Re: See you next Tuesday, stupid.

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Two things.

1. May we please, please, stop using the phrase, "Some would say", and its variants? If not, could we all repeatedly say, broadcast, that it ought to serve as a sign writ in mile-high flaming letters, "I hereby surrender any claim to integrity, thanks"?

2. That word, that word which is to Americans quite beyond the pale, is used as a term almost of affection among certain Brits of my acquaintance. Very odd.


Posted by: slolernr | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 10:33 AM
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Also, you know about this, right? I find the alleged provenance a little improbable, though.


Posted by: slolernr | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 10:39 AM
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Oh man, that was enjoyable. I don't know why I didn't click on the link earlier, but slol's 2. in comment 1 piqued my curiousity, and I was well rewarded.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 10:41 AM
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Has anybody ever discerned an orginal opinion from K-Lo? The other Cornerites are cheerleaders and hacks, of course, but most of them have a few idiosyncracies, a few distinguishing issues they hold dear, an allowable minor disagreement with Standard Policy. But K-Lo? She's like site admin.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 11:19 AM
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Man, this thread was going along great until you killed it J/M.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 12:09 PM
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I dispute that.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 1:10 PM
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See? You did it again!


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 2:20 PM
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No, I think it's you doing it.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 2:36 PM
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Perhaps it's just a reflection of the inherent triviality of the post.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 2:40 PM
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Perhaps it's just a reflection of the inherent triviality of the post.

Yeah, I guess there is that.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 2:44 PM
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No, M/tch is killing it, but with a one comment delay- so it's frustrating to us that he kills comment threads and frustrating to him that he can never get in the last word.


Posted by: mike d | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 3:09 PM
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4: Well, she seems to be in favor of depriving us of the vote. That's, if not original, at least interesting.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 3:49 PM
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I always think of her as having a special scary-Catholic-schoolgirl flair. She's a type familiar to me gone terribly wrong.


Posted by: ac | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 4:03 PM
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No, seriously, I don't care about getting in the last word.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 5:56 PM
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That's fortunate.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 6:35 PM
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Since we've had this problem before.


Posted by: Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 6:48 PM
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4: JM, Kate O'Beirne might be just as bad as--if not worse than--K-Lo.

They're not all hacks and cheerleaders. Richard Brookhiser isn't a cheerleader. I'm not competent enough in history to judge whether he's a hack, but I'm inclined to doubt that he is. (eb--what do you think?) It is, however, true that he doesn't post there as often as some of the others do.


Posted by: Bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 6:59 PM
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O'Beirne should be pelted with eggs, but at least she's written a book. K-Lo, not so much. Even that column LB linked is rank boosterism of her fellow Cornerite's book, veiled in ideological sneering at a TV show.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 7:18 PM
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I don't know much about Brookhiser. I'm kind of interested in his Adams family book, though. Maybe I'll read it this year.

I seem to be the only one here who doesn't read the Corner and doesn't know who posts there.


Posted by: eb | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 9:17 PM
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I seem to be the only one here who doesn't read the Corner and doesn't know who posts there.

No, I also don't and don't.


Posted by: slolernr | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 9:20 PM
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15: Word.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 9:29 PM
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Don't think I can't do to other threads what I did to innocence.


Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 9:35 PM
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Don't think I won't kill and eat you, ben.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-11-06 9:38 PM
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Ben -- the other, other white meat.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-12-06 4:54 AM
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23 gets it exactly right.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-12-06 8:30 AM
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Actually, in 25, "23" s/b "14".

You know, victory doesn't taste nearly so sweet as I had imagined it.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 1:47 PM
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Seldom does.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 1:48 PM
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It's still kind of pleasant though.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 3:09 PM
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But ephemeral.


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 3:19 PM
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27, 29: How the $%*# would you know?


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 5:59 PM
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Apostropher knows, M*tch. And M^tch knows apostropher knows.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 6:05 PM
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When was apostropher ever victorious?

A hero? Yes.

Victorious? I don't think so.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 7:16 PM
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Says the man with nary a legitimate vowel to his name.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 7:31 PM
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Yeah, but you don't have any legitimate punctuation marks in yours. So unvictorious.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-15-06 7:34 PM
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You know, I'm beginning to like this whole Supreme Victor gig.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-16-06 8:44 AM
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You know, gloating is very unbecoming. If you keep it up, those of us who don't actually care might start messing with you, just on general principles.


Posted by: bitchphd | Link to this comment | 05-16-06 10:05 AM
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Well, then you'll be crushed.


Posted by: M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 05-16-06 10:49 AM
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