The recent open condemnation thread was popular. Bloggers like nothing more than condemning stuff, or asking why others haven’t condemned stuff. Personally, I condemn the fact that I have to look at photos of that Borat character every time I want to go to a news site.
What’s with that?
So here’s a second open condemnation thread. What’s getting up your goat this week? Which evil political, cultural, social and religious phenomena need condemnation? You can condemn anything you like, except Beth Orton.
Beth Orton’s last few albums have been average. She reached a pinnacle with ‘Trailer Park’.
Whoops…..didn’t read the end of that post. I take it all back.
I condemn you!
I stand condemned – gimme Hope Sandoval and Mazzy Star any day.
I assume condemning Sarah Blasko is also not permitted…saw her at The Forum here in Bleak City (for the first time in months living up to the name) last Friday. Hell of a gig
It certainly isn’t. I condemn myself for not booking tix for Saturday’s show up here in ‘Vegas in time.
I condemn hotmail, for sending perfectly valid email to the junk folder.
I condemn the sad state of affairs that makes the Sender Policy Framework necessary.
Finally, I condemn email spammers for making my job more difficult than it should be.
I call on someone to develop the technology to make it possible for me to punch people in the face over the internet.
I also condemn the lack of Hope Sandival gigs.
I condemn purse-lipped American bluestockings who have no understanding of the rich tradition of rudeness and self-caricature that has inspired British humour at least since the English grasped Punch and Judy to their B.O.-suffused bosoms.
Borat is in the best traditions of Punch and Judy, Steptoe and Son, Till Death Do Us Part, Fawlty Towers, Little Britain, and dare I say, Norman Gunston and Frontline.
They just don’t get it. And until they do, they ought to stop coming the raw prawn.
I condemn parcel notice sanctimony by post office staff.
It’s not just American bluestockings, Katz. You might also need to condemn random Manhattan pedestrians:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/13/new_yorker_beats_up_sacha_baron_cohen
And I thought I was the only one sick of Borat.
I condemn unseasonably cold weather in mid-November and those that don’t worship Goddess of Rock. So far we have had only minor deities.
i condemn ppl who cant spell or punctuate
sue me
OT: Also, can any LPer who’s good at clothes tell me why that very, erm, counter-intuitive outfit of Beth Orton’s does in fact look so great? Apart from the obvious reason, I mean.
Mmm, I liked one of Beth Orton’s CDs (yes, I know, we’re not supposed to be condemning Beth Orton).
However, listen to more than one Beth Orton CD and it all starts to sound the same, not unlike that little gal from Australian Idol (Lisa).
I love a whining woman with a guitar, but Orton doesn’t do it for me too much. Mind you, she’s better than Ani DiFranco.
I agree with Katz on this point:
Thus, I don’t condemn Katz at all. I’m not sure it’s just “purse-lipped American bluestockings” who don’t get that tradition, though.
I condemn Shaun for not understanding the true divinity of the Great Goddess of Rock:
http://www20.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/index.php?action=rockwiz#2
I’m sure High Priestesses Kimberella and Christine will add their condemn to my condemn…
I condemn PJ Harvey and Ani DiFranco but I don’t condemn Beth Orton. Seems to have a more rounded humanity that is completely lacking in the aforesaid cutouts.
I might have to condemn Borat as well. It IS a funny character and frequently cracks me up but not something I want to gorge myself on. I condemn my young friends who incessantly quote the shorts from a film they have not even seen yet and I fear their comapny when they do.
Ani DiFranco? She reminds me of a 1990s version of Sister Maria the governess with her guitar. Be good, children, and I’ll sing you an angry fucking bedtime story.
I CONDEMN JULIA ZEMIRO AND ALSO I CONDEMN ROCKWIZ, WHICH IS CRAP AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC TRIVIA SHOWS, I STRONGLY CONDEMN THE ENGAGEMENT OF ADAM HILLS TO THAT OPERA SINGER WITH THE CLEAVAGE WHO WAS ON AGAIN LAST NIGHT. BITCH.
