<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Speaking of Robots, Did Stephen Colbert Rip Us&nbsp;Off?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>We were hoping to make today an all robot-themed day (because 1.11.11 is like binary code, and that&#8217;s like robots, right?), but we weren&#8217;t sure where to take it.  Then we got a tip from Jumped the Snark BFF <a href="http://steveponzo.com/" target="_blank">Steve Ponzo</a> informing us that Stephen Colbert has been tweeting about the Fox Sports Robot, a hardworking machine who has long been the object of our affection.  Is Colbert cribbing from our notes?</p>
<p>Behold, a tweet from our personal account posted over Thanksgiving:</p>
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<p>And a tweet from <a href="http://twitter.com/StephenAtHome?from_source=onebox" target="_blank">Colbert</a> published earlier today:</p>
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<p>Now we take offense to this for a number of reasons.  First, Stephen, buddy, let us have this one.  We don&#8217;t go around trying to get our portrait into the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=video&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CDUQtwIwAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.colbertnation.com%2Fthe-colbert-report-videos%2F147381%2Fjanuary-10-2008%2Fnational-treasure-pt--1&amp;rct=j&amp;q=stephen%20colbert%20smithsonian&amp;ei=t-gsTcmwLc2r8AbTpIG1CQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoJEoBJ_MPgYpsmvPjfshm1TVfEQ&amp;cad=rja" target="_blank">Smithsonian</a>.  Secondly, &#8220;safest job in showbiz?&#8221;  We think not.  Not only did the Robot have to work on Thanksgiving, he also had to punch the clock during the great Blizzard of 2010.  We hardly call that &#8220;safe.&#8221;  And, finally, we object to Colbert&#8217;s tweet purely out of jealousy.  His comment is retweeted by 100+ people, earning the rank of &#8220;Top Tweet,&#8221; and our observation fails to garner a single mention; where&#8217;s the justice in that?  We think our tweet is just as good, <em>if </em>not better.  Don&#8217;t you agree?</p>
<p>Well, Stephen, I think the only way to settle this is to have us on the <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/" target="_blank"><em>Report</em></a>.  We&#8217;ll be waiting for your call.  Let&#8217;s bring on this guy too:</p>
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<p>(and feel free to follow <a href="http://twitter.com/elaborateskeim" target="_blank">Seth on Twitter</a>!)</p>
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