Comments on: When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd

By: John Greenfield

John Greenfield — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:02:13 +0000

Still waiting for when the “liberal” bit unites with the “Left” bit!

By: Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:23:49 +0000

It seems News Ltd have been “inspired” aka copying the age in an article which tries to Smear Ken West.

http://mith.com.au/wordpress/?page_id=26

By: aquatarkus

aquatarkus — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:17:15 +0000

“It’s political correctness, gone mad.”

Department of Redundancy Department.

By: funkypaws

funkypaws — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:41:37 +0000

And this gem from Kevin Rudd : “It’s political correctness….” (1,2,3 everybody…..)
“GONE MAD!!!”.

He actually said that.

I can understand why the ALP voted him leader. That’s so pithy, I reckon it could become a catchy phrase.

By: Paul Norton

Paul Norton — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:36:21 +0000

Or we could get Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones out for a reunion tour.

They’ll need a touring drummer. I suggest Gina Schock from the Go-Go’s.

By: Paul Norton

Paul Norton — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:34:48 +0000

To enforce this new patriotic theme of the BDO, all bands will be required to perform at least one verse of Advance Australia Fair. The sixth so-called Christian verse (’With Christ our head and cornerstone…’) will earn bonus points.

Well, if I ever get to perform at the BDO with my trusty Fender acoustic twanger, I will arrange for Graham Bird to be issued with a free ticket and a front row spot so I can regale him with Alexandrov’s Soviet/Russian national anthem with the complete original lyrics as approved by Stalin, Zhdanov and Beria.

By: j_p_z

j_p_z — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:20:20 +0000

“airbrushed a la Janis Joplin’s Porsche?”

Well there’s certainly no point to solving mysteries in a van, if the van isn’t airbrushed. The uglier the better. And somebody has to play one of those dinky electric keyboards from the early 70s…

By: Adam Gall

Adam Gall — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:17:55 +0000

I’ve posted on this issue on the Thinking Culture blog at USyd. Check it out and comment on it if you’d like to…

By: Katz

Katz — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:17:43 +0000

OK, you were being cranky, and I was a tad immoderate. Truce?

Mmm. Van, eh?

Are we talking VW Kombi (Microbus), airbrushed a la Janis Joplin’s Porsche?

By: j_p_z

j_p_z — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:24:32 +0000

Katz — yeah, okay. Some of what you’re saying (Beatles, India, huh?) sails straight past my very limited and extremely unoriginal point and lands over in the neighbors’ yard, but that doesn’t matter, since the rest of what you say is good sense. But then I don’t think my argument was “silly” so much as it was “cranky.” (I’ll let you nut out the difference. If you need help, ask!)

anthony — “I’ve found zero most practical.” Well done! Funny, as I was writing that, I thought ‘somebody could very handily pick this phrase up and thwack me over the head with it. Let’s see if anybody does….’ Not only did you pull it off, but in the fewest possible number of words. Pretty neat trick.

I think the three of us should drive around in a van, solving mysteries. Think of the arguments! Think of the lousy ratings!