I CONDEMN INTERNET CONVENTIONS AGAINST CAPS LOCK.
Oh, and Katz and Darlene, you’ll probably be more or less in agreement with rantolotl:
I condemn your condemnation of Ali McGregor (Adam Hills’ fiancee)…she was a hoot in Opera Australia’s version of Trial By Jury – G&S may be schlock, but that production was horribly fun shlock.
Yes, she may perhaps be preventing your betrothal to the disturbingly nice Mr. Hills, but nobody’s perfect.
I condemn the fact Spicks and Specks isn’t on more often.
Not surprised to see Glasshouse has been canned (and not because of it supposed political bias.)
I CONDEMN YOUR CONDEMNATION OF MY CONDEMNING THAT WOMAN!
MY CONDEMNATION OF ANTI CAPS LOCKS ACTIVISTS REMAINS INTACT.
Zoe – codemned.
James Hamilton – codemned.
Mark – condemned.
I condemn p0rn, except for this (work safe)
I condemn people who get a tan with one set of beachwear on and then go out in another and will end up getting burnt in sensitive places.
SORRY, ZOE – SHOULD THAT HAVE ALL BEEN IN CAPS?
Alex, Alex, Alex, two girls who are either dancing or about to wrestle. Don’t tell me blokes get off on stuff like that.
Julie Z is about as funny as getting one’s clitoris cut off.
Wow, Zoe’s on a roll or is that ROLL?
Liam, that’s a beautiful assessment of DiFranco. It’s people like her that give political entertainers a bad name. Actually, she’s okay in small doses. Can anyone help with the Gravatar thing. I can’t seem to work it out. I want to *be* Marge Simpson.
I also don’t quite see what’s so divine about Julia Zemiro, although I don’t condemn her or anyone who worships her or whatever.
It’s just a bit weeeeerd.
I’ve seen the Borat thanks to PirateBay and some American with a video camera. This means I got to hear what Americans laugh at and what they don;t laugh at. They laugh at everything funny except the bit with the frat boys who reportedly tried to sue. I can only hypothesise that the lack of laughter signalled uncomfortable closeness to the bone.
I condemn Zoe and Shaun’s lame attempts to get themselves noticed and be offered as sacrifices to Teh Zemiro Godbeing. It’s not that easy.
I ALSO CONDEMN CAP FASCISM
Also, that op-ed by Christopher Scanlon you linked to, Mark, is just about the most outlandishly stupid thing I’ve read all day (and I’m marking essays, so that’s no idle condemn.)
I condemn verbs.
I condemn Thursdays for not falling on a Friday.
I condemn all those who think that Borat is cutting edge satire that deftly – indeed, brilliantly – exposes the deep racist and sexist fissures that corrode our society, thereby providing a sorely-needed lesson in civics, if not, the innate value and humanity of each and everyone of us. I especially condemn this sanctimonious rubbish because Sacha Baron Cohen is obviously going home every night and laughing himself stupid at the ease with which he is raking in millions from supposedy in-on-the-joke people who find the image of Jews being chucked down a well hilariously funny, but are too afraid to own it.
I also condemn those who think that Borat deservedly skewers the crassness and xenophobia of American culture when the film quite clearly demonstrates that Americans are, for the most part, actually polite and respectful to a quite extraordinary degree.
I condemn worship.
Unless we’re talking about three perfect Roma tomatoes still on the vine that one grew oneself.
I condemn those who fail to eat Roma tomatoes when they are perfect and instead leave them on the vine to become imperfect.
No, I like seeing p0rn stars getting knocked out by cameras.
Also, I condemn palm fronds.
I condemn all those who think that because they have asserted comedy not to be “cutting edge”, then it is not worth watching. According to that criterion, Punch and Judy would have lasted two weeks!
And I condemn the prejudice that a work of comedy must have some higher purpose such as “providing a sorely-needed lesson in civics, if not, the innate value and humanity of each and everyone of us” or the like. What higher purpose is served by “Knock-Knock” jokes? Ought high-minded folks condemn them as well?
