tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post4678187797380410255..comments2024-03-29T10:32:31.945+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond delivers a double hunger of Moorice groaning ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62296701006443531202018-04-17T21:07:23.809+10:002018-04-17T21:07:23.809+10:00Better into a wall than into school halls and pink...Better into a wall than into school halls and pink batts, ya reckon, Anony ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-25038622153941134092018-04-17T18:17:19.645+10:002018-04-17T18:17:19.645+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Befuddledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201490489888639207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39982857017510048742018-04-17T16:30:04.353+10:002018-04-17T16:30:04.353+10:00Perhaps someone will point out to Moorice that his...Perhaps someone will point out to Moorice that his perception of the US stock market being overvalued is one of Trump's proudest achievements.<br /><br />On top of that, if indeed global fiscal doom and gloom is upon us, Trump is cutting taxes, increasing military spending and hoping to pour billions into a wall.<br /><br />I can only presume that Moorice is delighted with these developments because that will show the 'elites' that populism works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-4609237931036941392018-04-17T15:51:11.302+10:002018-04-17T15:51:11.302+10:00Some take a wider view than Moorice:
"‘The Wo...Some take a wider view than Moorice:<br />"‘The World in 2018’, hence, is a world that has been unable to find adequate substitutes to the long-term economic boost it received from exploiting fossil energy, and that has merely managed to substitute genuine economic growth with debt accumulation and financial manipulation. It is a world that has been deceiving itself through financial leverage about the essence of its economic growth and progress, and that is still very much in denial about the scale of the consequences of the energy and resources binge this growth and progress have entailed. It is a world that has now left itself just a few decades to stop using the energy sources that underpin its modern economy and even modern civilization – or that risks seeing this modern economy crashing down and modern civilization burn itself to the ground."<br />https://paularbair.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/the-world-in-2018-part-four/<br />(Dame Groan would not approve, Arbair is French!)Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808416744757194189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-42145159651894329042018-04-17T15:27:54.541+10:002018-04-17T15:27:54.541+10:00Moorice: "Memo to Malcolm Turnbull: do not r...Moorice: "<i>Memo to Malcolm Turnbull: do not read this column</i>."<br /><br />You know, Moorice, I don't think Truffles will even read the heading of your column, in fact I doubt he'll ever even see it. What a sad, feckless, lost little cloud-huffer you have become. And you just can't see yourself at all, can you.<br /><br />Dame Groanfull: "...<i>we are told the complaints handling process is <b>perfection</b>, with <b>everybody happy</b></i>."<br /><br />What we were actually told: "...95 per cent of users (...) were <b>satisfied</b> with the service they received; 73 per cent rated it as <b>"very good" or "excellent"</b>."<br /><br />Well I don't know about Groany's understanding of words, but personally, I have never taken 'satisfactory' and 'perfect' as synonyms. Nor have I ever taken '73 per cent' to be a synonym for 'everybody', especially as their evaluation was just "very good" or "excellent", not "perfect". Maybe this is a new English that the Dame is invoking - just for those who are genuinely 'anglo-saxon'.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com