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Artist, former newspaper columnist and restaurant critic. Author of "In Pursuit of Excellence" (the first cookbook of Two Star Michelin Chef Josiah Citrin). In my spare minute I can be found blogging here, on Huffington Post and other places that don't pay. And writing for some that do. You are NOT in Kansas anymore, Toto. Neither am I.

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APRIL 21, 2009 8:24PM

What is Open Salon's "SLOGAN"?

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Every company has a logo and some sort of significant and (usually) memorable slogan to go with it.  Nike’s is “Just Do It” (I have used that with less than memorable lovers), State Farm has “And like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” (except in Florida, where they bailed on us when they realized they actually had to PAY insurance policies after our two year affair with hurricanes) and American Express owns, “Don’t Leave Home Without It” (as if anyone is leaving home at all these days).  You get the picture. 

OS has an identity, a presence, an identity problem, a troll, a Wonderhorse, a whirling dervish mentality, an abundance of flouncers, some voices of reason, scholars, seekers, artists, liberals, a few conservatives and every other color of the rainbow in between.  We are a mosh pit of ideas, needs, stories, histories, herstories and hysterectomies.  And this is on a quiet day. So, (to borrow the famous words of Marisa Tomei from “My Cousin Vinny”), “I axe you?” can YOU think of some of the best, funniest, most accurate slogans we could use to describe OS?

This is not an open call, so please don’t be sharpening your keyboard and heading over to word and creating a new post.  We have had way too much drama here over the past several days and this is simply for shits and giggles.  You KNOW that you have tried to describe this place to those who know not and before you know it, you are facing people who are ordering shots and attempting Hari Kari as you feebly attempt to explain this experience and addiction known as OS.

Drum roll, please.  Here is your starter kit of my suggestions for slogans that describe OS.

OS:  Come for the writing, stay for the nudity.

Is that a brisket in your pocket are you just happy to post?

OS:  It’s what’s for dinner (and breakfast and lunch).

A flounce of prevention is worth the cure.

I went to OS and all I got was this lousy Editor’s Pick.

OS:  All this and we don’t get paid.

OS:  Do you know where your employees are?

OS:  Melts in your mouse, not in your hands.

OS:  We’re number 78,493.  We don’t try at all.

OS:  Tastes just like chicken.

OS:  You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick the editor’s nose.

OS:  We have no idea how to make money either.

OS:  This is NOT your father’s website.

OS:  We bring the “lon” into Open Salon.

OS:  When it comes to your time, we know how to waste it!

Now, it's YOUR turn.  Have at it! I need some good laughs tonight.

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Tastes great, less filling.
"There's no I in Open!!"

Wait, what?

:)
don't anybody know you are somebody. they will hold it against yous.
Ongoing Satire

The best things in life ARE free.

What Hemingway (or insert favorite author) would do if they had computers back then.

It's like open mike for writers

Come with an open mind, leave with a fulfilled intellect.

Hey what do expect for gratis?
OS: Hung like a (Wonder)horse

OS: Your place for foothole lovin'.

(I need dinner. My brain totally is broken.)
Open Salon...where your time shapes our time.......
OS: Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
"Open Salon - the friction in your jeans."

(I'm listening to Fall Out Boy)
OS: Nobody pays attention to you on here, either.
OS: Another excuse to blow off work.
OS: It's not writing, it's Short Attention Span Theatre
OS: Where Liberals Come to Think They're Centrist
OS: Where Conservatives Come to Hide
OS: Disproving the Monkey with Typewriter Theory Since 2008
OS: Shakespeare's Place in Literary Annals Remains Safe
OS: God's Gift to Ego
OS: A New Addiction for the Recovering Among Us
OS: Home to Yet More Grandiose Delusions

You get the idea, old girl .... Slinky my ass.
You guys are CRACKING me up!!! Lea, you are making me splurt wine.
And Woolly: WHen you get undressed, is there a t-shirt with a big "L" underneath that cape? HEYSTERCIAL!!!
Brilliant!!

OS: When you absolutely, positively have to write!
"If ya can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen!"

Yours was the best, "Come for the writing, stay for the nudity!"
OS.. What happens in OS, stays in OS... Yeah right!
Tip me! (okay, that one failed)
Open Salon, the Writer's Stripper Pole
Thanks for your light heart - everyone's slogans are funny and your post is a delight as usual.
OS: A remedy for Brain Cramps
Open Salon; You'll Come For The Writing, But You'll Never Leave. Ever. Never.
I like Geoffs "Gods Gift To Ego"
OS for idiot/savants without so much savant.

OS? I was looking for Huffpo!
OS: Open 24 hours for your shopping convenience.

Facebook Schmacebook... come to where people write what they really mean.

OS: Parts is parts.

If I told you you had a beautiful post would you hold it against me? (that so didn't come out like it sounded in my head)

Twitter this, you son of a....

It's 11 pm, do you know where your post is?

This is your brain. THIS is your brain on OS.

