'One needs a word,' intones Charles Moore, filling space in the Spectator, 'to describe the monotonously chirpy, conventionally iconoclastic, relentlessly informal tone of voice that is typical of the blog. Does the phrase 'blog-standard' already exist? If not, it should.' Good grief! While it's good (and quite surprising) to know that Moore has heard of blogs, one wonders, doesn't one, how many he's read. Clearly not this one, to which none of the above epithets could be applied by any stretch.
(By the way, Moore is a man who, by his own admission, likes to fill his mouth with toothpaste and lie underwater in his bath, foaming lightly. He nearly choked to death doing this once, but survived to tell the tale - in the Spectator of course.)
Friday, September 28, 2007
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...Moore is a man who, by his own admission, likes to fill his mouth with toothpaste and lie underwater in his bath, foaming lightly...
ReplyDeleteSays it all, Nigel.
disambiguation, nige?
ReplyDeleteshould I be worried?
...all the significant ones seem to have perished already.
ReplyDeleteI assume it's this promising young fellow, surprisingly represented only by a stub - and no mention of foaming toothpaste at all.
ReplyDeleteWasn't there a Tory MP who did something similar with an orange, with unfortunate consequences? Someone should remind Mr Moore.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't wish such a stub on anybody - has he not done anything he'd be proud to admit to down the pub?! maybe the toothpaste party piece is all he's got.
ReplyDeleteThe guy actually told people about his autodentalerotic experiences with toothpaste in the bath? This man has had a very sad life. I recommend a hot tub, Dom Perignon, and a significant other to share them with for Mr. M.
ReplyDeleteEton does funny things to a man. Wonder what Dave Cameron gets up to in the bath...
ReplyDeleteJudging by your last paragraph, and his own comments, Mr. Moore has real potential as a blogger and the GoogleAds on it might even earn him one or two quid a month.
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