All Embracing But Underwhelming…

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Entries from September 2006

Answers from last week’s quiz (with apologies to Kenneth Horne)

September 25th, 2006 2 Comments

1. The ’sinister’ meaning. Those of you who answered 70/74 need to see a better class of tailor.
2. Not particularly, although one respondent suggested that a certain type of ‘ex-conspiracies’ are always malevolent no matter whether it was a mutual thing or cheating with her sister.
3. Well, someone from Waikato suggested third base, although if [...]

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A conspiracy to believe in

September 21st, 2006 No Comments

There aren’t many things happening today I would label as being properly conspiratorial (where by ‘properly conspiratorial’ I mean ’something like a malevolent, all-embracing conspiracy (theory)) but the Intelligent Design Movement gets my vote in that category. It’s just that when pressed I can’t really condemn it as a great, singular evil but more the [...]

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Unexpected Papal Bull

September 21st, 2006 No Comments

It’s no secret that you’re incompetent at your job. We all are. It doesn’t matter how ‘competence’ is defined; you, like everyone else, are, have and always be, incompetent in what you do.
That is the little secret that keeps society afloat.
I’m not going to float any ideas of relative competence; everyone at some stage is [...]

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