OS ay can you see...
OS is like box of chocolates....You never know what your going to get...
Open Saloon (for the after hours set)
OS: Reading and writing and rythmatics

OS: Authors and artists and trolls Oh no!

OS: A little dab will never do ya

This is fun! But I gotta run. Thanks cartouche!
I always seem to miss this drama that goes on. Maybe it's time I repost that thing about how everyone sucks but me. :)
"No thought too small."

You're welcome. :^)
OS: Because spray paint is expensive and you would have to get dressed.
You have a lot of good ones Cartouche. I especially liked:
"We have no idea how to make money either."

Please place a warning on a post like this. Keyboards and cabernet aren't a good combination. Funny stuff.


A flounce of prevention IS the cure.

EP no cover. What's the point!

OS: The new gateway drug.

OS: Stop smoking, come to OS.

OS: We never close.

OS: You can never really leave.

OS: Drama? We've got it.

OS: More then the average percentage of lunatics.

OS: The new crazy.

OS: Where being nuts is normal.

OS: We'll make you laugh, we'll make you cry.

OS: Where being bi-polar is considered an asset.

OS: Come for a minute, stay for a day.

OS: Simply never leave.

OS: Where being eccentric is taken for granted.

OS: Like herpes, only better.

OS: A good kind of incurable.

Thats all for now. Fun fun fun.
I thougt it was "You write the headlines."
OS.. The first rule of OS, you don't talk about OS.
A great place to be, if you know the safe word.
We don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Except yours.
@Gwool, So far, my favorite.
No Over-rated Satirical Rants Here
Often Subjective, Hardly Ever Reactive
O/S: The only place you can be an overstimulated loonie and get away with it!
You guys are great! Here are a few more to consider:

OS: We serve no whine before its time.

OS: You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!

OS: (Sing the McDonald's tune) ba da ba bop bah, I'm bloggin' it!
You can sign out any time you like, but you can never leave.
All snark and no bite!

Give me a second and I'll be back!
When it must be said, we don't go to bed.
I LOVE that one, Nora.

Skip: I loved the 11 reference and this is your brain, but I would like to revise that to read: " This is your POST. This is your post on OS. Any questions?"

Sandra: You sly fox.......

And Ablonde, you got me back when I had been safely consuming Pinot Grigio but graduated to Merlot with "Like herpes. Only better."
I think it's more like....

What happens in OS ends up on the internet!
Hilarious! I am choking on water and spitting on my keyboard over here. I laughing to hard to think of anything at the minute...LMAO!
Forgot to say AWESOME POST!!
What Would Joan Do?
OS- A constipated writer's literary enema. Where ideas run free.

Three A.M. and I forgot to eat dinner...... again.

I do to haiku, do you too, haiku?

Drat, I have to go to bed. That's not a slogan. I REALLY have to go to bed now!
Open Salon--That's larn ya'!

or

Open Salon--It's not just for breakfast anymore.

or

Open Salon--From state to state, from coast to coast!
We have the blogs you'll like the most!
Lefties, Righties, Middles, too!
From Tighty-whities to squirrel nuts to0!
From the Great White North
To the Deepest South
We have the finest prose
And the biggest mouth.

heh heh
OS: You're nobody till somebody reads you.
You guys are doing a great job:

Nora: All I''m hearing is the Eagles now. LOVE it!

Skip: I love the 11 reference and I would like to tweak your other one to read "This is your POST. This is your post on OS. Any questions?"

Ablonde: You are killing me with the herpes. And I'll have you know that you got me back. I thought I could successfully graduate from Pinot Grigio to Merlot. Not.

Sandra: You sly fox.....

A couple of more for the archives:

"OS: the itchy, sneezy, coughing, runny nose, achy head get some rest medcine. ..."

OS: The place to "come" when Viagra falls.

OS: Where you can be center of obscurity for exactly 12 minutes.

OS: We bring dead posts to life.

OS: We're number two (to Salon). We blogwhore harder.
OS: Does this blog make my ass look fat?

OS: When s/he won't listen, whine to us.

OS Bloggers, you just won an EP! Where are you going? We're going to HuffPo-land!!

OS: Every ass kiss begins with Kerry. ;)

OS: Where Freaky is Encouraged.
OS - Do the write thing
OS: I came, I read, I wrote.

(or, in my case, I came, I wrote, I read (and said uh oh).

Cartouche, are you always the life of the party?
The Compleat Waste of Time
Bland Ambition
Payment in Copies
Writing All Wrongs
No Whine Before It's Time
Poets, Pedants and Piss-Ants
The Hackboard Jungle
Last Exit to Ennui
Better Living Through Sophistry
Revenge of the Recluse
Born to be Mild
Last Refuge of Scandals
Affectations Anonymous
Home of the Free Lunch
Naked Launch
The Naked and the Unread
The Garden of the Frizzy-Cuntinis
Why Buy the Cow?
When Avatars Attack
A Vast Wasteland of Words
Opposites Subtract
Are You Sure Homer Done It This Way?
The Illread
Infinite Monkeys
Pearls Before Swine
OS: No rules. Just left.

OS: Between love and madness lies OS obsession.