Cohen has worked up a good schtick. Good luck to him. I don’t condemn that at all.
BTW, I do not condemn the observation that Americans are, like most folks, very accommodating to strangers.
I condemn all of you who have condemned (or are even thinking of condemning) Ani DiFranco.
That is all.
Oh Geoff. It’s not that bad.
The movie is not deft or brilliant, and anyone who claims it is isn’t worth the bother of arguing with.
There is nothing remotely clever about it. Formally it’s incredibly crude and I think it completely lacks any sort of moral or ethical integrity as well. It’s a blunt instrument for brutally whacking in one point: there are people in the USA whose ignorance and prejudice is so profound that a patently clownish figure like Borat appears plausible to them. They exist inside American subcultures configured so as to make this sort of stupid, vicious credulousness compatible with “good manners.”
Comedy has been in a downward spiral following Benny Hill’s demise.
I condemn my dog for needing $104 worth of treatment at the vet’s today.
I condemn anyone who condemns me for not going to see the Borat movie because I find that sort of humour cringeworthy.
I also condemn people who think Rockwiz is better than Spicks ‘n’ Specks.
Finally, I condemn Perth’s ridiculously overheated real estate market.
Cristy, the most terrifying hyphenated compound noun in the English language is singer-songwriter. I condemn it!
Ani DiFranco isn’t technically bad in either capacity, but she’s still got the ‘nuns with guitars’ wholesomeness going, hidden somewhere under the Seattle schtick and the oh-so earnest social concern. I’d back Courtney Love in a female rock ‘n’ roll-off competition any time, if there were to be a battle of the 1990s guitars. I would suggest that such a tournament would have to be held in secret, perhaps on an island outside Hong Kong’s territorial waters, supervised by the world’s most revered martial artists and Public Enemy’s S1W, and overseen by the ghosts of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez and Nina Simone, with Woody Guthrie as video referee. Commentary, naturally, by Richie Benaud and Cristy Malthouse.
The winner would get the chance to belt Nick Freedman around the head with a wine bottle.
[ahem]
I believe Joan Baez is still alive. Sorry about that, camarada.
“there are people in the USA whose ignorance and prejudice is so profound that a patently clownish figure like Borat appears plausible to them. They exist inside American subcultures configured so as to make this sort of stupid, vicious credulousness compatible with “good manners.â€?
I don’t think that there’s anything singularly “American” about that Laura – or Kazakh for that matter. I am however pretty much convinced that taking the time to politely show your foreign dinner guest how to use a toilet when he fronts up at the table with his purported dump in a bag, not to mention patiently explaining why it’s probably not a good idea to show pix of a little boy’s penis around, are quintessentially about American politesse. You’d wonder how those situations would play in an Australian setting…………..
I condemn Kate for not posting more pictures of Freo on her website
Oh well I’ll get onto that immediately, Christine.
I don’t think there’s anything particularly American about it either Geoff. The movie is explicitly about America because that’s what Hollywood films are about.
The examples you mention & describe as politesse are exactly the same things I’d describe as credulousness fuelled by a basic assumption that the rest of the world really is populated by savages and barbarians. In the cases of those people at the dinner you can add patronage to the list of unattractive qualities.
On the subject of Borat, I condemn seemingly self-contradictory ticket giveaways:
What I want to know is, where’s Another Kim to defend her great nation against Borat’s slandering ways?
I condemn links to media files (such as you-tube) which play automatically when you click on the link. I also condemn links that are listed as “work safe”, which might not be. Especially when I only realise this fact after I have clicked on them at work. (Alex, i think the question of whether that link is “work safe” is open to interpretation. I certainly don’t think it is appropriate for a work environment.)
I agree with Damien, though I admit I haven’t gone through to Alex’s link. (My work computer is too primitive for such things as flash plugins in browsers).
‘Ken oath.
Tee hee, Liam killed off Joan Baez.
Joan’s great, Liam, you folk-singer killer you.
