Comments on: Media hyperbole in a microcosm

By: Jim Bliss

Jim Bliss — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:50:43 +0000

No idea how comments got turned off on that one, Larry. But they should be open now.

By: Larry Teabag

Larry Teabag — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:49:38 +0000

[Can you open the thread on "The Host" post, please? I'm itching to comment...]

By: pmm

pmm — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:03:28 +0000

Next time I fly over Trinity College, I shall know exactly when to vomit :o)

By: john b

john b — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:56:03 +0000

Truly, there’s a Blackadder routine for every occasion:

Percy: You know, they do say that the Infanta’s eyes are more beautiful than the famous Stone of Galveston.
Edmund: Mm! … What?
Percy: The famous Stone of Galveston, My Lord.
Edmund: And what’s that, exactly?
Percy “Well, it’s a famous blue stone, and it comes… from Galveston.”
Blackadder “I see. And what about it?”
Percy “Well, My Lord, the Infanta’s eyes are bluer than it, for a start.”
Blackadder “I see. And have you ever seen this stone?”
Percy “No, not as such, My Lord, but I know a couple of people who have, and they say it’s very very blue indeed.”
Blackadder “And have these people seen the Infanta’s eyes?”
Percy “No, I shouldn’t think so, My Lord.”
Blackadder “And neither have you, presumably.”
Percy “No, My Lord.”
Blackadder “So, what you’re telling me, Percy, is that something you have never seen is slightly less blue than something else you have never seen.”

By: Larry Teabag

Larry Teabag — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:49:20 +0000

The phrasing’s pretty mad too: “The plant is said to be so big it can be seen on Google Earth”

i.e “local legend has it that…”

I mean, they didn’t even check!