OS: All my men wear OS, or they wear nothing at all.

OS: A post is a terrible thing to waste.

OS: So easy a caveman can post it.
(I liked "We have no idea how to make money either.")

OS: You make the headlines (but don't expect us to use them)

OS: Thanks to RSS posting, anything posted anywhere can be part of our unique charm.

OS: Where Quantity is the very definition of Quality

OS: We'd love to talk politics, but we have bills to pay

OS: Demonstrating the evils of cronyism one Editor's Pick at a time

OS: An experiment in commitment-free community

OS: OutSourcing Our Source Of Success

OS: Where as often as not, Editor's Pick refers to the author

OS: Overtly Sexual Oughta Sell

OS: Caught be between a good idea and the need to survive

OS: Your source for political analysis. Please tell us your favorite nude ghost story.
Oh, Lord have mercy. This is the best writing I've ever seen on OS. So sad.

I found the top slogans of the past century and cheated like hell.

OS: Good to the last participle!
OS: We bring Blogwhoring to life!
OS: Look Ma! No ratings!
OS: Do we...or doesn't we?
OS: The page that refreshes!
OS: Run on sentences are forever!
OS: Bullshit of champions!
OS: Good to the last dropped vowel!
OS: We lie harder!
OS: Reads great; less shilling!
OS: When it's brains... it's bores!
OS: Let your fingers do the talking!
OS: Where's the reefer?
OS: Breakfast of wannabe Thomas Campions!

Here are the actual top slogans: You try? Eh?

1. Diamonds are forever (DeBeers)
2. Just do it (Nike)
3. The pause that refreshes (Coca-Cola)
4. Tastes great, less filling (Miller Lite)
5. We try harder (Avis)
6. Good to the last drop (Maxwell House)
7. Breakfast of champions (Wheaties)
8. Does she ... or doesn't she? (Clairol)
9. When it rains it pours (Morton Salt)
10. Where's the beef? (Wendy's)

* Look Ma, no cavities! (Crest toothpaste)
* Let your fingers do the walking (Yellow Pages)
* Loose lips sink ships (public service)
* M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand (M&M candies)
* We bring good things to life (General Electric)
OS: Where F5 Keys Go to Die

(thumbified with a promise that I'll be back for more of this!)
OS: puttting qwerty in my dreams

(For all you folks dropping off right now!)

Some of the things you people think up!
(Non-pacifist versions)

Rate me.... OR DIE!
Be nice.... OR DIE! (odette's mod)
SPAM me .... And YOU DIE! (Wayne's mod)

(Limited hangout versions)
Rate me...or I won't rate you.
Be nice... or I won't love you. (odette)
SPAM me... and I'll get the FBI on your ass, motherf*****s. (Wayne)

WOOF
Like Facebook. Only there's a POINT.
"Open Salon: It Ain't MySpace!"
A slogan is definitely needed. Something short and snappy and pithy. Some good suggestions here and some amusing ideas. Nice late night laugh, all. Many thanks, Patricia, for bringing this to the table.

I think I am most fond of OpenSalon: The New Gateway Drug myself.
Going backwards here:

Hey incandescent: That was my FIRST comment!

Kent: "you make the headlines..." was FABULOUS

Cordle: "the naked and the unread" conjures some scary images. "What would Joan do?" is an absolute instant classic

m.a.h.: Yes. And I don't get paid handsomely for this pleasure either. Anywhere. ;)

Sally: My lawyers are going to have to talk to you about swiping my post titles!
This is one time I'm not gonna try to out do anyone. Too many great responses. OS rocks. ( I suppose that's a submission too... :)
OS: A magnifying lens, magnifying
Os, No less, Oh Yes!
My Sexiest Pitbulls Living in Spamalot
OS: You read, you rate, you write. Beautifully.
I'm still feeling the effects of being immersed in all that "special" smoke when I was at the University of Colorodo's annual 420 celebration. I swear I didn't inhale but I just can't think of a damn thing!
OS: How can it be wrong, when it feels so write?
Stellaa, you always crack me up. Love it!
"A post a day...keeps the Dr. away."...???
"Waste not, post not."
"OS, The Friendly Pepper-Upper"
"OS, Where You Jump the Snark"
"A Post Saved, Is An EP Earned"
Rated & Cheers!
OS: The mind and behind of the whateveryouwannabe avatar
We are free of the Freudian neuroses of our fathers....NOT.

You make the headlines.
"It's OS versus Them. Ah, fuck Them. It's all about OS."
I can't even compete tonight . . .
OS, when you're still stoned and the caviar has run out.
If you ask how much it costs to join OS, you can't afford it.

Monte
Bloggers
and
Flouncers
and
Feuds
Oh, My!
OS: Where the women are strong,
The men are good-looking.
And the children are somebody else's.
OS: Smart, talented people... and you.

OS: Shut up and write.

OS: Might as well be ignored here as anywhere else.

OS: The Motel 6 Round Table.

OS: It's like crack for the literati (riffing on a comment elsewhere from Verbal.)