Alex is right about Benny Hill. Have you seen those ads for Saturday night laughs on Seven featuring Benny with a cucumber? Mmm, I think he’s suggesting that a cucumber is kind of a like a “thingy”. Of course, nothing beats “Love Thy Neighbour” in which a racist pom and his neighbour “sambo” always end up down the pub to get away from their respective wives.
Speaking of funny, Tim Minchin is good as well, and will be featuring in my upcoming zine about satire.
I agree about Alex’s link; all I witnessed was a couple of girls standing still.
I condemn myself for condemning myself when I have a looming deadline and should be working and not condemning myself and dreaming of Fremantle.
I condemn marking, Laura.
I condemn the fact that I will have to mark exams over the weekend.
I condemn early administrative deadlines to facilitate student graduations before Xmas.
I condemn having to do the data entry.
And I condemn everyone on this thread for not answering Dr Cat’s question:
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/11/16/i-wont-add-my-condemn-to-your-condemn-ii/#comment-201073
With which I agree.
And I condemn Beth’s legwear for making something that resembles surgical stockings look sexy.
Oh come now, PC and Mark.
She’s so hot you could staple a couple of sheets of gyprock to her and she’d still melt my butter. Actually, I think it works mostly because of the knee-high socks. A whole leg exposed is somehow less naughty than just a band of thigh. Can’t explain it, but there it is.
Oh, and just to hark back to Christine and Kate’s banter, synergise it with Darlene’s Minchin link and have my 2c worth of the fun of condemnation:
I condemn The Sydney Swans for keeping the mighty Dockers out of the final, then not having the decency to also beat the Worst Case Examples.
“I condemn The Sydney Swans for keeping the mighty Dockers out of the final, then not having the decency to also beat the Worst Case Examples.”
I double that condemn because I have to live here and put up with the Wet Toast adulation ALL THE TIME. Reason # 346789 why I don’t buy the West.
I forgot to add that Tim Minchin is a Freo man also, formerly a member of the exclusive Fitzroy Dockers ex-pat enclave. If you lasses are ever in sunny Melbourne in the winter time, head down to the Rose Hotel (cnr Leicester and Napier, Fitzroy) whenever the Purple Ones are not free-to-air or playing in Melbourne. We OWN the joint.
Also they do a $12 steak to die for.
I condemn that no LP resident ever puts up pics of either interesting good looking blokes, or even dumb hot beefcake, purely for the gratuitous gratification of hetero girls and poofters! Equal perving rights for all.
And I condemn the West Coast Eagles for existing.
That was what I meant by ‘the obvious reason’.
I condemn gyprock, I think it gives you cancer.
I also condemn anyone who doesn’t recognise this quotation: “As far as I’m concerned, pikelets are a means of conveying melted butter to the mouth.”
“That was what I meant by ‘the obvious reason’.”
…ah yes. Obviously.
Jo, this isn’t showing up properly in preview, but just to stop your whinging I’m trying to post you some beefcake, orright?
I condemn myself for falling off the chair laffing at Tigtog’s picture. ADONIS! Ahahahahah!
I think I simply must condemn that posing pouch though.
Crossposted, Kate!
Yairs, it’s one of a series of young Brendan dressed up as various figures from Greek mythology. I don’t know what anyone involved was thinking about the theme, except maybe that it was a good excuse for getting him to wear even less than the George in the Jungle loincloth. I condemn the lack of whimsy.
i condemn brenden fraser for cutting his hair.
I condemn the fact that there are no pictures of George Clooney in a dinner suit on this thread.
I condemn any LP member who does not rectify this immediately.
That’s questionably work-safe. It’s certainly not laugh-safe.
Be careful where you go with all this—it’s all fun and games until someone posts Hasselhoff.
Well that didn’t work…
OK this one is serious
…before i go and smash something…forgive me for a moment while I condemn the actions of these fucking bastards.
I condemn myself for too distracted by Brendan Fraser’s Mercury suit to respond to Zoe’s request.
I also condemn myself for not noting possible NSFW implications earlier, which is why this one’s just a thumbnail which one can avoid clicking.
