Maybe it’s time to found the PTTTTMAA (People That Think There’s Too Many Associations Association) or the SNAWAA (Stop Naming Associations With Acronyms Association)
Jim |
10/11/11 | 7:42 pm
Hi Mike! I have got one for you! That is a really good cause in which we would love your participation. I am a board member of a free clinic in Charlotte, NC that is providing health care to the uninsured and underinsured who cannot get the health care they need. We are doing over 13,000 visits each year and are helping people who would otherwise end up in the ER a lot sicker and more expensive to treat. We are having a rally on October 1st and would like to invite you to come and help us draw a really great support from the community. Are you interested?
My best,
Susan Basini
Susan F Basini |
09/08/11 | 6:08 pm
Don’t worry about it, the fact that you thanked anyone at all for recognizing you and your work is great!
It seems ashame that today’s society is so focused on the prestige of a job and what it’s pay or presitge is when the truth is that it is the little people (the ones that do the menial jobs) that keep the higher jobs going smoothly.
ECO’s and CFO’S and a bunch of others would be real bent out of shape if their work areas and travel facilities and such were not kept up to their standards. And where would todays urbanite and city people be without those that provide food and everyday service utilities to them.
We all need to remember that we don’t make this world go around on our own! That there are a whole lot of others that keep things going and we need to appreciate what they do and how they have to go about doing it! I wouldn’t want to be a road kill pickup person but I sure do appreciate the fact that there is one. And speaking as someone that has done at least some of these dirty jobs, I sure do appreciate and thank all the people that do the jobs on a regular basis.
Maybe we should all have to spend some time doing some of the less savory jobs as most of us think of them, it might teach us some appreciation and respect for those that do! They are not the lesser people! They are the ones willing to do whatever it takes to keep the world ticking over in its day to day way.
Thank you so much for showing us all that, you made it not only enlightening but enjoyable and I miss your weekly show!
Sincerely
Darlene Williman |
07/19/11 | 5:33 pm
Dear Mike,
STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP, honey! With all of the associations, clubs, organizations out there it is no wonder you got swept up in a tidal wave of alphabet soup. A very handsome apology and I am sure it was appreciated.
Love the blue outfit and the big silver bladders are awesome. Since they probably float, will they be re-cycled
during “Shark Week”?
Many thanks for all that you do to raise awareness of the people who accomplish the REAL work in the country, the “Dirty Fingernails Crowd”. Each week your show teaches the values and rewards of a job well done by going into places and situations that most people would hesitate to enter. And that, my friend, takes ‘big ones’ even if they are silver.
CONGRATULATIONS on your award!! Keep up the great work.
Looking forward to a new season of your great shows.
VINTAGE |
07/06/11 | 2:01 pm
Mike, don’t feel bad. I think you did a great job with the “I’m sorry”. Especially with your foot-in-mouth working against you. Still a big number one to us.
maureen |
07/03/11 | 4:18 pm
Mike,
We are all human at least I thought we were , Beautiful speech to the wrong association. It’s good to know you are too. Blue and Silver looks good on you. You are a goof ball.
cherryrn |
07/02/11 | 6:18 am
Well, I thought you looked fabulous. In fact, I would even argue that it’s probably not the mistake that they’ll be remembering for years to come.
Oh, and giving a public apology for an honest mistake? I’d say that was a pretty noble jester…er, gesture.
Lisa |
06/30/11 | 5:09 pm
YES!
Shannon Marie |
06/30/11 | 1:34 am
Mike, you are adorable as a “Professional Fool”. Now, thanks to you, I have this insatiable yearning to have silver, sparkly cow bladders to accessorize my wardrobe.
Talking is what you do best! Congratulations on your win…feel free to thank every critics’ organization that comes to mind.
Karen “beautifulgreeneyes” |
06/29/11 | 7:25 pm
I have to admit – the costume scared me. Congratulations, Mike. You deserve it.
Cyn |
06/29/11 | 7:21 pm
Well, it is nice to see he has gotten over his adversion to parades and parade floats. Just didn’t imagine him doing it quite this way.
Gayle |
06/29/11 | 6:18 pm
Silly me. I thought Mardi Gras was over.
Julie |
06/29/11 | 4:09 pm
I’m sorry…what did you say? I’m easily distracted by shiny, metallic objects….
Gregg
(Yes, THAT Gregg)
Gregg |
06/29/11 | 12:37 pm
It’s kind of like calling your date by the wrong name. Wear a crazy outfit and they won’t notice.
