I was rereading a favourite author of mine last week and found a bit that I had passed over for other funny stuff. This has been a delight for days now. I may never get over the sheer insultibility of it and its delightful picturesqueness. It is one politician going on about another in the Australian Parliament. One MP calls the PM a "useless nong!" I was in kinks. What a word. Think of all the people in our lives over the years that fill that bill. Sheer heaven.
Another epithet rose closer to home in a Globe and Mail article where a reporter was giving out about our PM. The phrase he used was "... the relentless dorkiness of the man." That was another huge delight. The inventiveness of the English language is wonderful especially when applied to politicians. Of course it can also be applied to whomever you wish and with great joy. There are plenty of useless nongs out and about. And dorks. I too have had my moments of dorkiness and nongness but fortunately I am not in the public eye. There, but for the grace of God ... though some of you may have your own opinions on that.
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My favourite Aussie-ism from the book is "I tell ya, he was farting sparks!". I cannot for the life of me figure out what that could possibly mean and I long some day to use it in conversation. Endlessly inventive, them Aussies. And by endlessly inventive I of course mean crude. That's what makes them wonderful. :)
Have you ever eaten days old, home made chicken curry? Then you could understand farting sparks....just saying...
I try not to eat days old, home-made chicken curry for exactly that reason.
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