(None of this bitterness is serious. Except for the last one.)
Why do I always get to the "Comments" section after 53 people have made 143 suggestions? Why?
OS: Where irrelevancy reigns
OS: We're just like you. But better.
OS: When drinking isn't enough anymore
OS: Stop in. Go away. No, come back. Please come back. Go away. We hate you. We love you.

I think I should think about this first.
Great stuff Rob, I'm weeping just a little -- or is that pee?

Here's my last brilliant contribution:

Open Salon: There's Good Shit and Our Shit
OS; read another post!

Os: for an answer…just click

OS: Just truth …at least we think so

OS: Good news…. ever now and then

OS: Everything you always wanted to know about a whole bunch of bullshit

OS: All the knowledge you could possibly absorb within a short period of time

OS: Click – a – key convenience

OS: even if you don’t have an opinion

OS: easily adjustable

OS: we’re flexible, when it comes to posts

OS: whenever you want it

OS: direct from salon

OS: even if you don’t have a blog

OS provide 100% of what ever you are looking for

OS: direct from the writers and then some

OS: used by bloggers everywhere

OS: a positive force, bringing the world together, by people that count…kinda

OS: you don’t have to be an expert

OS: it’s a piece of cake (this is sooooo for freaky)

OS: an adventure in cyberspace

OS: The kind of writing you have only dreamed about

OS: The way writing was intended to be….

OS: will stretch your mind ‘till it snaps

OS: Separating fact from fiction ….on occasion

OS: A unique learning experience.

OS: Will open up new channels of bullshit

OS: Takes the guess work out of schizophrenia

OS: the fast track to wealth

OS: A fraction of original thoughts

OS: Cost effective therapy

OS: Helps you avoid costly mistakes in the real world

OS: Surprise! Surprise! (With Gomer Pile accent)
I think, I might have gotten carried away......my apologies!
I keep coming back here and it just gets funnier and funnier! Oh my...
You are killing me! A few more:

OS: The Uncoola

OS: Taking care of postness. Every day.

OS: We read your pain.

NOTHING comes between my and my OS.

OS: We're bullshit on America!

(After winning the Olympics in some bizarre sport). "I'm going to OS!"

OS: the endless pursuit of imperfection.

OS: A post is forever.....

OS: Fingerlinking good!

Anybody else?
What happens on Salon stays on Salon.
Who cares if you're there yet? Open Salon.
Gaia will survive. Will Salon?
Human Energy
The Captive Mind
Salon!
How can we deliver
Cleaner Ideas
Today?
OS: We do blogwhoring right!

OS: Until every blogger comes home.

OS: Everybody doesn't like something.......

OS: Ask not what your country can do for you.

OS: The OTHER side of midnight.

OS: Who wants to be a millionaire?

Stop me children! I'm a victim of my own devices!
OS: made with 100% Organic Words
minced with
Mutual Funs.
OS: A (Wonderhorse) of a different color.

OS: I love what you do to me.

OS: We do chickens 'right'.

OS: Two all beef patties, special sauce lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bump.

OS: POST traumatic stress disorder with ratings.
Oh, you started this and now I won't help you. Ohhh my cheeks hurt.
This has gone viral as they say. I came back here to see the new adds and I am overwhelmed! So many gears grinding within the brilliant but often twisted minds of those that post here.

Please Cartouche, place a warning thing, people really could harm innocent computers while reading this, without warning.

There as so, so many great ones here, it would be fun to narrow it down in Letterman style to a top ten list.
OS: How the other half lives (and dies)

OS: The field of dreams: If you write it, they might come.

OS: You talkin' to me?

OS: Fame! I want to live for 3.5 minutes! Remember my name!

OS: A never ending story in 187 parts.

OS: The destination of choice when Chappaquiddick just won't do.

OS: Where Anita Bryant hides out.
Don't spam me. I kill you! Achmed the Dead Terrorist
Open.Salon: The whole isn't quite as much as the sum of the parts.

Open.Salon: Never judge a blog community by its cover page.

Open.Salon: Because you can always navigate away from your annoying virtual friends any time you want.
Okay, a few last ideas before I turn it over to the night shift:

OS: The day (that I joined) the earth stood still.

OS: We answer to a higher authority (that we can't figure out or understand)

OS: The virtual world of Post It notes.

OS: We dare to go where no colonoscopy has ventured.

OS: Are you tired, run down, listless? The answer to your problems is right here in this bittle lottle. I mean little bottle. Oh yeah. That's Vitameatavegamin.

OS: Just say "no" to blugs (blogwhoring thugs)

OS: Where you want to be.
OS: where TMI is no big deal
OS: Where the Sun Don't Shine

OS: Be All that You Can Get Away With

I'm an EP, you're an EP, they're an EP, we're an EP, wouldn't you like to be an EP too?

OS: Don't stay home without it.

Forget that left wing / right wing crap... we've got the whole freakin' chicken!
I have got to stop! New York Housewives is on.

OS: Where trees don't fall in the forest, and still no one cares.

