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2020hindsight said:
gg, you were quoting judd back there ....



lol - Some powerful imagery there -
and Obviously appealing to your political compass as much as (??) your appreciation of the english language ;)

This one is pretty good too (imo) - by ghotib (Pilgrims thread) - appeals to my religious compass as well. :cool:
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It is good 2020, very good. Thanks for the contribution. Any more good leftie sentences or are they all too busy basket weaving, whinging about progress and watching tv to find out what the weather's going to be like.

gg
 
Julia said:
It was the idea of the three of us under one roof, living unexceptional routines and bound to one another by ties of unthinking affection.

Such ordinariness struck me as the very acme of human achievement.
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indeed - subtle and poignant - I like it.
 
This quote posted by ZZdad on the Obama thread. Obviously as a pisstake - or is it? ;) ...

"And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed ...."

(which could be taken to mean wilderness - or marijuana I guess)
 
2020hindsight said:
This quote posted by ZZdad on the Obama thread. Obviously as a pisstake - or is it? ;) ...

"And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed ...."

(which could be taken to mean wilderness - or marijuana I guess)
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"And it came to pass after eight years of the reign of George W Bush that his war on terror is to be upheld by those who would follow him. After success in Iraq, troop numbers were being reduced and others would now increase troop numbers in Afganistan, thus vindicating his war on terrorists".

When the land from the Arabian Desert to the shores of the Great Lakes were saved an old grey haired man appeared. Not blessed in looks but more a Grandad with great wisdom and knowledge. He walked in the path of right and never detoured in his war against evil."
 
2020hindsight said:
This quote posted by ZZdad on the Obama thread. Obviously as a pisstake - or is it? ;) ...

"And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed ...."

(which could be taken to mean wilderness - or marijuana I guess)
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"And it came to pass after eight years of the reign of George W Bush that his war on terror is to be upheld by those who would follow him. After success in Iraq, troop numbers were being reduced and others would now increase troop numbers in Afganistan, thus vindicating his war on terrorists.

When the land from the Arabian Desert to the shores of the Great Lakes were saved an old grey haired man appeared. Not blessed in looks but more a Grandad with great wisdom and knowledge. He walked in the path of right and never detoured in his war against evil."
 
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=332177&postcount=2379

After many weeks I have finally found a sentence to rival wayneL's beauty originally posted.

It is a very Australian sentence, humorous, succinct, delivering its message with small saxon and viking derivated words, finishing as abruptly as it starts. A worthy contender. The author is Smokey68. Well done Smokey.


This is as ugly as a hat full of arseholes.


Following is the context.



According to the Constitution,

All loan establishment fees go to WC
All loan rollover fees go to WC
All penalty interest go to WC

All losses go to the PIF.

This is as ugly as a hat full of arseholes.



gg
 
Moderators rarely post on ASF using good English and irony.

The weight of their responsibility weighs upon their free expression.

This gem came from Timmy.

His co-nightwatchman prawn had changed the name of a new thread from


"Tittie f*****g in NSW Labor to

Sex Acts in NSW Labor

I questioned this and got this beaut repost.


The act itself was merely simulated, as is much of governance here.

Here a lonely moderator like a monk with quill in the dark ages insinuates his humanity through blind algorithms.

What a beauty.

Thus ASF is akin to The Book of Kells. Lonely monks in the ether moderating the storms of comment and record.

gg
 
hey gg
Nathan Rees might have been an ex - garbo

but lol I suspect he has a better appreciation of good english than you do ;)

(PS he also has degrees in English Literature)

my old mans a dustman
 
2020hindsight said:
hey gg
Nathan Rees might have been an ex - garbo

but lol I suspect he has a better appreciation of good english than you do ;)

(PS he also has degrees in English Literature)

my old mans a dustman
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I'm still waiting for Kev07's bloody broadband.

I hear its been put back by 18 months.

Sorry I can't read youtubes.

bloody Labor.

gg
 
BSD said:
Playing the blame game!
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Yes mate, the blame game, I live in Townsville the major military base for Northern Australia, and we still can't get reliable broadband.

