Comments on: Nominees for the Fascist Octopus Award http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Misternicguy1960 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222747 Misternicguy1960 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:11:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222747 Oh, Shelby, that's just nasty. The image of that poor girl sufering the acute discomfort of inserting a large, rough, lumpy potato -- a hot one, no less -- into precincts where no vegetable has any business being (or if you must, surely a zucchini would be better), is quite distressing. Shame on you for conjuring it. I may have developed a new fetish, and if I have, I'll be billing you for the psychiatrist and call girl expenses. Oh, Shelby, that’s just nasty. The image of that poor girl sufering the acute discomfort of inserting a large, rough, lumpy potato—a hot one, no less—into precincts where no vegetable has any business being (or if you must, surely a zucchini would be better), is quite distressing. Shame on you for conjuring it. I may have developed a new fetish, and if I have, I’ll be billing you for the psychiatrist and call girl expenses.

]]> By: Shelby http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222726 Shelby Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:01:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222726 <i>“How could this have happened?”</i> The power of ethereal hot potatoes passeth all understanding. “How could this have happened?”

The power of ethereal hot potatoes passeth all understanding.

]]> By: Steve Kyle http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222629 Steve Kyle Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:49:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222629 Well this may be a bit off the topic but not entirely - My favorite question of the year was in response to news that Britney Spears' 16 year old sister is pregnant: "How could this have happened?" Anyone care to hazard a guess? Well this may be a bit off the topic but not entirely – My favorite question of the year was in response to news that Britney Spears’ 16 year old sister is pregnant:

“How could this have happened?”

Anyone care to hazard a guess?

]]> By: rea http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222598 rea Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:13:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222598 <i>Any other nominations for the most hilariously mangled metaphors and bad political writing of 2007?</i> Mitt Romney, tying to explain his claim that he saw his father march with Martin Luther King: <i>You know, I’m an English literature major as well. When we say, ‘I saw the Patriots win the World Series,' it doesn’t necessarily mean you were there</i> Any other nominations for the most hilariously mangled metaphors and bad political writing of 2007?

Mitt Romney, tying to explain his claim that he saw his father march with Martin Luther King:

You know, I’m an English literature major as well. When we say, ‘I saw the Patriots win the World Series,’ it doesn’t necessarily mean you were there

]]> By: nnyhav http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222587 nnyhav Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:17:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222587 Probably has something to do with whirled peas. Turning and turning in the widening gyre The whisker cannot hear the whiskerer; Things mash together; the starches cannot hold; More brown gravy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The vegetables of innocence are drowned; The best lack all nutrition, while the worst Are full of flatulent intensity. Probably has something to do with whirled peas.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The whisker cannot hear the whiskerer;
Things mash together; the starches cannot hold;
More brown gravy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The vegetables of innocence are drowned;
The best lack all nutrition, while the worst
Are full of flatulent intensity.

]]> By: Dan Kervick http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222585 Dan Kervick Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:01:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222585 Following up on JP Stormcrow, maybe the negative results from attempts to detect the aether wind experimentally all come down to the failure to use measuring devices made out of spuds. Following up on JP Stormcrow, maybe the negative results from attempts to detect the aether wind experimentally all come down to the failure to use measuring devices made out of spuds.

]]> By: JP Stormcrow http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222561 JP Stormcrow Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:00:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222561 I thought it would be easy to come up with competition, but am striking out. Closest I have is another one by Halperin on Hillary Clinton at her "bad" debate. <blockquote>"She fell off the tough-shrill balance beam onto the 'shrill' side -- with a THUD,"</blockquote> Maybe he should have had her fall off with a screech (or a cackle at least). It succinctly encapsulates the kind of lame-ass narrative associated with Halperinian Horseracism. I thought it would be easy to come up with competition, but am striking out. Closest I have is another one by Halperin on Hillary Clinton at her “bad” debate.

“She fell off the tough-shrill balance beam onto the ‘shrill’ side—with a THUD,”

Maybe he should have had her fall off with a screech (or a cackle at least). It succinctly encapsulates the kind of lame-ass narrative associated with Halperinian Horseracism.

]]> By: JP Stormcrow http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222542 JP Stormcrow Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:34:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222542 Michelson and Morley wept. Michelson and Morley wept.

]]> By: Delicious Pundit http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222527 Delicious Pundit Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:02:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222527 Why hasn't he touched the hot potatoes? Because once burned, cut twice. Obviously. Why hasn’t he touched the hot potatoes? Because once burned, cut twice. Obviously.

]]> By: Down and Out of Sài Gòn http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222526 Down and Out of Sài Gòn Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:01:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222526 I don't know if you would want really hot potatoes swirling in the ether. Ether's pretty flammable. I don’t know if you would want really hot potatoes swirling in the ether. Ether’s pretty flammable.

]]> By: lemuel pitkin http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222522 lemuel pitkin Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:16:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222522 <i>I like the idea of highlighting hot potatoes (as they swirl past). I’m not sure whether one would use a yellow marker or hairdye, though.</i> Someone should come with a Flash game based on this. It would surely amuse Eszter. I like the idea of highlighting hot potatoes (as they swirl past). I’m not sure whether one would use a yellow marker or hairdye, though.

Someone should come with a Flash game based on this. It would surely amuse Eszter.

]]> By: Hattie http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222520 Hattie Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:08:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222520 These are virtual potatoes. Pundits eat them. These are virtual potatoes. Pundits eat them.

]]> By: john in california http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222518 john in california Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:55:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222518 He was only mixaphoricly speaking! He was only mixaphoricly speaking!

]]> By: jim http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222511 jim Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:52:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222511 Actually, I like the idea of highlighting hot potatoes (as they swirl past). I'm not sure whether one would use a yellow marker or hairdye, though. Actually, I like the idea of highlighting hot potatoes (as they swirl past). I’m not sure whether one would use a yellow marker or hairdye, though.

]]> By: JakeB http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/comment-page-1/#comment-222509 JakeB Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:15:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/20/nominees-for-the-fascist-octopus-award/#comment-222509 elbujo-- You're referring to Mark Helprin. What's funny is that Helprin might actually write about hot potatoes swirling in the ether, but he'd be pretty clearly playing with the metaphor to see just how weird and absurd he could make it. elbujo—You’re referring to Mark Helprin.
What’s funny is that Helprin might actually write about hot potatoes swirling in the ether, but he’d be pretty clearly playing with the metaphor to see just how weird and absurd he could make it.

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