OS: It's not your mother's writing club

OS: Where you can drink and derive

OS: Where everybody knows you're lame
I'm with Cathy, Cartouche. "OS: Come for the writing; stay for the nudity" is brilliant.

My brain does not work at peak efficiency in warm weather but I'll give it a whirl.

OS: Open call to the Great Undiscovered.

OS: More fun than this should be illegal.
Ongoing Seduction

or pitbulls in spamelot (WHY is that post always there? why? I demand it disappear!)

OS: where your words matter

OS: the paragraph factory of the future

OS: shaping public opinion, one paragraph at a time
"I see drunk people."
OS,my drug of choice.
I need Re-hab.
Computer: $1299
Bottle of wine: $9.99
Spilling your guts: priceless
OS: Mindfeasting 24/7
OS: You can't read just one.
HELLO??? How did I sleep through this party???

I like them all ... but Sirenita Lake's is pretty damn much my favorite!

That one and God's Gift To Ego (by Wooly???) LOL!

What fun, cartouche :) You always know how to make a good time!
OS: Next thing you know, it's 3am.
OS: From the Peanut Gallery, the Flames are Pretty
OS: Because work blows
OS: The best blog to have when you're havin' more than one
Whew, do I dare post here, going up against some of the great OS wits? What the hell:

OS: All that's left to read
OS: We care what you think
OS: No BS
OS: You like me; you really like me!
"OS - Where the Left Wing is using their Right Brain."

"OS - Over one billion snarky comments served."

"OS - If you need to write, if you want stuff to read, come to our asylum and slide down the feed."

"OS - Because a beautiful mind is a terrible thing to waste on Wordpress."

"OS - If you're here, you're probably being ignored."

"OS - We gotcher writers heah. Ayup."

"OS - The home of ADHD creativity since - oh, look! A new post!"

"OS - You say it, we display it."

"OS - Welcome. You have been assimilated."

"OS - Doin' it with style!"

"OS - Get on the feed. We dare you."
OMG! Reading through all the comments this morning with coffee in my hand was not a good idea at all! You guys are just brilliant! Each of you made so many wonderful contributions and it was great to see some new faces (keep an eye on that Skip Reilly; he has a funny gun in his holster!). It was great to see the big brains check in too. This was junior high, shoulder shaking laughter at its best and we should do this kind of thing at least once a week.

I came up with some more in my half sleep. Feel free to pile more on as you think of them.

Here are your morning additions:

OS: More Flounce to the Ounce

OS: Your soaking in it.

OS: Free food and service. Tipping not required.

OS: I'm a blogger, you're a blogger, he's a blogger, she's a blogger, wouldn't you like to be a blogger too?

OS: The ultimate blogging machine.

OS: We love to flounce and it shows.

I'm not a doctor, but I play one on OS.

OS: When you care enough to post the very best.

OS: Betcha can't post just one.

OS: Strong enough for a man but made for a woman.

OS: We'd rather fight than tip.

OS: A snark is a terrible thing to waste.

OS: Swim with the fishes. Write for the sharks.

OS: Can you read me NOW?
NoisyNora gave me an earworm with “You can sign out any time you like… but you can never leave…” (Great one NN). So inspired by Nora (and chardonnay), I decided OS needed a theme song.

So with profound apologies to Don Henley:


Sung to the tune of Hotel California:


On the internet highway
Cordless mouse in my hand
Bored with Twitter and Facebook
I had some thoughts to expand

Then I clicked on a hot link
For a new blogging site
My fingers trembled and my mind went wild
I would be writing all night

Then I got my first comments
And a handful of rates
And I was reading other posts
And enjoying some lively debates

And I met some new artists
And a cake-loving troll
There was no verbal remedy
For this new hold on my soul…

Welcome to the OS Land of Writers
Post your poems and peeves
Say what you believe
They’re bloggin’ it up in the OS Land of Writers
Such a nice reprieve…
You might never leave…


Okay, can't believe I'm about to press post.
Bill S: You are killing me! The ADHD line is a RIOT!
Annette: YOU SHOULD JUST DO A POST WITH THE SONG!!!
"OS - From Antidisestablishmentarianism to Zoloft, and everything in between."

"OS - Formerly known as Ask Zerry."

"OS - Hey, where's the damn porn?"

"OS - Caution - contents under pressure."

"OS - Great tasting, but don't lick your monitor. Really."

"OS - Alternately known as the Verbal Vomitorium."

"OS - We're creepy and we're kooky, mysterious and spooky."

"OS - All the sex, drugs, and rock and roll that DHS will let us provide."

"OS - For the visually indiscriminate."

"OS - Stop me before I post again!"

"OS - Get out now while you still can!"

"OS - Help me, I've blogged and I can't get out!"

"OS - Go ahead - slut up my inbox."

"OS - How the F@CK did I get HERE???"

"OS - Wait a minute. Mom? Is that you?"

"OS - Well, what else were you gonna do tonight?"

"OS - Yeah, we kicked Twitter's ass. Wanna make something of it?"

"OS - Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends..."

"OS - Yes, we speak jive."

