tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post9126298051712095078..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: Alimentary, my dear Holmes.Hamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-50986823915390073842012-04-21T18:25:17.144-07:002012-04-21T18:25:17.144-07:00It'll be a while before the church gets a new ...<i>It'll be a while before the church gets a new roof, Vicar.</i><br /><br />Well, the church wouldn't need a new roof if <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5kxUSrYngo" rel="nofollow">some rapscallion would stop lifting the lead</a>.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-83875857243269112132012-04-21T17:47:57.233-07:002012-04-21T17:47:57.233-07:00The trust is a wonderful thing. It enables a lot t...<i>The trust is a wonderful thing. It enables a lot to get done. There are many people whose lives have been improved by the SkyCity Community Trust and are grateful for it.</i><br /><br />Holmes' starting point -- that it is morally OK and indeed desirable for charities to accept money from the gambling industry -- becomes funnier if you go through his rant, replacing every occurrence of "SkyCity Casino" with <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10686580" rel="nofollow">"methamphetamine dealers"</a>.<br /><br />As for the rest of it, Paul Holmes wants his readers to understand that he is a well-connected media insider and mover-&-shaker who can drop terms like "beltway" and "commentariat", who is also in Touch with the Common Man and an expert on the Common Man's apathy about governmental corruption.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-66686125776250640282012-04-21T16:32:25.408-07:002012-04-21T16:32:25.408-07:00Oddly, I got hammered one night and asked that exa...Oddly, I got hammered one night and asked that exact thing of my ex-wife.<br /><br />Alas, apparently I had not been awarded (assigned?) Dominion over her, and she refused and threw a lamp at me...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-68778133135772864762012-04-21T15:16:28.252-07:002012-04-21T15:16:28.252-07:00That is a very empowering sense of freedom with wo...That is a very empowering sense of freedom with words. Adam as cowboy doesn't make sense at all because presumably he had dominion over the animals and could just ask them to do stuff. Like die in a fire. After rolling in cilantro.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-3234915112409104642012-04-21T14:40:40.642-07:002012-04-21T14:40:40.642-07:00Well done wiley, we can but applaud your fortitude...Well done wiley, we can but applaud your fortitude. Indeed the number of cats with curiously elongated tails is one of the side effects from Sky city that is not frequently discussed.Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-5631383392006694282012-04-21T08:58:00.430-07:002012-04-21T08:58:00.430-07:00The REAL ISSUE here is the swinging of cats in cas...The REAL ISSUE here is the swinging of cats in casinos. Sure, people would bet on anything; but the swinging of cats is a step too far and MUST BE STOPPED!!!<br /><br /><i>Perhaps I should not be admitting that I read the whole article.</i>wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234314999465951053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-11731963567968554612012-04-21T08:55:48.193-07:002012-04-21T08:55:48.193-07:00Speaking of alimentary, I thought Beltway was a br...Speaking of alimentary, I thought Beltway was a brew co.<br /><br />http://beltwaybrewco.com/Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608196798907149134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-12872786957828137332012-04-21T08:21:36.650-07:002012-04-21T08:21:36.650-07:00Remember, this is a New Zealander speaking, who us...<i>Remember, this is a New Zealander speaking, who using one of the diagnostic phrases of US political insider discourse...</i><br /><br />And then, perhaps inevitably, he gets it worng. Issues in the US are described as "Inside the Beltway" or "Outside the Beltway" to differentiate real national issues that matter to the electorate from silly or phony minutiae that DC politicians and pundits worry at endlessly.<br /><br />I tend to think that the only "Beltway Issues" would concern the smoothness of the asphalt, the clarity of the lane markings and the viability of the shoulder...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-3265823569980735002012-04-21T08:07:43.257-07:002012-04-21T08:07:43.257-07:00You do have to admit that he's far from I-495,...You do have to admit that he's far from I-495, aka The Beltway, S.C.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-47622271884247607652012-04-21T04:59:54.462-07:002012-04-21T04:59:54.462-07:00It's a beltway issue
Remember, this is a New ...<i>It's a beltway issue</i><br /><br />Remember, this is a New Zealander speaking, who using one of the diagnostic phrases of US political insider discourse in order to argue that he is a Heartland New Zealander and therefore he has never heard of the diagnostic phrases of US political insider discourse.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-31892390552178409032012-04-21T02:31:19.338-07:002012-04-21T02:31:19.338-07:00There are many people whose lives have been improv...<i>There are many people whose lives have been improved by the SkyCity Community Trust <b>and are grateful for it</b>.</i><br /><br />The rest of you non-arse-kissing ingrates can whistle for a roof on your little church.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-39671355167638206042012-04-20T21:50:40.448-07:002012-04-20T21:50:40.448-07:00I think Vader cheapened his image trying to rap. I...I think Vader cheapened his image trying to rap. I mean he's The Man, how can he fight the powa?Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-47223103940679503562012-04-20T21:36:45.383-07:002012-04-20T21:36:45.383-07:00Sky City, Cloud City, where's our kitty?Sky City, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=493ljyoox6o" rel="nofollow">Cloud City</a>, where's our kitty?ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com