So let's talk about last night's episode of The Office. Should Hilary Swank be offended that half of Dunder-Mifflin didn't find her "hot," or should she be flattered that the other half did?It's funny that this even came up because just the other day I made a reference to Swank in another post about a reality TV star that was rather unfair so I won't link to again, and here we see a major network sitcom discussing whether Swank is hot or not.
This being the web, where a mention of something on a TV show can mean an almost instantaneous response (even Wikipedia locked the Janis Joplin entry after last night's 30 Rock episode), we knew there would be a lot of talk about Swank, and someone has put up a site called IsHilarySwankHot.com. It's pretty basic, you just go there and click yes or no.
For the record, I have no opinion on the matter.
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1-23-2009 @ 12:01PM
Sy said...
No, Swank is not hot... unless you have a thing for bony-arse chicks who have the propensity to portray tomboys in movies.
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1-23-2009 @ 12:19PM
Bob Sassone said...
MJL: No idea what you mean. Wow, two articles on the web wrote about The Office? Shocking! I hadn't seen that article until you linked it, and actually the two posts are different. Also, I don't see any reference to IsHilarySwankHot.com, which is what my post was about.
So what's your point again?
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1-23-2009 @ 12:28PM
Butters said...
It looks like MJL only signed up today and this was his first post. I would guess that he or she is someone that has had a disagreement with in the past and is trying to find any excuse to make you look bad.
The funny thing is that MJL is clearly of sub-par intelligence and couldn't successfully defame someone if his life depended on it.
1-23-2009 @ 12:22PM
Butters said...
What a stupid comment MJL.
The two articles contain different information and were posted less than 3 hours apart, so there is no indication that Bob copied the article you linked to. Therefore, by definition, it would be original.
I guess in your little world you would only have one person report on the outcome of a sporting event, review a movie or report on a war. Oh, the travesty, that more than one person broaches a subject.
Plus, it looks like you only joined today, MJL. Way to hide behind a new user name, whoever you are.
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1-23-2009 @ 12:24PM
Europa said...
“For the record, I have no opinion on the matter.”
Um, I believe you just wrote a three paragraph opinion on it.
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1-23-2009 @ 12:32PM
Butters said...
Wow, what is with all the hating on Bob today?
Europa, when Bob wrote "For the record, I have no opinion on the matter." he was referring to whether Hilary Swank was hot or not and no where in the article does he say whether he personally thought she was "HOT" or "NOT HOT".
So no, Europa, Bob did not just write a three paragraph opinion on whether he thought Hiliary Swank was Hot or not.
1-23-2009 @ 12:58PM
StillBash said...
today?
1-23-2009 @ 12:27PM
jason baptiste said...
Hey Bob,
Many thanks for the article. It was funny how it came about. I sent a tweet out that i thought she wasnt hot. Some friends started replying back and the lightbulb came on. Few minutes later, im at godaddy, and messaged Mark Bao, a cofounder at my startup, and we put it out there. For the record, no i do not think shes hot. Some of these pictures are deceiving though.
-jlb
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1-23-2009 @ 12:32PM
Europa said...
And as for my opinion, no I don’t think she’s hot but then again I’m a heterosexual female. I does seem to me that she is a good person – often humble about her accomplishments and donating time for charitable causes, etc. But in trying to be objective about her physical appearance in a non hetero or homosexual way I believe the best I can say is that, on a good day (all gussied up for the Oscar, etc.), she’s "handsome" woman.
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1-23-2009 @ 12:34PM
Ryan said...
Hot may be too loaded of a word, but she's definitely not ugly or even close to ugly.
I, for one, think she's quite striking.
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1-23-2009 @ 12:53PM
MERVE-THE-PERVE said...
I wouldn't kick her out of bed, except maybe in the morning so she could go and get breakfast.
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1-23-2009 @ 1:21PM
Jason said...
Who bloody cares? People get so offended on the web...
I think anyone can post an article on anything they bloody well please. Post on.
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1-23-2009 @ 1:34PM
Butters said...
@MJL: You are the one that is logging on to blogs just so you can try and embarrass people. I think it is you that should get a life. If you don't like Bob's post then don't read them and the rest of us won't have to listen to your incessant whining.
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1-23-2009 @ 1:59PM
eugene said...
gods no, she has a man face, and not the sort of man face that could potentially make a straight man go gay but the sort of man face that could potentially make a straight woman go gay.
Just say no to the unattractively androgynous.
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1-23-2009 @ 2:20PM
Chadwick said...
Yes.
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1-23-2009 @ 2:51PM
Brent McKee said...
Well let's just say I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers.
And she does have an immense talent.
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1-23-2009 @ 3:32PM
A3K said...
A couple years back a co-worker was looking at a picture of HS in a dress compared to some other actress wearing the same dress. So she asked me if I thought she looked hot in the dress. I told her HS was attractive, but she wasn't hot. She was "Underwriter Pretty" or "Walking around Pretty", but not Hollywood Pretty or hot.
It didn't go over well. This girl is a bit like Kelly and took as a grave insult that someone obviously hotter than her still wasn't considered hot.
Resolved, Hillary Swank is not hot.
BTW, Anne Hathaway is lawyer pretty. Still not hot but Kev would do her.
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1-23-2009 @ 7:46PM
Argus said...
Whaaat? Anne Hathaway is crazy hot. That's not even debateable.
1-23-2009 @ 8:35PM
ac said...
Watch Get Smart (I know its kind of lousy but just to look at her) and you will see she is indeed hot.
Hilary Swank.... not hot, but not ugly. I mean Kelly on The Office looks better than her. I think I would rather have a conversation with Swank though.
1-29-2009 @ 1:37AM
Tom said...
Anne Hathaway is drop dead gorgeous. Like top 5, Audrey Hepburn gorgeous. Funny how a blog about HS can spawn a debate that shouldn't even be debatable. Underwriter pretty and lawyer pretty? I like that but would like to know what the other positions on the scale are.
Hilary Swank is definitely hot. Is she in my top 100? No. Would I kick her out of bed? Hell no. If she were the girl in the cubicle next to me and someone told me she liked me, would I think, Really!? Damn, she's hot! Hell yes.
Would that ever really happen. No
Damn!