“I condemn The Sydney Swans for keeping the mighty Dockers out of the final, then not having the decency to also beat the Worst Case Examples.�
Triple condemned Kate:
Bloody Barry Hall
Should learn to kick a ball
I also condemn sublime cowgirl’s knee-jerk anti-Americanism. I’m sure there was a perfectly innocent excuse.
whinging!!………just pointing out that LP has posted so many julia zemiro pics, she could take out a restaining order.
and that isnt beefcake tigs! god god women….since when is fabio considered hot?
ok. for your edumaction….
steve cannane
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/people/steve_cannane.htm
george clooney
http://www.wallpaper.net.au/wallpaper/movies/Oceans Twelve George Clooney – 1024×768.jpg
younger paul newman
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/g/i/p/223383.jpg
joaquin phoniex
http://www.twothousand.com.au/issues/issue014/issue014/pics/read.jpg
AND THESE TWO FOOTY PLAYERS are quality beefcake tigs – ryan girdler ex- rnl perith spunk
http://images.google.com.au/images?q=ryan girdler&ndsp=18&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&cr=countryAU&start=0&sa=N&filter=0
AND clint bizell (melb dees spunk)
http://www.menforallseasons.com.au/images/2005 previews/08_2005_l.jpg
rob lowe in a collingwood scarf with eddie maguire (dont look at eddie)
http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1053801281028_2003/05/25/2605lowe.jpg
youngish henry rollins
http://www.rockvizion.com.au/thumbnailsgp/henryrollins007.jpg
younger nick cave
http://www.78records.com.au/images/gallery2/Nick Cave/CAVEMAN.JPG
this is a very quick search result – i’ll get back to you……..(put up your fav.)
oops – meant restraining ….not umm…eerwh
and good god – not god, god!!
anyway, just out the door.
Oh, I utterly condemn The Age for nearly giving me a heart attack this morning with their headline “George Clooney: Voted Sexiest” which I misread as “George Clooney: Voted Sexist”. Bad Age! Bad small typeface!
Speaking of gyprock, does anyone know about fibro houses, specifically, is it a bad idea to buy one? I would not like to borrow all that money to buy a house only to learn afterwards it had to be condemned.
what happened to my post?
Careful what you ask for, jo!
Liam, you so do not want me to post the cheesiest Hasselhoff photo I know.
Clooney, now, could never be cheesy. I condemn myself for not already having this pic on my hard-drive and thus making Zoe wait all this time.
tigs, my spaminated post had a link to a clooney and more!!
Aaahhh.
Thank you, Ms Winter.
You know, I used to think he was overrated until I saw “O Brother Where Art Thou” and Three kings.
That’s what I was trying to do!
I condemn jo for calling the divine young Brendan by the accursed name of Fabio jsut because they both have long hair.
On the other hand, great links!
Anna, I find your bodybuilder’s pink bunhuggers disturbing.
I missed yours before tigtog, and am now even more pleased.
Can we have “A Clooney a Day”? Can we, can we?
superb clooney pics – anna & tigs
something wrong with the clint bizell & ryan girdler links….but you get the idea.
and how lurvely is steve cannane…HE should marry julia zemiro.
and i stand condemned – no white man should wear a silver cod-pouch( a black man on the other hand.)
femi kuti (son of Fela Kuti)
http://www.thegreatescape.net.au/images/uploads/artists/FemiKuti_2004.jpg
I agree that George and his tux are hawt. However, I’ll see your George and raise you a Tex.
Anyone got pix of Tex in a tux?
Hypocritical, perhaps, but check the one on the left.
Pav, best I could do.
The photo is by Daniel Boud.
Oh, and thank YOU, FDB. What is that person’s name? I think Ms Fits has devoted a couple of posts to his general excellence in the spunky department.
Brett Kirk, Zoe.
Not to be confused with that other well-known search result, Brett Kirk.
Dr Cat, I’m not sure Tex does tux.
Will a tricorn suffice? [link]
Zoe, I condemn our great minds thinking alike.