Gayle |
06/29/11 | 9:00 am
Here’s a shovel, Mike. Dig faster.
Dani |
06/29/11 | 7:29 am
Nice outfit and an even better apology, Mike.
Your getup reminded me of The Tick and a Monty Python sketch all rolled into one. Will we be seeing this costume in a very special Dirty Jobs Halloween Special this coming season, with Barsky playing one of the bladders?
Sarah |
06/29/11 | 7:07 am
That outfit! WOW! You kinda resemble (in a much less frightening way) the Lord of Darkness from “Legend”. You could be the Lord of Silver Sparkley Cow Bladders!
Anyhoo, great humble acceptance speech and later apology. (Apparently I’m the only person on the planet who loves acronyms.) Well done.
Off topic inquiry – What’s written on the little pink stickie note located at the bottom left of the first computer monitor? Chinese take-out?
Tracey |
06/29/11 | 5:36 am
I got excited for a minute….thought it was Mardi Gras again.
Tanya |
06/29/11 | 12:42 am
I hate acronyms, too…But, I love Mike Rowe & won’t miss his show… <3
deborah alice |
06/28/11 | 9:50 pm
Dear Mike,
Acronyms aside, I can’t criticize the critical criteria you chose for correctly critiquing the convoluted content in your clever and caring comments to the (wrong) collection of acclaiming critics while clad like a crazy critter. Oh, and congrats!
Cheers,
Whitefang
Whitefang |
06/28/11 | 8:19 pm
I hate acronyms. Anyways, congrats on whatever award you did end up getting. Or didn’t. Whatever.
Laura B |
06/28/11 | 5:09 pm
Nice outfit Mike. Who are you wearing?:D
After that long heartfelt apology I bet they will forgive you Mike.
Congrats again.
~Cyn
Cynthia |
06/28/11 | 4:53 pm
Utterly speechless regarding the first part. There are no words.
Regarding the second part, I’m completely confused. Are there really that many critics out there getting paid to be, well, critical, that they seriously need to form so many different associations? Can’t they just be one huge, happy, critical family? But I can completely understand your misunderstanding. Nice apology. Congrats again, Mike.
Dani V |
06/28/11 | 4:21 pm
Congratulations on your award! You deserve it! Thanks for keeping us entertained! All the best & keep it dirty!
Carol Carlgren |
06/28/11 | 2:39 pm
Well Mike, last month you sent yourself flowers on Mother’s Day. Now this. I think it is time you invested in a personal secretary to keep your chaotic life a little more organized and to avoid these faux pas. I volunteer Meyer.
Kay |
06/28/11 | 2:14 pm
TCA, BTJA, BFCCA, BFF, LOL, TTYL….who wouldn’t be confused? BTW, that was the best winning acceptance/thank you speech I’ve ever seen.
Francesca |
06/28/11 | 2:02 pm
Congrats on the award- whoever it was from – you deserve much more than that one alone for entertaining us as you do. Good jobs – keep it up – we love to see your smiling face. And my husband LOVED it that on After the Catch you brought in a Navy Commander from the USS Chaffee. Thanks. You are the best!
Suzy Weinrich |
06/28/11 | 1:52 pm
BTJA, TCA, BFCA, ABC, QRS, TUV, ACDC…….none of that really matters, you won, and you earned it. They broke the mold when you were made; you are one of a kind Mike and don’t ever change, we love ya just the way you are.
pilgrim101 |
06/28/11 | 12:52 pm
WOW, your not perfect either. Honestly, nobody is…Love the video. It was cute. If they dont accept that apology, then they must be perfect.
Steph |
06/28/11 | 12:52 pm
Jester deciding to leave you a simple minded guffaw Mike Rowe! I love it and congrats.
Who is your tailor? Please do tell!
The bladder it gets the better one feels when it comes to fooling around.
That’s all I got floats, just parade it around a bit.
Love, Lisa
PlantWhisperer |
06/28/11 | 12:32 pm
Well….we all make mistakes. We’re all human. You just have to put your humanity out there for the world to see. I’m sure that if anyone was offended they will eventually get over it.
At any rate, congratulations.
Brutally Honest |
06/28/11 | 12:27 pm
Please, never stop wearing that outfit.
Arlette |
06/28/11 | 11:50 am
It’s a good thing we like listening to you talk. Just sayin’.
