Sshhh ... c'mere, but be quiet.
Now, if you look through that great big plate glass window (it might take your eyes a second or two to get used to those bright lights) you'll see a team of highly-skilled Bloctors and Blurgeons carrying out A Very Difficult Operation.
They're in the long, slow process of separating conjoined Blogs.
The blogs in question are the Subject Line Sandbox and the Subject Line Sandpit.
They're joined one at the bottom and the other at the head - very uncomfortable and somewhat unhygienic.
At the bottom of the Subject Line Sandbox Blog, you see, there's always been a category of email headers called "Best Of The Rest". Well, there used to be.
It's now called "As Yet Uncategorized", and the main difference is that there aren't more any sarcastic (and even possibly amusing) one-liners inspired by those subject lines.
And at the head of the Subject Line Sandpit Blog - where it's *always* playtime - you'll find a more concentrated collection of those subject line one-liners.
They should be appearing there more regularly once the Bloctors and Blurgeons finish their Very Difficult Operation, but it could take a little while because there will be Complications.
The Complications involve making sure the website attached to each conjoined Blog remains functional in its intended capacity.
And this involves Content Transplants.
The Subject Line Sandbox website, for example, is due to have all the amusing features removed to create more space for the serious educational stuff there to grow and flourish once more.
The Bloctors and Blurgeons will then insert those features into the Sandpit website and do their best to make sure they won't be rejected.
So far, they've managed to transplant the Spam Museum and, if my eyes don't deceive me, they're currently working on inserting the Gallery of Extraordinary Names.
It's fascinating to watch, so grab a chair, make yourself comfortable and I'll get the butler to bring us some more popcorn and another bucket of Long Island Iced Tea.
Hey - Santa! Two more over here, and easy on the ice this time, OK?
PS - Oh, and if you've got a taste for amusing subject-line-induced idiocy, feel free to click here and download the first in a series of Subject Line Sagas - a tale of greed ... cloning ... bizarre sexual practices and ... er ... bagpipes. It's the only logical way to recycle email subject lines, it's totally free, gratis and there's no cost to yourself. In short, it's "The Bagpipe Saga". Enjoy!
