Comments on: Socialized medicine, and what it leads to http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 06:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dSmith http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-3/#comment-203992 dSmith Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:05:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203992 Has Steyn ever seen Hogarth's" Gin Lane"? Has Steyn ever seen Hogarth’s” Gin Lane”?

]]> By: blah http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-3/#comment-203874 blah Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:09:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203874 You mofos be trippin. Steyn is just taking it old school. That shit is tight! You mofos be trippin. Steyn is just taking it old school. That shit is tight!

]]> By: deerhunter http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-3/#comment-203720 deerhunter Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:59:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203720 Yes, Ajay, by all means we must address the dacoit problem! Yes, Ajay, by all means we must address the dacoit problem!

]]> By: PJ http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-3/#comment-203697 PJ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:41:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203697 I think Americans have a place for that sort of thing, I believe it is called 'college'. I think Americans have a place for that sort of thing, I believe it is called ‘college’.

]]> By: Rod http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203684 Rod Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:41:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203684 Does this mean that most people in the streets of downtown American cities in the evening are completely sober? No knives, no guns, no shags? Does this mean that most people in the streets of downtown American cities in the evening are completely sober? No knives, no guns, no shags?

]]> By: dave heasman http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203641 dave heasman Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:50:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203641 "The OED gives “a (desirable) woman” as one of the definitions of “crumpet”." OK let's lower the tone. It is 1959, and a working class couple are arguing in the street in Romford. "Shut up, bitch, or you'll get a winkle-picker up the crumpet" was the cry of the deferential son of toil in that far-off civilsed era. I guess the OED wasn't there. “The OED gives “a (desirable) woman” as one of the definitions of “crumpet”.”

OK let’s lower the tone. It is 1959, and a working class couple are arguing in the street in Romford.

“Shut up, bitch, or you’ll get a winkle-picker up the crumpet” was the cry of the deferential son of toil in that far-off civilsed era.

I guess the OED wasn’t there.

]]> By: stuart http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203627 stuart Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:13:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203627 I get the impression from the quotes of someone who's only knowledge of Britain is the most extreme rantings of the Daily Mail coupled with a English dictionary of slang dating from the 1970s. Is he supposed to be doing some impression of a Austin Powers style reporter from a right wing rag that has been recently thawed out after several decades? I get the impression from the quotes of someone who’s only knowledge of Britain is the most extreme rantings of the Daily Mail coupled with a English dictionary of slang dating from the 1970s.

Is he supposed to be doing some impression of a Austin Powers style reporter from a right wing rag that has been recently thawed out after several decades?

]]> By: fardels bear http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203620 fardels bear Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:34:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203620 I found 22 hits for "cut of his jib" on google news. So that means that all the "hep cats" are using that phrase nowadays. Its the bee's knees! I found 22 hits for “cut of his jib” on google news. So that means that all the “hep cats” are using that phrase nowadays. Its the bee’s knees!

]]> By: dearieme http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203604 dearieme Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:11:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203604 Don't diss bollards. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/203888/rising_bollards_set_for_a_fall.html Don’t diss bollards.
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/203888/rising_bollards_set_for_a_fall.html

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203603 rea Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:09:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203603 By curious cooincidence, pandagon has a post on bollards, too! http://pandagon.net/2007/07/12/phallic-symbols-parking-posts/ By curious cooincidence, pandagon has a post on bollards, too!

http://pandagon.net/2007/07/12/phallic-symbols-parking-posts/

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203599 engels Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:43:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203599 Well, duh! What-ever! Nat is so totally right. Steyn is a baldwin and his column is, like, bitchin'? Steyn's Britishisms are, like, so totally authentic and to-the-point and rad! Later dates, Joanies! Well, duh! What-ever! Nat is so totally right. Steyn is a baldwin and his column is, like, bitchin’? Steyn’s Britishisms are, like, so totally authentic and to-the-point and rad! Later dates, Joanies!

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203597 rea Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:39:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203597 Who can forget the seminal British punk album, "Never Mind the Bollards"? Only a baying yobboe (a portmanteau word, referring to a yobbo playing an oboe) . . . Who can forget the seminal British punk album, “Never Mind the Bollards”? Only a baying yobboe (a portmanteau word, referring to a yobbo playing an oboe) . . .

]]> By: Chris Bertram http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203595 Chris Bertram Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:39:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203595 OK nw. That's 19 comments out of a 91 comment thread from you. I can do without tedious and obsessive trolls. You're banned. OK nw. That’s 19 comments out of a 91 comment thread from you. I can do without tedious and obsessive trolls. You’re banned.

]]> By: Nat Whilk http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203593 Nat Whilk Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:35:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203593 John Protevi wrote: "<i>So you’re saying he was <strike>ironically</strike> deliberately using British slang in order to <strike>ridicule</strike> make a serious point about the British?</i> I'm saying that his usage of British slang was both ironic and deliberate--unintentional irony isn't too impressive--and that he was making the serious point that the sort of behavior he was describing is ridiculous. Has your mind been expanded? John Protevi wrote: “So you’re saying he was ironically deliberately using British slang in order to ridicule make a serious point about the British?

I’m saying that his usage of British slang was both ironic and deliberate—unintentional irony isn’t too impressive—and that he was making the serious point that the sort of behavior he was describing is ridiculous. Has your mind been expanded?

]]> By: engels http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/comment-page-2/#comment-203592 engels Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:31:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/12/socialized-medicine-and-what-it-leads-to/#comment-203592 <i>Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.</i> Said like a thoroughbred! Well, here's how, partner, it looks like this ole' jig is up! Let's wind up this fuss and light a shuck! Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Said like a thoroughbred! Well, here’s how, partner, it looks like this ole’ jig is up! Let’s wind up this fuss and light a shuck!

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