tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post8809455369237115088..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Thursday Round-UpBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-84396897342148602202009-02-26T15:30:00.000+00:002009-02-26T15:30:00.000+00:00Prescient as ever, a couple of days before seeing ...Prescient as ever, a couple of days before seeing the nomination I browsed some back numbers - aka Selected Articles. For some reason I chose one from each tiny page, so Lomborg, Gray, Tolkien and James it was. I'll do Johnny Cash next no doubt.<BR/><BR/>Whatever the Press Gazette say, immensely helpful. Not that I agree with interview-er or -ee on all, of course, but distillation, clarity and Richard Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005416556432927671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-36003778967089826202009-02-26T13:47:00.000+00:002009-02-26T13:47:00.000+00:00That's a meaningless question if ever there was on...That's a meaningless question if ever there was one. <BR/><BR/>Like saying: sure, King Kong's ok, but take a way the bloody great gorilla and waddaygot?Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-60087377110616248872009-02-26T13:40:00.000+00:002009-02-26T13:40:00.000+00:00Brit, just advised the ST magazine, you are to rep...Brit, just advised the ST magazine, you are to replace AA Gill from effect immediately.<BR/>Re Pulp Fiction, takeaway Uma + twist, waddaygot ?maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46188765491872462782009-02-26T12:25:00.000+00:002009-02-26T12:25:00.000+00:00You're thinking of Paul Newman, Malty. He ate 50 e...You're thinking of Paul Newman, Malty. He ate 50 eggs in Pat Garrett and the Sundance Kid, co-starring David Baddiel, I believe.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-55376333310301923872009-02-26T12:11:00.000+00:002009-02-26T12:11:00.000+00:00Brit, we mustn't forget Heller's contribution to t...Brit, we mustn't forget Heller's contribution to the mayonnaise trade, where would our salad be without him.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-30777878598515757542009-02-26T11:22:00.000+00:002009-02-26T11:22:00.000+00:00QTs next outing will be "Zombie banking bastards"A...QTs next outing will be "Zombie banking bastards"<BR/><BR/>A lone Journalist battles against the establishment to prove bankers are zombies, he is pensioned off to shut him up, but the payments dont arrive so he goes off to his local zRBS with a swords and AK47, where there is a big battle with the Zombie bankers, he gets away and is chased to a restaurant t in Canary wharf where the boss Zombie Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-54834558160386782872009-02-26T10:42:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:42:00.000+00:00Cloppering! Magnificent coinage, Elberry.Cloppering! Magnificent coinage, Elberry.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64212162787260258192009-02-26T10:41:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:41:00.000+00:00Am cloppering and hallooing and braying about the ...Am cloppering and hallooing and braying about the office as i type, my goat skull on and my eyes yellow and evil with the voodoo. i think 'goat dance' is a line from a Joni Mitchell song?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-73170650672331591202009-02-26T10:31:00.001+00:002009-02-26T10:31:00.001+00:00Touch of the Joseph Hellers about Tarantino.Heller...Touch of the Joseph Hellers about Tarantino.<BR/><BR/>Heller's answer to the accusation that he'd never written anything else as good as Catch 22 was "neither has anybody else."<BR/><BR/>For Catch 22 read Pulp Fiction. 'Something Happened' is good in its way, as is Jackie Brown. But thereafter, sadly, rubbish from both.<BR/><BR/>Reservoir Dogs fades a bit with time, I think, but Pulp Fiction justBrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27205683378335371252009-02-26T10:31:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:31:00.000+00:00Every cloud has a wotsit, as they say, if you look...Every cloud has a wotsit, as they say, if you look carefully there's an <A HREF="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02/0224_banker_cars/index.htm?chan=rss_topSlideShows_ssi_5" REL="nofollow">X5</A> in there somewhere.<BR/>Short listing always sounds to me like they want you to do something for them and are just raising your hopes....maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-61747184890835542602009-02-26T10:15:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:15:00.000+00:00heartened by your remarks about QT. A friend of mi...heartened by your remarks about QT. A friend of mine always refers to him as 'Quintin Talentzero'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40544131101218734982009-02-26T09:07:00.000+00:002009-02-26T09:07:00.000+00:00The anger generated by Goodwin and his ilk has for...The anger generated by Goodwin and his ilk has for months had free expression on blogs and elsewhere. What I had hoped for, and what I suppose may arrive quite soon (and already has in some sectors), was a more tangible expression of that anger, which may lead to a more tangible resolution than the volumes of hot air. Do you remember, over thirty years ago, the rantings of Peter Finch in Network,mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-40770573899923954832009-02-26T08:47:00.000+00:002009-02-26T08:47:00.000+00:00Ah. OregonAh. OregonBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-85945588623958943962009-02-26T08:44:00.000+00:002009-02-26T08:44:00.000+00:00Good man, Ian. Strange place, GypsyGood man, Ian. Strange place, GypsyBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19974360167556565592009-02-26T08:24:00.000+00:002009-02-26T08:24:00.000+00:00Ha!Bastard. Tarantino is my Morrissey.Ben Goldacre...Ha!<BR/>Bastard. <BR/>Tarantino is my Morrissey.<BR/>Ben Goldacre needs to look at those figures.<BR/>I think you should win, I don't read anyone else.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70532199286900269222009-02-26T08:16:00.000+00:002009-02-26T08:16:00.000+00:00My daughter calls them *Zombehs* Where we live the...My daughter calls them *Zombehs* <BR/><BR/>Where we live they actually have the local high school combined with the Old Pioneer cemetery. I kid you not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com