thomas Rogers and his assistants, Greg and Randolph regarding a Greg Thomas Randolph conspiracy resulted in the following automated email, “Bob, love your cartoons!”
The popular and sweet-natured “Greg Randolph” released the following response; “We, I mean I, have been immensely pleased with the work produced and the consequent response it has garnered on Open Salon. We, I mean I, hope to continue producing entertaining posts in a timely manner.”
Veteran poster Grumpy Oppreicht offered this on the controversy, “My worst suspicions were confirmed...there are many Greg Randolphs. But I can’t say I’m surprised.”
For others, during the latest flame-up when “Greg Thomas” remained his usual positive and jovial self, this raised some questions. OS regular Sensitive Skull reflected; “His previous posts pleading for decency and common courtesy should have tipped me off. But I thought his not joining the lynch mob seemed almost...inhuman...corporate. When he kept perspective, for me personally, that sent up a red flag.”
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too much of an imagination
to much Greg envy
not enough snow jobs
"Greg Thomas", indeed!
This is funny as hell.....great job, Bob!!
Lester..?
Laughing out loud at cartouche's "snow jobs."
I'm such a sucker!!!
:D
Ah. Good sport, that one. Hilarious, Bob Bernstein, uh, I mean Eckstein.
As the self-appointed, provisional head of the "Greg Thomas Foundation, Inc.", Oh...Henry would like to assure you all, that your generous donations will continue to be welcomed, and will continue to be used, have only ever been used, in the pursuit of good and noble deeds.
Here's some additional info from the OS files to support this steamy expose:
These are the GT Machine's first three OS posts. They were 23 minutes apart.
OCTOBER 10, 2008 8:38PM
Legislative panel: Palin abused authority
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OCTOBER 10, 2008 8:36PM
Palin Found Guilty of Abuse of Power by Alaskan Inquiry
The story just broke on MSNBC. Not a surprise at all. I'm sure many details will follow.
2 Comments
OCTOBER 10, 2008 8:15PM
Let me educate Cindy McCain on Post Traumatic Stress Disorde
I don't think I've ever read or heard more insulting comments from a person in the McCain cluster f**k of… Read full post »
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The Top Rated GT post:
NOVEMBER 15, 2008 10:02PM
Understanding the OS Rating System
R=55 with 91 Comments (54 by GT)
The Most Read:
NOVEMBER 8, 2008 7:46PM
How A Brown Recluse Spider Brought Me To My Knees
A Quote from His OS Bio:
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” Albert Einstein
This machine has posted 300 entries (not counting the ones he deleted) since 10/10/08. That is 3.6 posts per day!!!
The syndicate has garnered 15 EP's, and numerous covers.
Stamina!! Passion!!
All said with respect and admiration Greg. Get those guys in the sweat rooms cranking it out faster!! :-)
Hilarious post man!
I gotta go.............::sniff:: ::sniff::
We need more facts about that Lester Downings fellow.
This is too funny. I would tip, but I'm broke.
Query: was he "multiplied" like Agent Smith in Matrix? Or is the syndicate made up of all different people who just happen to sound alike? Inquiring minds want to know.
Now that the jig is up, Greg is busy designing Greg's new avatar Greg Hates Jazz and writing the first post under the new avatar in which Greg confesses Greg has never listened to Miles Davis, but that Greg took great sadistic pleasure in forcing every one else on OS to listen to that sleep-inducing swill.
Greg also adds that Greg peed on Bob Eckstein's snowman.
GTRdone
If we should ever meet on the streets of Madrid, I'll buy us a round in a shadowed basement bar.
Rated. I'd give you two bones if I could, but it's not allowed. As for tippems, I think the entire venture is misguided, even naive. The internet is a thankless place.
I was wrong.
LOL on the snow job comment -- Cartouche, you always manage.
& yes, double snort on the snow jobs
Lester?
My friends call me Mo Lester.
That Lester....
Btw, I have no idea what any of this is about, and I'm not new here. Hunh.
Boston is very far from there...thanks for chatting.
A GREG CONGLOMERATE!!!
GREGCO!!
AMALGAMATED THOMASES, INC! And to cap it all off, An Identity thief!
But it all fits... How could one man post six blogs a day and still have a family and a job?
I am Soooooo disillusioned!
(And yet, highly amused.)
Where's my foil hat?
Thumbed. There are no microchips in my body, I made sure to de-activate any by standing in front of the open microwave while making a bowl of soup.
Oh my. I love to laugh in the mornings!
Personally I think Greg is a guy from outer space with 3 heads and six arms and he just writes away with all seven appendages like a madman.
Greg, a word of advice, ignore this story. If you can earn $2,836,000+ a year writing so be it, good for you. I did not sign up for Tippem because A)-Don't need the money. B)-figured if we practiced common courtesy we would all break even, which is a waste of time.C)-I am always suspicious of free money.
God Bless, I love Urban legends and if this one is true, wow, Governor Blagoiovich will be off the front page! Hey Greg Say it ain't so!
I do have six arms, it's a side effect from my Marfan Syndrome. I type 12,000 wpm and I was born with 1 1/2 brains. Ooooops I mean 1/2 brain. (Hold on a sec. "Yeah, I'll bring you another bag of Cheetohs in a minute", Sorry, back) I'm a multi-tasker. I do a lot of this writing as I talk on the phone. I have a peculiar ability to talk, listen and type at the same time. No, I'm not unemployed (thank God) yet. I do work however all hours of the day and night.
(I do disappear for periods of time ya know). I guess being an extremely dexterous person helps. My brain is hard-wired for quick thinking and translation to the page. That's one of the reason I later find errors even after proofing. My eyes play tricks on me.
I just want to say that Bob is the best sport on earth. He humbles me with his abilities and I am the antithesis of him as a writer. But I do have somewhat of a handle on the comedic thing. Sometimes it gets misinterpreted in the written word, but never in person. My persona (which is most often non grata) is pretty much how I am in "real-life", whatever that is. I love life, I love to laugh, I love to make people smile and/or life and I'm a tough bastard when I have to be... I be who I be. I'll never be a Bob Eckstein, but I'm working on being the best GTR I can be...
Love to all. See you tonight Bob!
Bob is like Valentino. I'm no match.
I wanted to clear that up. :-)
I respect my wife and women too much to hang out at a strip club ("not that there's anything wrong with it!" - Seinfeld-esque), but I wouldn't do it. I don't need to either. I'm sure Bob feels the same way. We're modest cats!
Peace and Love,
Greg
Ran into JTH. Woke up with some kind of weird rash...