"OS - At least check out the squirrel's nuts while you're here."

"OS - We're the web site your mother warned you about."

"OS - Moderators? MODERATORS?? We don't need no steenkin' moderators!!"

"OS - Taking kvetching to a new level."
I might be accused of lacking a sense of humor, but some of these sting. Why is it still acceptable to mock mental illness but not other disabilities?
"Come for the writing, stay for the nudity."

You got it right the first time. :)

(How strange that posts like these are so popular! She says, leaving the 128th comment ...)
OS: Where the snit hits the fans.
OS: Glibbed For Your Pleasure
This isn't just any club that will accept you as a member.
:D I could spend all day on this post Cartouche! Too cute
Redstocking Grandma, I think it's because this group has an over abundance of us (medicated and non medicated) just be grateful we are from the medicated group ;)
OS: Blog now... while there's still time

OS We stand by our blogs

OS yes...yes ...Yes...YES....YEEESSSS! (like Meg Ryan in when Harry met Sally)
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Open Salon: "When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight."

Open Salon: "You can say fuck here."

Open Salon: "Reach out and touch yourself."

"Don't Be A Moron, Join Open Salon."

Open Salon: "We answer to a higher authority!"

Open Salon: "Finger lickin' good!"

Open Salon: "Tastes so good cats ask for it by name."
Oh my goodness. It keeps growing and it's still hilarious.
Zuma: Your last comment made me giggle diet sprite out of my nose. "It keeps on growing and it's still hilarious." Kind of reminds me of this guy....... no, that's an entirely different post.
Dammit people! Where were you when I was trying to come up with a clever blog title? I'm totally gonna steal some of these. Awesome.
Where writing can become a contact sport.

I told you I would never come back, so here I am.

I am not schizophrenic, and neither am I.

As American as baseball, apple pie and writers bloke.


Earn a degree and start an exciting new career with other starving writers from across the globe.
OS: Your cyber whine cellar.
OS: Where the Elite Meet to Tweet.

OS: Because my attention span encomasses more than 140 Characters.
The Stumble In.

Just say something.

To Read or not to read?

Where write can be wrong.
You guys really know how to churn them out! The true sign of great comedy writing is to read something again and find that it still makes you laugh. A lot of these slogans are as funny on a third or fourth read as they were the night (or day) they were written.
Kudos to Bill S. for coming back and slamming me with even more clever slogans!
After reading Buffy W's post about acting in a soap opera, I have come up with this slogan to add to the soup:
"OS: Like sands in the hourglass, so are the posts of our lives."

Keep em coming and make sure you check out the OS theme song submissions from annnette2009 and Helen O'Reilly as well as Kind of Blue's OS flounce song! They are great fun!

You all made fun, clever contributions Don't be shy to come back and throw more up on the wall! We could always use the humor around here.
OS: We don't get out much.
OS: We're crazy, but we're funny.
OS: Rate me, you dirty little writer.
OS: What are you laughing at? You're here, too.
OS: Just post it.
OS: We'd rather blather.
OS: If it's out there, we're out there.
OS: Bringing mental masturbation to the masses.
OS: What's the matter, Facebook is down?
I only got two for ya:

OS - Where it's OK to be Late to the Party
OS - The Internet's Third Rail
OS - The only place, other than the zoo, where you can get monkey fingered.

OS - Hey, it's not the cover of the Rolling Stone but what did you expect for free?

OS - Whaddayamean you opened the salami? I was saving that for lunch....uh....oh - you said "Open Salon". Nevermind. Bitch.

OS - Go ahead. Post while you're naked. We don't care.

OS - We've got education, tittilation, explanation, condemnation and vilification. What else do you need?

OS - Cheap whine, aged to perfection.

OS - It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever. *Courtesy of "This Is Spinal Tap"

OS - If only we were amongst friends... or sane persons! *Courtesy of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

OS - Now conveniently in Latin!

OS - We'll make your head 'splode. Seriously.

OS - Reverse engineered from alien DNA. Don't even TRY to understand the feed or the cover algorithm.

OS - Write, write, you bloody well write! *Courtesy of and with apologies to Supertramp

OS - Photographs and memories, diatribes and poetry, all that we have are these to enable you. *Courtesy of and with apologies to Jim Croce

OS - We recommend the full body condom for your protection.
Bill: You and I keep could keep this thread going forever! Th efull body condom image is horrifyingly funny! And the Alien DNA and understanding the cover? OMG!

I came up with these this morning:

OS: 50 thread count on a good day.

OS: No spell check? No editing? No problem!

OS: Rated "R" for "Rated".

OS: The OTHER Facebook.

OS: Just like mom used to write.

OS: The only thing we DON'T do is surgery.

OS: The only site with two for one Dirty Haiku Thursday!

OS: Over one billion comments served!

OS: It's just like life. But more complicated and way more fun.

OS: The only site where you can spend the entire day reading into things.

OS: We put the "mal" in "Normal".

OS: You are visitor number 8,947,626 and I have two comments and one rating?

OS: Where over rated is a GOOD thing.



