tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post8429000794591409166..comments2023-07-27T21:14:18.975+10:00Comments on The Magpie's Nest...: Cowardy Custard's Last Stand, And Lindy Finally Agrees That The Magpie Has Been Right All AlongUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-45543877601755324482011-04-06T09:58:25.821+10:002011-04-06T09:58:25.821+10:00The only thing that puzzles me about Lindy and her...The only thing that puzzles me about Lindy and her neighbouring sister is...which one is Kath and which one is Kim?<br /><br />All in all, I have seen tennis racqets with a higher IQ than these two combined.<br /><br />I'll wager Billy Bunter-Wallace would rather a six gun to the foot than a blade to the back, a la Kevin.Grumpynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-11822699064260865612011-04-02T13:06:54.463+10:002011-04-02T13:06:54.463+10:00Re tootsies as targets:
The'Pie always underst...Re tootsies as targets:<br />The'Pie always understood that `shooting yourself in the foot' came from the American West, when side arms were universal (nothing's changed really)and accidental discharges (of the gun variety) were fairly common. That is how the widespread custom arose of a six shooter actually carrying just five rounds ... the empty chamber was in the firing position asThe `Pienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-14751483142908313682011-04-02T06:18:56.952+10:002011-04-02T06:18:56.952+10:00All good M, but I must take (gentle) issue with th...All good M, but I must take (gentle) issue with the metaphor of shooting oneself in the foot being akin to an inept or clumsy act. It comes from the trenches of WWI when desperate soldiers deliberately wounded themselves to get away from the front line. Still, perhaps it is just as good a piece if you read cowardice, not clumsiness... and perhaps he would be more effective taking higher aim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1524385416868745098.post-147332803763451642011-04-02T00:12:47.339+10:002011-04-02T00:12:47.339+10:00Luke McIlveen, Ken Robinson, Attila the Hun or the...Luke McIlveen, Ken Robinson, Attila the Hun or the Devil Incarnate..... I couldn't care less! Any of them has to be better than Labor's sock-puppet Gleeson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com