Terra
Terra |
06/28/11 | 11:30 am
Totally foolish. And yet so foolhardy to appear unabashedly serene while spouting the wrong acronym. But no fool when realizing the need to apologize. Aha, you play the bladders well. There’s a nice thump to them.
Here’s to more foolishness in the world.
KathyZ. |
06/28/11 | 11:22 am
LOL Awesome Mike! I look forward to more Dirty Jobs, even if you guys sometimes don’t. Always fun and interesting, and even usually educational.
Michael Loftis |
06/28/11 | 11:12 am
Congrats on the award Mike! Bummer about the mistake, but hey…we’re all human! If anyone gets upset, then they better not have never, ever made a single mistake in their life. My kids and I love your show…can’t wait to watch more of it! Keep up the great work!
Carol |
06/28/11 | 11:06 am
First of all congrats on the award. Second of all, none of this would have happened if you just let me ask you the question. I’m just saying. Third of all, nothing gives me more pleasure than to see you dig yourself out of a hole you already dug for yourself. Fourth of all, I’ve got more questions so look out!
Maybe it’s time to found the PTTTTMAA (People That Think There’s Too Many Associations Association) or the SNAWAA (Stop Naming Associations With Acronyms Association)
Hi Mike! I have got one for you! That is a really good cause in which we would love your participation. I am a board member of a free clinic in Charlotte, NC that is providing health care to the uninsured and underinsured who cannot get the health care they need. We are doing over 13,000 visits each year and are helping people who would otherwise end up in the ER a lot sicker and more expensive to treat. We are having a rally on October 1st and would like to invite you to come and help us draw a really great support from the community. Are you interested?
My best,
Susan Basini
Don’t worry about it, the fact that you thanked anyone at all for recognizing you and your work is great!
It seems ashame that today’s society is so focused on the prestige of a job and what it’s pay or presitge is when the truth is that it is the little people (the ones that do the menial jobs) that keep the higher jobs going smoothly.
ECO’s and CFO’S and a bunch of others would be real bent out of shape if their work areas and travel facilities and such were not kept up to their standards. And where would todays urbanite and city people be without those that provide food and everyday service utilities to them.
We all need to remember that we don’t make this world go around on our own! That there are a whole lot of others that keep things going and we need to appreciate what they do and how they have to go about doing it! I wouldn’t want to be a road kill pickup person but I sure do appreciate the fact that there is one. And speaking as someone that has done at least some of these dirty jobs, I sure do appreciate and thank all the people that do the jobs on a regular basis.
Maybe we should all have to spend some time doing some of the less savory jobs as most of us think of them, it might teach us some appreciation and respect for those that do! They are not the lesser people! They are the ones willing to do whatever it takes to keep the world ticking over in its day to day way.
Thank you so much for showing us all that, you made it not only enlightening but enjoyable and I miss your weekly show!
Sincerely
Dear Mike,
STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP, honey! With all of the associations, clubs, organizations out there it is no wonder you got swept up in a tidal wave of alphabet soup. A very handsome apology and I am sure it was appreciated.
Love the blue outfit and the big silver bladders are awesome. Since they probably float, will they be re-cycled
during “Shark Week”?
Many thanks for all that you do to raise awareness of the people who accomplish the REAL work in the country, the “Dirty Fingernails Crowd”. Each week your show teaches the values and rewards of a job well done by going into places and situations that most people would hesitate to enter. And that, my friend, takes ‘big ones’ even if they are silver.
CONGRATULATIONS on your award!! Keep up the great work.
Looking forward to a new season of your great shows.
Mike, don’t feel bad. I think you did a great job with the “I’m sorry”. Especially with your foot-in-mouth working against you. Still a big number one to us.
Mike,
We are all human at least I thought we were , Beautiful speech to the wrong association. It’s good to know you are too. Blue and Silver looks good on you. You are a goof ball.
Well, I thought you looked fabulous. In fact, I would even argue that it’s probably not the mistake that they’ll be remembering for years to come.
Oh, and giving a public apology for an honest mistake? I’d say that was a pretty noble jester…er, gesture.
YES!
Mike, you are adorable as a “Professional Fool”. Now, thanks to you, I have this insatiable yearning to have silver, sparkly cow bladders to accessorize my wardrobe.
Talking is what you do best! Congratulations on your win…feel free to thank every critics’ organization that comes to mind.
I have to admit – the costume scared me. Congratulations, Mike. You deserve it.
Well, it is nice to see he has gotten over his adversion to parades and parade floats. Just didn’t imagine him doing it quite this way.