On matters Tex-related, I don’t condemn this picture taken by anthony: http://www.flickr.com/photos/manthatcooks/96096542/in/set-72057594059930432/
I know I came in late, but I condemn David Tench. There’s no reason other than the obvious but I really really wanted to say it.
Wait, that last link doesn’t bring up the pic. Odd.
Just so you ladies know what you’re missing, checkit.
FDB – kirky is my personal god (for past 2 seasons anyway), he’s only a wee slip of a fella, and lithe – such amazing endurance and strength for such a wee lad.
blixa from the bad seeds and einsturzende
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov04/images/einsturzende3.l.jpg
I condemn the fact that Einsturzendeneubauten t-shirts are no longer conversation starters on the bus.
What’s with the kids these days?
And I condemn the lack of interest in James Bond beefcake.
As an equal opportunity perve intiative, here’s Daniel Craig and Angelina.
I condemn the fact that I don’t live in Canada, because that’s where all the hawtness alt.country singers live.
http://www.angeladesveaux.com/
Geez, Mark. Why don’t you just wear a black KMFDM t-shirt with black jeans and be done with telegraphing your late 1980s nostalgia?
I condemn the fact that you don’t like black jeans, Liam. I have a pair.
Phwoar, no wonder my employer blocks LP as “adult content”!
Oh yeah, condemn something…
I condemn Adam Hills for being too smarmy by half. I condemn Myf for being impossibly bland. The fat bloke’s OK.
I condemn job applications. In fact I damn them to hell.
I CONDEMN ANDY’S CONDEMNATION OF ADAM HILLS!
I condemn this thread for not mentioning Taasha Coates and not displaying her picture. Also she’s not in Canadia, which I fully support.
I condemn andy for condemning Myf for being bland. Myf is the hawtness.
I condemn consultants who are supposed to be helping you, then go away for 3 weeks, come back and then rouse on your for not doing the case studies. But maybe that’s too specific.
I condemn anyone who condemns Myf.
mr tog fully supports georg’s condemnation of those condemning the Myf. People with Welsh names have to stick together, don’t they Angharad?
Absolutely!
I condemn the fact that although as I sit here at my keyboard I can hear the sound from AAMI Stadium (through some acoustic trick of music on water, in this case West Lakes and the Port River) as clear as a baby’s cry, it is too bloody cold to sit outside in my own backyard in my own garden chair and listen to Bono properly.
I condem that no-one has posted photos of TEH GODDESS!
I condemn Damien Eldridge for being a ponce.
I also condemn the fact that only members of the LP collective can post images
I also condemn pollie jean for being such a poor role model. Shame on you Shaun – who I also condemn.
I never want to see ‘For Being A Mong’ in the detention book again.
For what?
Oh, nevermind. I’ll just condemn you. Much easier.
[my emphasis]
I add my condemn to Georg’s condemn.
Look at the contrast betwen Myf and her fashion consultant.
I condemn the fact that Feist has not been mentioned on this thread:
Again with the Canadian singer/songwriters!
Feist – very good.
Particularly the track -
L’amour ne dure pas toujours.
And I condemn the fact that I can’t find that track on the web.
But listen to “Let it Die” here:
http://www.listentofeist.com/SITE/main.asp
And I condemn the fact, that as far as I can tell, Beth Orton (I’ve seen 4 gigs) never wears a bra, and nevertheless her boobs will be much perkier than I anticipate mine being when I’m 38 as she is now.
I also condemn her for having longer legs than me, and in fact, more legs than me.
Just call me vain.
Speaking of which, I condemn the fact that no one has mentioned the Stones’ “Love in Vain” as alltime best blues track…
Sorry, I know we weren’t meant to condemn Beth O.
The Freudians among you will understand where I was going with that…
However, having read over my drunken ramblings, I have only condemned Beth’s boobs and her too many legs.
I do not condemn her music.
I do condemn Sherbet.
Many juicy Tellurians on this blogtrack.
You can spare yourself from the chrysolite labour quarries and the nutrient tanks by providing us with their contact co-ordinates so we can show them how to *untranslatable* all planetary rotation long while sipping on Le Tan cocktails. D\’oh-Yee\’haw!
