The ‘Choose Sides’ Giveaway
Saturday, February 10th, 2007 | 147 comments
With all the chatter going on regarding this week’s episode, Phyllis’ Wedding, might the Pam vs. Karen clash of the cuties be coming to a head soon?
The folks over at Choose Sides seem to think so. In fact, they want to give away two “Team Pam” and two “Team Karen” shirts to the OfficeTally readers who can best express their allegiance.
To enter:
Post a comment here indicating who you support (Pam or Karen), and why.
A total of 50 words or less. Grammar, spelling, and word count matter. (Just ask Wendy and Tori.) As always, include a valid email address.
Entries only in the comments area, please, all others will be deleted. And please follow the comment policy.
Deadline:
Post your entry by Monday, Feb. 12th, 11pm PT.
Prizes:
Two “Team Pam” and two “Team Karen” shirts will be awarded, four winners total. The OfficeTally Mod Squad (Sean, Tori, Wendy, and Mosby) and I will choose the winners.
So show your loyalty! ‘Cause we’re giving shirts away to whoever values loyalty the most.
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Playing killer pranks on Dwight,
Discovering Threat Level Midnight.
Imagining killer nanorobots,
Wrapping memories in a teapot.
Ringing phone above ceiling tiles,
Exchanging for-each-other-only smiles.
Making magical coat racks move,
Swaying to an ipod groove.
Eating grilled cheese on the roof,
Jim loves Pam, do you need more proof?
Jam brought me to the Office. After reading a columnist gushing about the infamous kiss, I was compelled to check it out. Jam chemistry created an instant fan. Theirs is not a trifling infatuation but “twue love”, each ready to sacrifice their own happiness for the good of the other.
One word: history. Besides her mom, the only positive constant in Pam’s life is Jim. He stayed late to see if she was okay, he encourages her dreams, and he is only with Karen because he doesn’t think Pam feels the same, and Pam thinks she blew it with Jim.
Jim has to do it for us, all of us, he is the everyman, a hero in not so simple times. I attended school, 7th through 12 grade, with a sweet, perfect, beautiful brunette who played violin like an angel. Alas, I never asked her out….so for crying out loud it has to be Pam, they will go out, they will fall in love for us who never did ask out our “Pam”, they will go out for us, for the Americn dream.
Team Pam:
Pam, a gentle soul yet worried of her place,
Turned to face her past,
Her future clouded, has love passed?
Jim, with an aching heart,
Took it all as a sign,
Yet did he cross the line?
Neither can admit how they feel,
With love, what is real?
Team Karen – no contest! Karen is Jim’s match in intelligence, charisma, and wit. Pam’s completely ordinary, can’t make decisions, and breaks his heart. Whatever magic Pam’s nineties clothes and hairstyle seem to have over Jim, give him the antidote - Karen! Give Pam to Ben Franklin and prom date Roy!
“Give the people what they want.”
Team Pam.
Team Pam.
Because I was a Jim once, and I married my Pam. Karens may be fun but Pams are there through thick and thin, through fake movie script readings and phones in the ceiling, and who we all know Jim really wants to go home with at night.
Question:
Will Jim ever look at Karen the way he amorously gazed at Pam while confessing his love for her?
Negative.
Team Pam.
Oh, I’m definitely a Team Pam crony if only because I’ve been signed up since before there was a Karen. That’s right, legacy over passing fancy. And if you need more, in the boys own words: “when it’s over, you’re really thinking about the girl you really like. The one that broke your heart.”
Team Karen. At least Jim and Karen have something going on outside of the office. Jim and Pam won’t have anything besides their office relationship. Are they going to go home each night and just think of more ways to mess with Dwight? Sometimes it’s all about the chase…
Team Pam.
“Love comes to those who still hope even though they’ve been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they’ve been betrayed, to those who still love even though they’ve been hurt before.”
Pam and Jim have a history. They have both developed a connection where they can almost read each other’s thoughts. While Karen goes well with Jim, she has become controlling of Jim. Pam has always been supportive of Jim, sans the love confession. Plus, Karen is too short for Jim.
Team Karen !! She unlike Pam has never broke Jim’s heart and loves him to death
Jim can trust that his love for her will never be taken for granted like Pam did !!
And they also make you feel happy when you see them together unlike when you feel queezy everytime Jim and Pam are in the same shot
GO KAREN !!
Ouch, when I re-read my post (#125), I had an extra “she” in there. I suck! It should say:
Team Pam! You don’t just get over a love like that. I know Pam denied him, but she was scared. We all know when she told her mom “Yeah, I think I am”, she was talking about being in love with Jim. They clearly make each other happy.
i’ve got to go with team karen on this one. it seems to me that pam already had her chance. also, she at least knows what she wants. pam keeps wavering between the two and that’s not what jim needs right now.
-micah
Team Karen for beauty and brains. There’s nothing wrong if Jim’s girlfriend is strong enough to know she needed to work because of fifteen new accounts, each password protected with a different mythical creature, but still fun enough to sing on stage in front of people. She was so cute.
I am on Team Pam, mostly because I prefer yogurt of the mixed berry variety to salt and vinegar Herr’s potato chips. I mean, really… whose breath is going to smell better at the end of the day?
That’s what I thought.
In my entry i made an accidental spelling mistake(post 87), so i just wanted to fix it:
We were invited into their lives
One with paper, laughter and love
They were best-friends
But we knew there was more
We rooted for them
He took a chance, showed her he cared
But she turned him away
Now they are given another chance
To make things right
Team Pam
EDIT: In post #90 I said twenty-two seconds of silence. So sorry office fans, I know it was twenty-seven. Please forgive me members of Team Pam and the OfficeTally Mod Squad (Sean, Tori, Wendy, and Mosby.) Don’t let that mistake cost me a shirt!