OS: The
OS: No shirt, no shoes..... f--k it no one can see you anyway.
OS - Caution - Not responsible for all the crap you are about to spew on your monitor.

OS - Pregnant women should use caution as this site may result in offspring that are witty, politically astute, snarky and environmentally conscious.

OS - Right brain, left brain, right? write! right.

OS - Coming soon - new home of the Lorax.

OS - CAUTION! Dangerous Blurbs Ahead.

OS - If you can no longer see the little white characters on the tops of your keys, you've been here too long.

OS - The only place on earth where Freaky blogs.

OS - If you can think it, chances are someone here already said it.

OS - A Pants-Optional zone.

OS - MEMBERS welcome. *You got put your mind in the gutter on this one, people!

OS - Why buy the cow when the milk is free?

OS - In order to provide a richer, more full experience mind-altering drugs are suggested.

OS - We have the best rates in town!

OS - Side effects include uncontrollable hilarity, high blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, and a tendency to talk through your nose.

OS - A site for sore eyes.

OS - Bringing meaning to the phrase, "Go pound sand in your ass!"

OS - A literary smorgasbord of intellectual calisthenics. Yup.

OS - More open than that hooker you met last night.
OS: Are We There Yet?
OS: Where snorting lines means takes on a whole new meaning!

OS: It's like Priceline. But without William Shatner.

OS: The OFFICIAL sponsor of Insomniacs Anonymous.

OS: Where more than two writes meet a Wong.

OS: A plagiarist's dream come true.

OS: Orgasmsically sweet without the worry of disease.

OS: The only free, unlimited storage unit for all your writing that only a few people will read.

OS: We meet your reads.

OS: The only writer's site employing the tried and proven method of getting readership using the Jehovah's Witness technique.

OS: Have your (Freaky) cake and read it, too!

STOP ME PLEASE (for a couple of hours, at least!)
Last one for this afternoon, I'll see if I can get some time tonight for more:

OS - Bet ya can't read just one!

OS - The succulent prose of nubile young minds will have you moaning in ecstasy. Have a towel handy.

OS - Has been known to cause dry, jittery eyes and palsied hands. Use in moderation.

OS - Do not read this site if you are currently taking ACE inhibitors, as this may cause a sudden drop in blood pressure resulting in fainting, nose bleeds, and a severe crying jag.

OS - WARNING - The surgeon general has determined that opinions are like assholes.

OS - We reserve the right to say "neener-neener". Unless you bring us a shrubbery.

OS - Come for the prison sex, stay for the witty dialogue.
Opine Soon, in Open Salon
OS: The real reason to stay in your jammies all day.

OS: And you thought your mother was critical!

OS: The place where you learn to forget your children's names.

How do you spell relief? O.S.
OS: Cum for the "O". Stay for the Salon.

OS: Nothing short of a three hour tour.

OS: You might as well face it, you're addicted to blogs.

OS: It's a Rating Game.

OS: The greatest feeding frenzy on earth!

OS: Post coital therapy.

OS: We spam. A lot.
OS - Mental floss.

OS - THIS is what you do with the other twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes of your day.

OS - Not to be confused with Oz, or Australia.

OS - When you get tired of the morons on PokerStars.net, we'll be here.

OS - Sort of like Live Chat, without the Live part. Or the Chat part.

OS - If you blog it, they might comment.

OS - When you finally sober up, there's always the delete function. Except for your comments on other blogs, that is.

OS - Wheeeeeeeeee!! Almost as much fun as sliding naked down a glacier. Almost.

OS - Fifteen minutes of fame? More like fifteen seconds.

OS - Go ahead. Hit the PUBLISH button. I frackin' DARE you.

OS - Home to millions of little grey, faceless avatars. 'Cause someone has to give 'em a home.

OS - Cheaper than therapy, and more fun than meds. OK, that should read "more fun ON meds".

OS - It was the best of rhymes, it was the worst of rhymes.

OS - Poetry in motion. Yeah, like Mach ten.

OS - Where everybody knows your pseudonym.

OS - Your friends will only find you here if you TELL THEM you're here.

OS - If swallowed, seek professional medical help immediately.
OS: I've got your blog right here.

OS: Blogger wonderland.

OS: Where blogs have more fun.

OS: The parallel universe of Jean Paul Sartre's version of hell.

OS: The Swiss banking of writing.

OS: Where a rhyme is a terrible thing to waste.

OS: The biggest continual writer's workshop with no instructors.

OS: The only plane you can fly on with your seat reclined and tray table down at all times.

OS: Simon Cowell's NEXT big show.

OS: SO spelled backward.
OS: An open room for people who can't spell salmon

OS: Where Tourette's meets Bipolar Disorder.

OS: Our Mission: To boldly split infinitives where no one has split them before.

OS: It's not just for paranoid insomniacs anymore.

OS: A Conspiracy of Klutzes

OS: What Whitehouse.gov would have looked like if Dubya hadn't beaten his coke habit.

OS: Facebook on Oxycontin.

OS: Helping Texas Secede Where Other States Have Failed.