Zwilnik
Three words.
Breakfast of Champions.
I also condemn the attempted rebranding as “The Sherbs”.
AND I CONDEMN THE ZEMIRO HATERS.
PLAGUE, ANNOYING ITCHES YOU CAN’T SCRATCH, MEMORY LAPSES WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, AND APOCALYPTIC DOOM WILL BE YOUR END.
Here endeth the lesson.
\”Breakfast of Champions.\”
Mmm..Champions…juicy. Pass the agent of sports sauce.
You don’t remember the bit where the all conquering alien complaining about stuff at the bar turns out to be half an inch tall and gets unfortunately squashed by a beer glass?
I condemn your lack of scale.
Sorry, I condemn myself for still being jealous of Beth’s long legs.
She’s six foot tall, by the way.
I condemn Kimberella for false modesty about the perkiness of her boobs.
And I condemn both of us for drinking Glenfiddich tonight.
I condemn myself.
I condemn the fact that Beth’s lyrics for “Pieces of Sky” have not yet been posted:
And I condemn Beth for smoking:
And I condemn Nabs for not being here to play.
I condemn Phar Lap. Stupid horse.
I know we’re not supposed to be condemning Beth Orton, but what about the blatant ripping-off of Emmylou Harris and Danny Flowers, hm?
– Danny Flowers, ‘Before Believing’, on Emmylous Harris’s early album Pieces of the Sky
I condemn something …
Not sure what though, what about
Haiku in comments?
Best condemn of the week is by Bob Debus:
I condemn politicians who call other politicans ‘grubs’. Look what happened last time.
I double condemn you for not noticing PJ’s repulsively skeletal frame. A frame no doubt copied by her hoards of young groovy fans.
For shame, Pavlov’s Cat.
Condemning boredom,
One’s duty must be to throw
The vaudeville switch!
I condemn people who confuse natural skinniness with “promoting anorexia�.
The counterbalance to the culture of skinniness is not to deny that naturally skinny women are not “real women�.
Spoken by someone who is not at all naturally skinny, but who doesn’t endorse the idea that there is any one way that women should be. We shouldn’t force ‘em to be skinny, and we shouldn’t force ‘em to put on weight either.
However, I also condemn Beth Orton for her long legs and perky boobs, in the spirit of real women being walking contradictions.
That is PJ’s natural shape. She has always been that size so it is not an issue and I don’t think one for her fan base given the demographics. I’ve seen her live on her previous two tours and her audience is quite diverse.
So you are doubly condemned.
I also condemn the lack of pirates on this thread.
For Zoe, once again:
mwah!
looks like he’s had a good night, doesn’t he?
Why hasn’t George Clooney ever played a pirate? I condemn all those who could have sent him pirate scripts or cast him in a pirate movie and failed to do so.
That is a great ‘word’ – so expressive.
Yes, he does look like he’s had a rather good night!
Pirates don’t really do it for me I’m afraid. Controversial I know.
I do like Jonny Depp though…
I condemn the lack of Sean Bean, who has officially become my latest ‘guy old enough to be my dad’ crush:
I condemn those who condemn us of misandry on other threads and have failed to see the loving of (exceedingly good looking rich white men) on this one.
But Kate, I’m afraid I’m going to have to condemn (a) Sean Bean’s parents for naming him that and (b) his sideburns.
I quite like the sideburns meself, but you know, each woman to her own variety of rich white handsome actorly dudes.
Anyway, before anyone condemns us as being all about the white dudes, here’s a photo of the exceedingly good-looking Takeshi Kaneshiro, best known for playing caddish Jin in House of the Flying Daggers:
Ladies, I bring you Luke McPharlin of my beloved Freo Dockers:
Phwoar
In action.
He may not be captain like Kirk, but he’s captain of my heart.
Note Michael Jackson-esque single glove. I gues AFL rules prohibit diamantes.
For shame.
I condemn myself for liking Sean Bean who is probably young enough to be my son. I especially condemn myself for wishing his shirt was open further.