Silly me. I thought Mardi Gras was over.
I’m sorry…what did you say? I’m easily distracted by shiny, metallic objects….
Gregg
(Yes, THAT Gregg)
It’s kind of like calling your date by the wrong name. Wear a crazy outfit and they won’t notice.
Here’s a shovel, Mike. Dig faster.
Nice outfit and an even better apology, Mike.
Your getup reminded me of The Tick and a Monty Python sketch all rolled into one. Will we be seeing this costume in a very special Dirty Jobs Halloween Special this coming season, with Barsky playing one of the bladders?
That outfit! WOW! You kinda resemble (in a much less frightening way) the Lord of Darkness from “Legend”. You could be the Lord of Silver Sparkley Cow Bladders!
Anyhoo, great humble acceptance speech and later apology. (Apparently I’m the only person on the planet who loves acronyms.) Well done.
Off topic inquiry – What’s written on the little pink stickie note located at the bottom left of the first computer monitor? Chinese take-out?
I got excited for a minute….thought it was Mardi Gras again.
I hate acronyms, too…But, I love Mike Rowe & won’t miss his show… <3
Dear Mike,
Acronyms aside, I can’t criticize the critical criteria you chose for correctly critiquing the convoluted content in your clever and caring comments to the (wrong) collection of acclaiming critics while clad like a crazy critter. Oh, and congrats!
Cheers,
Whitefang
I hate acronyms. Anyways, congrats on whatever award you did end up getting. Or didn’t. Whatever.
Nice outfit Mike. Who are you wearing?:D
After that long heartfelt apology I bet they will forgive you Mike.
Congrats again.
~Cyn
Utterly speechless regarding the first part. There are no words.
Regarding the second part, I’m completely confused. Are there really that many critics out there getting paid to be, well, critical, that they seriously need to form so many different associations? Can’t they just be one huge, happy, critical family? But I can completely understand your misunderstanding. Nice apology. Congrats again, Mike.
Congratulations on your award! You deserve it! Thanks for keeping us entertained! All the best & keep it dirty!
Well Mike, last month you sent yourself flowers on Mother’s Day. Now this. I think it is time you invested in a personal secretary to keep your chaotic life a little more organized and to avoid these faux pas. I volunteer Meyer.
TCA, BTJA, BFCCA, BFF, LOL, TTYL….who wouldn’t be confused? BTW, that was the best winning acceptance/thank you speech I’ve ever seen.
Congrats on the award- whoever it was from – you deserve much more than that one alone for entertaining us as you do. Good jobs – keep it up – we love to see your smiling face. And my husband LOVED it that on After the Catch you brought in a Navy Commander from the USS Chaffee. Thanks. You are the best!
BTJA, TCA, BFCA, ABC, QRS, TUV, ACDC…….none of that really matters, you won, and you earned it. They broke the mold when you were made; you are one of a kind Mike and don’t ever change, we love ya just the way you are.
WOW, your not perfect either. Honestly, nobody is…Love the video. It was cute. If they dont accept that apology, then they must be perfect.
Jester deciding to leave you a simple minded guffaw Mike Rowe! I love it and congrats.
Who is your tailor? Please do tell!
The bladder it gets the better one feels when it comes to fooling around.
That’s all I got floats, just parade it around a bit.
Love, Lisa
Well….we all make mistakes. We’re all human. You just have to put your humanity out there for the world to see. I’m sure that if anyone was offended they will eventually get over it.
At any rate, congratulations.
Please, never stop wearing that outfit.
It’s a good thing we like listening to you talk. Just sayin’.
Terra
Totally foolish. And yet so foolhardy to appear unabashedly serene while spouting the wrong acronym. But no fool when realizing the need to apologize. Aha, you play the bladders well. There’s a nice thump to them.
Here’s to more foolishness in the world.
LOL Awesome Mike! I look forward to more Dirty Jobs, even if you guys sometimes don’t. Always fun and interesting, and even usually educational.
Congrats on the award Mike! Bummer about the mistake, but hey…we’re all human! If anyone gets upset, then they better not have never, ever made a single mistake in their life. My kids and I love your show…can’t wait to watch more of it!
Keep up the great work!
First of all congrats on the award. Second of all, none of this would have happened if you just let me ask you the question. I’m just saying. Third of all, nothing gives me more pleasure than to see you dig yourself out of a hole you already dug for yourself. Fourth of all, I’ve got more questions so look out!
Yours in absurdity,
Meyer
PS Can I borrow that outfit?