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Monday, March 19. 2007

Lord Monckton throws down the gauntlet

He challenges Al Gore to a debate. Bravo to the Viscount. Al would be a fool to agree to it.

It's good to see that neither Viscounts nor gauntlets are entirely obsolete.

On the radio last night, Drudge read the list of questions that he would like to pose to Al. One question that I would like to ask him would be this: If we are simply in a natural cyclical variation, as has happened forever, would it make any difference to him?

Posted by Bird Dog in Politics at 21:44 | Comments (17) | Trackbacks (0)

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The Lord Viscount versus Mr. Recount?
#1 anon on 2007-03-20 00:47 (Reply)
hearty old chap vs hanging old chad
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-03-20 01:59 (Reply)
Question: Hot toddies or hot toadies?
#3 anon on 2007-03-20 09:20 (Reply)
House of Lords vs House of Lards
#4 buddy larsen on 2007-03-20 13:25 (Reply)
Oh, THAT's perfect!

Monckton vs. Mocked tons :(

(I promise to try better)
#5 anon on 2007-03-20 14:08 (Reply)
LOL--can't better that--

The British Aristocracy vs The Priggish Airy Sophistry
#6 buddy larsen on 2007-03-20 14:27 (Reply)
I think the first one, "Viscount vs Recount", takes the blue ribbon--or the blew ribbin'. (groan)
#7 buddy larsen on 2007-03-20 15:14 (Reply)
Moncton the Viscount from Britain
wants a hearing on carbon emittin'

so he challenges Al
who probably shall

demur, since his facts just ain't fittin'
#8 buddy larsen on 2007-03-20 18:52 (Reply)
Thanks for the smiles today, Buddy! You're one heckuva good guy and limerickist, and today I'm feeling like dull Al Gore to your Monckton, when I'd rather be a Viscountess, of course :)

In the morn I'll whip up some verse and a virtual cake for you, OK?

(Loved your aristocracy and airy sophistry, btw.)
#9 anon on 2007-03-20 23:07 (Reply)
How sweet! Can we have carrot electron cake?
#10 buddy larsen on 2007-03-20 23:57 (Reply)
Sure, but your interest in it sounds just a little bit forced. It was going to have icon icing and be enough bytes for everybody... but, no prob, will cook up some verse, instead.
#11 anon on 2007-03-21 00:58 (Reply)
Okay, you caught me--yes, i'm not a cake-head. How on earth did you figger dat out? I swear--chatting with you is like visiting the Oracle at Delphi. Say, what's the market gonna do tomorrow?
:-)
#12 buddy larsen on 2007-03-21 01:10 (Reply)
Well, I swear, too. Sorry if I misread tone. Really I am. You've been genuinely nice, too. But if chatting with me is really like that, then never mind. Saw the movie and am not sure I can still move like she does :(

But thanks for the heads up- I had better get out of Greek and into Texas-speak real soon before moving, right?

The answer is: nothing much and good luck.
#13 anon on 2007-03-21 01:56 (Reply)
ouch--no, anon, I'd love to visit the Oracle--that was meant as a high compliment. No jibe intended. Occurs that maybe sometime this medium misleads. I meant to be jolly, not crabby. That old elbow in the ribs is usually funnier to the elbower than the elbowee--i realize--
#14 buddy larsen on 2007-03-21 02:52 (Reply)
Buddy, re our ado about nothing:

Yesterday was a really bad day on my end and I was tired last night. The perceiving antennae were hopelessly bent when I quickly read #10. Am afraid my explanation is just going to make things worse, but truth is, in the mil and construction circles I’ve run in (for too long, it seems), it’s not often one overhears a straight guy- which you very clearly are- say “how sweet” without being a little sarcastic, unless he’s playing with puppy dogs or cooing at babies. That’s all it was, and I didn’t even think it a big deal if you were having a little fun… Now, I realize you were just being a secure real man and sincerely humoring guy when you said that.

Anyway, therefore, in conclusion, and just to be absolutely clear, I did divine from the gods that you are a fair person who must know I didn’t intend to be assuming or cryptic. You unloaded a bit, and I clearly learned some things, so no hard feelings, yes? Here’s hoping you get to meet real seers from time to time who will help you figger out da futcha markets and football seasons. As for me, I’m going to work on my chatting skills off the screen. Today it’s to be a captive audience of one bromeliad, two cats, three carpenters and four phone calls to the accountant. All the best!
#15 anon on 2007-03-21 12:32 (Reply)
Well, you ARE sweet, anon. I guess that's Louisiana--whenever someone brings food, it's the stock exclamation. Guess it did sound kinda sarcastic, duh. Wasn't, tho. I'd never insult my fellow limerick-lover--
:-D
#16 buddy larsen on 2007-03-21 14:58 (Reply)
There was proposed a debate trans-Atlantic
Pitting algore against a Brit brain gigantic
‘twould be apocalypse pip
versus stiff upper lip
on “warming”, hoping to cool the Yank to mere frantic.
#17 anon on 2007-03-23 18:20 (Reply)

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