http://crookedtimber.org/2004/03/04/jackboot/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/03/04/jackboot/comment-page-1/#comment-20131 Lawrence Krubner Fri, 05 Mar 2004 17:17:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1184#comment-20131 I liked this one: "<i>Only in the combustible atmosphere Bush has fostered could Gibson's grand guignol version of an anti-Semitic medieval passion play, The Passion of the Christ, become the number one box-office hit.</i>" I reread Orwell's essay and liked as much as I did 10 years ago, but there was no mention of a fascist octopus. Where does that phrase come from? I liked this one: “Only in the combustible atmosphere Bush has fostered could Gibson’s grand guignol version of an anti-Semitic medieval passion play, The Passion of the Christ, become the number one box-office hit.” I reread Orwell’s essay and liked as much as I did 10 years ago, but there was no mention of a fascist octopus. Where does that phrase come from?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/03/04/jackboot/comment-page-1/#comment-20130 Vance Maverick Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:45:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1184#comment-20130 These aren't mixed metaphors -- if anything, they're amusingly <b>un</b>mixed. I do wonder whether the humor is intentional, though. These aren’t mixed metaphors—if anything, they’re amusingly unmixed. I do wonder whether the humor is intentional, though.

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