OS: When Russian roulette just isn't edgy enough anymore.

OS: Where Money Walks and Everyone Talks.

OS: What fifty cent would sound like if he'd had another quarter.
Oh my, Extragent! Where have you been hiding all my life? I like you! A lot.
OS - An exercise studio for those who prefer to be immobile.
Marry me, cartouche.
OK - My last bunch for the week. Must get moving on a few things:


OS - Watch it! Kerry has his eye on you.

OS - More fun than searching for weapons of mass destruction.

OS - Looking for Osama Bin Laden? He posts here under a pseudonym.

OS - Sort of like hunting with Dick Cheney, without the trip to the hospital.

OS - Psst! Wanna buy a bank?

OS - Warning! Don't say we didn't warn you!

OS - So that all those years smoking pot won't be wasted. Oh wait .....

OS - Common side effects include ignoring hygiene, loss of appetite, consumption of large quantities of alcohol, and a lack of interest in anything Sean Hannity has to say.

OS - Warning - Prolonged exposure may cause serious loss of discretion and may promote giddiness. Do not operate heavy machinery while reading.

OS - You can stop wondering where your ex has been posting all that shit about you.

OS - You don't need sleep. Really. You don't.

OS - A full glass of whine every day.

OS - Because actually doing your friggin' job is not as much fun.

OS - I'd rate you, but then I'd have to read you.

OS - Join us, or you'll be so jealousing!

OS - Tongue In Chic.

OS - Where neophyte writers practice line dancing.

OS - Where the customer is always write.
OS: Where "Foodie Tuesday" meets "Dirty Haiku Thursday" (Now we only have five other days to designate....)
OS: Side effects could include wittiness, laughter, thought provocation, environmental and political consciousness--like we said, it's not for everyone.
I think I have recorded the first OS marriage proposal! Extragent has asked for my hand! (Swooning.........)
Don't be silly, cartouche. How could I NOT be serious? We've known each other for several hours already, and perhaps years more than that, now that I've read "If You Can Handle the Truth"....

Your "Salon Slogan" post drew 90+ (by now) ratings in less than three days.

That means that you have your finger on the pulse of the Universe. (To the uninitiated, it often feels like a mouse well into rigor mortis. But we both know better. Talk about affinities.)

P.S. I don't suppose OS lets folks do formatting in these little comment boxes, do they? Not even with klunky, basic HTML code?

No? Have there been uprisings? How many people have we lost so far?
that was supposed to read "I'm jealous, Cartouche"...damn, I hate slippery fingers...
that was supposed to read "I'm jealous, Cartouche"...damn, I hate slippery fingers...
OS: Overtly Sexual

OS: The Write stuff

OS: The more said, the better.

OS: Objections in mirror are larger than they appear.

OS: Righter's Cramp

OS: I've fallen for it and I can't get out!

OS: Where sluts and pimps really like each other.

OS: A virtual recess from life with a 24 hour playground.

OS: The antidote to writing for a living.

OS: See your doctor if your erection or post lasts longer than four hours.
Welcome to Monday, people. Here's more hopefully to put a smile on your face. If this doesn't work, try getting laid. ;-D

OS - There's a madness to our method.

OS - Splitting infinitives since 2008.

OS - We're proudly working towards being banned in communist countries.

OS - The host with the most in post.

OS - The heart of global insurrection.

OS - Where your membership privileges include free snarking.

OS - Like family, except most times there are no faces attached to the criticism and you can actually leave.

OS - We tickle your pleasure centers better than any vibrator. Well, almost.

OS - Training camp for political pundits.

OS - You have an opinion? What a coincidence! I have an asshole.

OS - Where you're encouraged to speak your mind no matter how small.

OS - The bastard child of Blogger on LSD and WordPress on crack.

OS - The place that Lonnie's ass made famous.

OS - If you Reddit here, you can Digg It!

OS - The REAL Home of the whopper.

OS - Just a minute, I have another blog on the line.

OS - Don't bogart the feed, man!

OS - Sorry, my give-a-damn is busted.

OS - Think about it for a minute - there are tens of thousands of posts each day, and there are three editors.

OS - The only place where you can meet and converse with Joan of Snark.
Bill, you are still HOT! I'll be back later with more. I also have work to do! These are great!
Hah! I love this one: It's like open mic for writers

OS: Say it like you meant it.
OS: Addicted in seconds.
OS: It will own your life.
OS: Cause nobody will read your stuff anywhere else.

I'll think of more later. =)
24/7 open salon for nice and affordable hair cuts. LOLz

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OS: Its not just for liberals anymore
OS: Better than twittering
OS: Those who can, do. Those who cant, write. Those who cant get paid for writing, write here
OS: Seriously?
OS: Where Meta is bet'tah!

OS: You suck! No, YOU suck! *goes to write a you suck more post!*

Warning: Dick Weasel Crossing the next 20 posts.

OS: Where the only thing we agree on is that Dr. Amy sucks!
We try just a bit!
OS: I am hungry and I lost my mind
OS: But if I am starving I remain cool

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