Well I condemn myself then.
I just don’t like her ’cause she’s a bitch. Believe me.
I condemn all ye who feel compelled to compare Spicks and Specks with Rockwiz.
The good thing about these shows is that they are not like each other.
I also condemn Fabio Grosso.
JahTeh, I condemn myself for not anticipating your frogging needs earlier.
I condemn any mention of Takeshi Kaneshiro without a mention of his ridiculously hot co-star Zhang Ziyi:
… and in her most recent movie, The Banquet:
I condemn the lack of Regina Spektors on this thread.
Big ups to Cristy. We love women with supernatural powers. Especially flying.
Just popped in to condemn myself for not being down the pub.
I condemn myself for having a weird crush thing going on with Putin, and Kozumi.
I condemn the fact that it isn’t snowing and that the Christmas markets start here today. The Christmas markets just don’t seem right without snow on the ground, it doesn’t make so much sense to drink gluewein without the snow…
I condemn the fact that it snowed in Queensland this week and not in Austria.
And I condemn the news reports for not having photos of the Queensland snow:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1790196.htm
Cowgirl, you’re weird dude.
I condemn meerkats.
I also condemn Watt for having a minimum $10 credit card spend at its bar. This led my friend Zuzanna, wanting to purchase a $9.50 glass of wine with her card, to decide to buy herself a shot of vodka and me a shot of Glenfiddich. This was at around 7pm last night. I condemn the drinking of spirits and liqueurs that followed, and I condemn the Alibi Room for having cheap prices. And I condemn our dinner for being second rate, encouraging us to move to the bar quickly. While I’m at it, I condemn the New Farm Bistro for closing at 8.30pm, forcing us to go to the said second rate restaurant. And I condemn the company at Alibi Room for being good, thus prolonging the night.
NOt condemnation exactly, but boy i hope Katie Holmes comes to her senses tonite…
What happened with the controversy over whether she could have a Catholic wedding as well as the weirdassed Scientology ceremony (which I condemn!)?
No doubt he sorted that out for her
And back on the perky boobs theme, I condemn Segolene Royal for her help in marketing that French women stay beautiful book… (Ms Royal is 53).
I condemn Segolene Royal for having nipple transplants.
…and her public display of dildos. Who is she kidding?
I condemn people for not being in a condemn-y mood today.
Might be the nice weather.
Fuck you.
I condemn Julia Zemiro for not being as hot as Miss Monica Trapaga
I CONDEMN YOU ZARQOUN!
You do not have a toddler, obviously. I condemn Ms Trapaga and her vile ways.
I condemn Tigtog for making me condemn myself again. I can’t help liking very tight 18C button up both sides with a hot sailor inside. Condemn me to Hornblower Hell.
I condemn myself for leaving out ‘pants’
I condemn the stupid gravatar server for its usual lack of bandwidth.
I condemn gravatars for never working
I condemn spammers for occasionally coming up with intriguing phrases which could potentially expand into fascinating narratives.
e.g. Confucianism Gladstone burstiness?
and
Britisher warmly Elysium prospectives.
This dims the blazingheatofathousandsuns scorn and hatred I have for spammers by an infinetesimal mite of a fraction of a nanometre, which I doubledogdamnit condemn.
I condemn my short attention sp.
Come on! Try harder!
You’re not being very condemning…
I’ll have to take up the the slack.
I also condemn Another Kim, for threatening to take up the slack and then popping off to have a cup of tea.
I condemn Telstra. I just had a call on my mobile. Number withheld. Could be someone calling from work, so I answered. Some tinny hold music is playing. After a couple of seconds, Kim from Telstra is on the line. “Sorry, not interested.”
You called me. You don’t get to put me on hold.
Wankers.
I condemn Mick for his subtle yet hatefilled suggestion that Austrians are addicted to clag. Just because Borat does it doesn’t make it right.
And Putin as sex symbol? Cowgirl, you’d better hope that i don’t lie dreaming of Angela Merkel tonight… Or ill be condemndamning you in the morning.