Oh please oh please oh please let this email we were forwarded be true! (We emailed the kid, but he's not talking.)

From: "Shirley M. Tilghman" <smt@Princeton.EDU>
Date: Oct. 16, 2006 5:12:04 PM
To: [redacted]@Princeton.EDU
Subject: RE: Special Favor

Dear [redacted],

I am afraid that this is way BELOW my pay scale.  This is NOT something the president should be weighing in on.

Good luck!

SMT

-----Original Message-----
From: [redacted]@princeton.edu
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 5:09 PM
To: Shirley M Tilghman (smt@Princeton.EDU)
Subject: Special Favor

President Tilghman,

On Mondays and Tuesdays I work for Public Safety's Shuttle and Lockout services.  I live in Little and after work I swim in Dillon before going to dinner.  Earlier today I asked the parking office if they could give me a permit to park in the Little/Edwards parking lot for one hour twice a week, and they said you were the person to talk to.  Will you help me out?  All I need is 530-630pm on Mondays and 830-930pm on  Tuesdays.

I look forward to hearing from you,
thanks,
[redacted] '07

As president of Princeton University, Shirley Tilghman's pay grade probably is above parking-permit requests (especially a clueless, or prank-y, one like this). But still -- how much do you get paid to be this pretentious, yet still have time to answer the email?

Does anyone here own a shotgun? If so, could you get it to us by, say, next Friday?

A reader just forwarded us the following invitation for an upcoming Smirnoff promotional party at the Princeton Club, hosted by the Andover/Abbot Academy of New York. On Friday the 13th. We haven't touched a word, much like we wouldn't touch a grisly rape scene if we worked for CSI.

From Prep to Playa: Smirnoff Tea Partay for Young Alumni

Friday, October 13, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

You've seen the Prep Unit video on You-Tube and now we're going to raise the roof in the Princeton Club. That's right, all you prepsta brothers and sisters, we're having a Tea Partay. Every OP (Original Prepsta) is going to be there getting his swerve on, his dance on, his whale print belt, Nantucket Reds and Topsiders on and most definitely, his ice cold Smirnoff Raw Tea on. We're going to have the Lemon, Peach and Raspberry flavas in effect 'cause that's how we roll. So get ready to raise that Smirnoff Raw Tea, and let's shake some ivy.
 
The cost for Andover alum is $20 per person, cash at the door.  Reservations are required. No walk-ins will be admitted.
RSVP by Wednesday, October 11 to
Wanda Mann '90 wanda@[redacted].com
 
Location: Princeton Club of New York, 15 West 43rd Street
(between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)

We don't enjoy displaying this; it's just our job. And yes, we will happily accept accomplices.

First, you gotta read our post one minute from now on how the vast majority of the comments so far have been just awesome. Some other stuff, though, we want to get after -- hard. A few blogs (see: Deadspin; the Bwog) are known for having hilarious and civil comments sections that make the sites much more entertaining than they ever could have been on their own. Others (see: Internet, the entire) are ugly and festering. This site is young enough to go in either direction. We have a choice to make.

Whoever called a girl we posted about a "total slut" -- why do you think it's cool to be an asshole?  Whoever wrote this tumor -- why do you think it's cool to be an asshole? Theoretically -- theoretically! -- Ivygoers are better than that. Look, we're the biggest fans around of tearing people and things down ... but do it with a cutting remark, not ugliness.

Uh oh, did we just kill the buzz up in here? No! Er ... ahm ... desperate ... Hey, didja get a load of this subway breakdancer from Penn?