A Call To Arms For Awl Supporters
After what seems like an eternity of brutal suppression at the hands of an authoritarian oligarchy which shows no concern for the wishes of the people, the vast majority is rising up to say, in one clear and resounding voice, that the denial of their dreams will be tolerated no more. If you too tire of being beaten down and subjected to the scorn of those who would dismiss your desires, join the very important movement demanding that this website feature a picture of an actual awl on it. If we all stick together there is no way they can continue to keep us under their harsh boot. (Or, in this case, stylish sneaker.) Go and let your voice be heard. Let it reverberate so loudly that even the most unwilling ear will have no choice but to bend. Let the world know that no longer will you come to a homepage that lacks a visual representation of its titular tool. Shout it out from every corner of the Internet: LET THERE BE AWL.
EGYPT SUPPORTS YOU!
I ate a pizza for them. (Wait … did I do that wrong? I KEEP EATING PIZZA BUT NO ONE'S GETTING ANY FREER!)
Awl for one, and one for Awl
You said "titular tool."
It was early in the day.
I can't write on the "page" for this, so who's the real oppressive tyrant?
you must "like" the page. zuckerberg is the tyrant in faceland.
If this happens, this will be quite a notch in you belt, Balk.
More of a punch I'd say.
Is this a play on the fact that "awls" are typically used to make notches in belts?
Yes. Expect to see an awl in the Leathercraft News logo.
Cho is playing coy. He knew it was a play on words the hole time.
@SenorCho: I think you're going to buckle under this pressure.
I dunno, stc. I think he can handle it. He seems like a strapping young man.
I think he's just holding up the whole thing.
@SenorCho: Please don't suspender us for this tomfoolery.
Yeah, if Balk is in charge of this, it's going to be a cinch.
@David Cho: I am not sure either I wish someone would explain this to me with an image macro.
@STC, he doesn't have any slacks. You've belted him into a corner.
It'll add another dimension to poking people, certainly.
i'm starting a sit in protest. i'll be right here if you need me.
Cho is just like Mubarak and Kaddafi.
Where's cherrispryte with the Hitler mustaches?
If this becomes the thing I am known for on the internet, I will be sad.
Sorry, dear. Cat macro?
Dammit I knew someone would get to that before me.
I'D CLICK SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THIS BUT I'M TOO BUSY WASTING MY LIFE MAKING IMAGE MACROS OF THE LEAD SINGER OF A NOTORIOUS GENERATION-X BAND RUINING THINGS.
^^^^^^^^ THIS TOO PLZ
PS: Also weather thingy.
While we're making ransom requests: NEWSLETTER.
What are we ransoming?
@gumplr: Well… we haven't hazed Carrie yet!
Conspiratorial whisper: we'll make her lemon squares, except we'll food process the coarse meal on Crush instead of Pulse, add the lemon filling without allowing the crust to cool completely, and also there will inevitably be some cat hairs.
Make it Cat hairs and you're on. Love the way you think. Over and out, ten four, hut hut.
God this is exciting. Vive la Revolution! Our leather shall not be unpierced!
And in one short set of key-strokes you have created my life quote. If only you'd been around when I used a Phish quote for my high school yearbook. I looked AWL-ful with long hair.
Astro. Turf. I believe one (or more) of The Awl editors has started this movement to deflect attention from his well-known dependence on pain-killers and mercenaries.
Not to mention Amazonian guards and the occasional voluptuous Ukrainian nurse.
I'm, um, awl in.
please god let the next move involve sending Choire a bloody package containing Cat's disembodied ear.
Disagree. This would be the design equivalent of velcro shoes: a see'n'say for the imagination-challenged.
Shhh. Don't tell anyone, but I agree.
Depends how they do it. Not the advertisers (Read Cho's CIA masters) would like it, but I think just an awl picture. No words in the masthead. Then we can create memes using just the picture of the awl.
Maybe the dot pattern in the header could be tiny awls? That might be a little too much though.
Tattooed on Gutty?
Can I just Paypal you some money so you can deliver non-Dixie cups and boxes of big magnum markers to the protestors? Awesome, thanks.
Magnum…markers?
That's what she said.
<3 (Sorry I'm late– brain got stuck on "stylish sneaker.")
Where's the donation link?
I love you, Shoulder Balk.
A long time ago, someone here noted that THE AWL is an anagram for WEALTH and that still blows my mind.
(But I am a simple man.)
Haha! I thought that was me.
You!
Oh for Christ's sake, let the man have his damn logo image. He asks for so little…
HONESTLY. (Though there's a little part of me that thinks he might feel bereft without this indignity to natter on about. "My awl, I must have my awl! I'm an artiste! They don't understand me! I'm so tortured! Ooh Combos? Yes please!")
You don't understand!! If he gets an awl today it'll be Shariah Law,with hallucinogenic "Osama" Brand Kool-Aid tomorrow.
And I now have "My Shariah" playing in my head. There goes the afternoon.
And I really want some Combos.
Let's rename it the owl instead, because owls=wise=be less stupid, and then I'd be able to tell people what the name means. But then let's put up an image of a hawk, just to mess with people.
No one respects a website that uses lime green boxes, least of all me. And why call yourself a bird anyway? What does that have to do with the Internetz?
I know man. Fuck squares.
You make a good point, Alex!
A piercing one, at that.
And ironically, it isn't boring!
It's boring from within.
Hand me down my peg, my peg, my peg, my awl.
Forgive me, but isn't this a little androcentric? Let's focus on the real question: Where is the image of a hairpin on The Hairpin?
At the top of the homepage in the logo?
Whoops, I thought that was a lightcycle from Tron
Awl's fair in love and war.
My Awl? My Awl Needs A Logo But I'm Also Scared About My Awl.
Союз нерушимый республик свободных
Сплотила навеки Великая шило!
Да здравствует созданный волей народов
Единый, могучий шило.рф!
"First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist … aAND THEN THEY CAME FOR US AWL!"
NO BLOOD FOR AWL
Populism, literalism, literacy.
Strange, I use the AWL to raise cane.
i'm gonna need some coffee and a fresh cravat.
I came here looking for a "That's not my arm" joke. That's just the kind of immature ass I
amwas? But reading about Alex rising up, unwilling to allow the denial of his dreams and desires, wanting to stick together and letting our voices be heard, reverberate so loudly that the world, and every corner of the Internet can hear, has re-awakened the sans culottesin me! YES! YES! YES WE CAN!please send pizza…or combos.