Too bloody right I'll play the blame game.

Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne have it on tap.

Too bloody right I'll play the blame game.

Little Kev07 went to the election on improving broadband and like everything else the anal little bugger touches its bound up in studies and inquiries.

Its been delayed by 18 months .

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
Yes mate, the blame game, I live in Townsville the major military base for Northern Australia, and we still can't get reliable broadband.

Too bloody right I'll play the blame game.

Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne have it on tap.

Too bloody right I'll play the blame game.

Little Kev07 went to the election on improving broadband and like everything else the anal little bugger touches its bound up in studies and inquiries.

Its been delayed by 18 months .

gg
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Well I'll add a bit of blame game - whilstever the government is frustrated by an obstructionist senate, (on the simplest of decisions), there wont be any money for any initiatives.
 
2020 said:
Nathan Rees ... ex-garbo ... also has degrees in English Literature
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PS Mind you, he'll need all that English Literature stuff to talk his way out of the mess that he claims to have found NSW to be in . :eek:
 
This time a gem of a paragraph from Calliope.

It starts off slow and leads to a thoughtful crescendo.

"Like the majority of Australians I have complete faith in Kevin Rudd. Those of little faith doubt his ability to achieve his stated goals which are many, however world leaders are continually waiting on Mr Rudd for further guidance on running their affairs.

He is now going to tell them on how to separate greed from capitalism."

Think about it.

gg
 
On the very last day of the competition, after a hiatus of poor english, graphs and youtubes from posters, chops a must has come into the final straight well in the lead with just over 12 hours to go, in a reply to ZackW.



Re: Schapelle Corby - Innocent or Guilty?


She is obviously pathetic at the 'apple bobbing' contests in prison, hence the lack of sentence reductions, so why think she is going to give you anything worthwhile in the sack when she is out?
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Late entry

Whilst referring to Scalpers who make up to a trade every 20 or so seconds,I likened the practice to.

"Traders punching in buy and sell orders like Boxers on ice."

Trembling hand liked the analogy so much he has his own adaptation of the phrase now as his signature.

Have a great 2009 everyone.

Mate of mine Dropped stone dead yesterday from no apparent cause.
Life really is so damned short.

Enjoy EVERY minute

RIP my friend.
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
On the very last day of the competition, after a hiatus of poor english, graphs and youtubes from posters, chops a must has come into the final straight well in the lead with just over 12 hours to go, in a reply to ZackW.



Re: Schapelle Corby - Innocent or Guilty?


She is obviously pathetic at the 'apple bobbing' contests in prison, hence the lack of sentence reductions, so why think she is going to give you anything worthwhile in the sack when she is out?
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Lol.

Glad you liked it GG. :D

I'll have a beer for you tonight. :D
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
One of the attractions of ASF is the good English that is generally written on the forum.

Here is an example from wayneL on post #655 in the Barack 08 thread. It will be hard to beat. It is succinct with a scattering of latinate, french, old english,saxon and norse words, with a nice George Melly original in the middle.

His commas are well placed and he delivers his message with the minimum of fuss.

Ain't English a beaut language.


Thank God some petty left wing, quango inhabiting, humourless jobsworth wasn't there to prosecute him.


Any more examples?

gg
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The above is the winner as adjudged by myself and Prof Joyce from Trieste.

Thank you to all the contributors.

It was a close run thing, Chops and tech/a particularly were close at the finish.

They were all close though.

Contributors were in no particular order

WayneL
Stan 101
Pommiegranite
2020
websman
It’s Snake Pilskin
Rederob
Mobcat
Speewha
Noirua
Kennas
Redsmartie
Julia
Cuttlefish
BSD
Tech/a
Chops_a_must


gg
 
Can we do it again in 2009? Maybe open it up to more languages, for the benefit of our Queensland posters who really only have a view of the world as far as the end of the sugar cane row? Please explain??? ....

Brad
 

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