Knock Down, Drag-Out - FINALE!

(Knock Down, Drag-Out WAS a weekly IM conversation between Aaron Hall and Paul Milligan about a pre-selected topic that WOULD hopefully devolve into cussing, scratching and hurt feelings at the end of each and every edition! BUT NOT ANYMORE!)

THIS IS THE END, MY ONLY FRIEND, THE END

Aaron: So, what's the subject?

Paulie: Ending KDDO.

Aaron: Really? Nothing poetic like "The Day the Dream Died?"

Paulie: Screw it.

Aaron: So, we are here to announce the death/ending of Knock Down Drag Out.

We're going out like Sports Night, short-lived but highly acclaimed. Right?

Paulie: Uhm . . . short-lived at least.

It was a cool idea to start with. I think we didn't exactly know what we were doing, just kinda throwing into it on the fly. Maybe next time we should actually put some rules down?

Aaron: Well, it was certainly fun. One of the problems I think was that both of our jobs really just went insane right around the time we started doing it. So the few nights that we actually had free time we were pretty stressed out and tired.

Paulie: Yeah, like I said if we'd had a little more time to do it properly and all.

C’est la vie.

Aaron: Yeah, but weep not people. We're brewing some new evil potions; we'll have some fun stuff coming up to take its place.

And hey, if you loved the hell out of it, be heard! Email us and tell us so. We'd be glad to retool it and relaunch it if we thought enough of you out there really were interested in it.

Paulie: Yeah, definitely. I still think KDDO is a great idea, just needs some polishing. And maybe less rambling (I'm sorry I rambled).

But yes we will be cooking up another column together to take the place of KDDO.

Aaron: Well, fact is we're not always on at all times. We really were going out of our way to work KDDO into our schedules and most times neither of us were in a very funny mood when doing it.

Paulie: I blame you.

Aaron: And yeah, we'll try to put our humor back out there for all of you to cringe at.

Paulie: And your drinking.

Aaron: I blame . . . DC! AND THEIR DAMN NEW SHINY LOGO!

Paulie: Well then, I blame MARVEL!!

Aaron: Yeah, Marvel and it's damn house of m!

Who else can we blame?

Donna Troy?

Paulie: Wait, you're not supposed to agree with me! This is a Knock Down Drag Out.

Aaron: Oh yeah.

Paulie: Dammit! I blame video games and Eminem.

Aaron: Yeah, and Marilyn Manson and those damn Backstreet Boys! Always inciting riots!

Is that the right word? Inciting?

Inciting?

It doesn't look right does it?

Incite. Incite a riot. Inciting a riot.

Paulie: Always exciting riots?

Aaron: I have to go look that up . . .

Paulie: You go look that up. They stopped reading anyway.

(Short pause while Aaron goes to check a dictionary . . . and get more booze)

Aaron: Okay, I think it's right.

What were we talking about again?

Paulie: I don't know.