tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post8360637513390835948..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Julianomics -- Dead In The WaterBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-83784943722906267172011-07-09T08:56:01.243+10:002011-07-09T08:56:01.243+10:00"Denmark on the Cotter" ?
It's the M..."Denmark on the Cotter" ?<br />It's the Molonglo.<br />Cheers<br />KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-91610789301133568262011-07-07T09:25:36.268+10:002011-07-07T09:25:36.268+10:00One decent subeditor with a handful of red pencils...One decent subeditor with a handful of red pencils should be able to do the trick.<br /><br />Or maybe they should outsource subbing to India? The standard of writing in Indian English-language papers often leaves the Australian rags for dead.arnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-21931114767731222212011-07-07T09:15:06.630+10:002011-07-07T09:15:06.630+10:00Professor.The lines on the passing of the hapless ...Professor.The lines on the passing of the hapless Ophelia,are as much a work of art as the painting.<br /><br /><br />There on the pendant boughs her crownet weeds<br />Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke,<br />When down her weedy trophies and herself<br />Fell into the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,<br />And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up,<br />Which time she chanted snatches from old lauds, (Hansards)<br />As one incapable of her own distress,<br />Or like a creature native and indued<br />Unto that element. But long it could not be<br />Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,<br />Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay<br />To muddy death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-1424790879693904172011-07-07T08:09:28.731+10:002011-07-07T08:09:28.731+10:00It takes two writers, in the cited article, to wri...It takes two writers, in the cited article, to write this: “the government is expected to reveal its plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new vehicles, which have been simmering on the backburner for almost a year, since Ms Gillard foreshadowed them in last year’s election campaign.<br />“Labor floated a target to reduce average emissions of new cars, sports utility vehicles and light trucks. But its targets were denounced as ‘weak’ by Greens deputy leader Christine Milne, who pledged stronger targets.”<br />Plans, which were foreshadowed, simmer on a back-burner; weak targets float. With such <i>conceited</i> writers, one may well wonder why the newspapers are losing readers.Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012725254441170657noreply@blogger.com