tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post7904347244717989071..comments2023-12-03T20:07:04.781+11:00Comments on Lexicon Harlot: "Just because it has a pink bathtub, don't spend above your means"Alexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-32173022261873909432008-03-31T21:12:00.000+11:002008-03-31T21:12:00.000+11:00That's an excellent question, Anon. What to call m...That's an excellent question, Anon. What to call my new estate. "Harlot's Rest"?Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-75747395464046206612008-03-31T20:53:00.000+11:002008-03-31T20:53:00.000+11:00Alas, Lucy, my fridge did not come with a certific...Alas, Lucy, my fridge did not come with a certificate of adulthood nor has one arrived subsequently. It did have an awesome box though.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-17474525695711046552008-03-31T14:22:00.000+11:002008-03-31T14:22:00.000+11:00A colleague once suggested that you get the grown-...A colleague once suggested that you get the grown-up certificate when you buy your first new fridge. If that's so I am still a juvenile.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-12683698238474050662008-03-31T12:40:00.000+11:002008-03-31T12:40:00.000+11:00I strongly suspect there will be a push from certa...I strongly suspect there will be a push from certain quarters to make stone-throwing an official competitive sport, thus cultivating an ever-broadening coverage of “within a stone's throw”. After all, it's easier to expand the definition than to a move a train station or tram stop closer to a realtor's point of reference.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your change in status and credit rating!Mr Meanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03239245246604239995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-14730410187684486802008-03-31T10:02:00.000+11:002008-03-31T10:02:00.000+11:00Yes, I realised he probably meant that later, in m...Yes, I realised he probably meant that later, in my dopey, delayed-reaction way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-61251071184005344222008-03-31T08:50:00.000+11:002008-03-31T08:50:00.000+11:00I like the toothbrush purchase analogy. However, i...I like the toothbrush purchase analogy. However, it breaks down at one important point: I have never seen a toothbrush bearing a plaque inscribed "Dunflossin" or similar.<BR/><BR/>Which leads one to enquire: what will you have etched upon the sign outside the new baronial seat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-21329041846491538372008-03-31T08:02:00.000+11:002008-03-31T08:02:00.000+11:00I suspect Doctor Who's compatriot (y'know, the Tim...I suspect Doctor Who's compatriot (y'know, the Timlord, oh ho ho ho) over there meant the Herren bit, but it's just a guess. He could, for instance, be quite mad. Mad, I tell you. MAD. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HA. HA. Ah. Haaaaaa. Oh, Igor, wait until they see, until they see the Doomsday Device I have wrought, BUILT FROM THE VERY STUFF OF NIGHTMARES, IGOR. Let them SHUN ME NOW.<BR/><BR/>Ahem. Sorry. Terrible cough I've picked up. Absolutely ghastly.Martin Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840272238196893071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-37335568158730400992008-03-30T21:08:00.000+11:002008-03-30T21:08:00.000+11:00I'd settle for a house that will make me a nice cu...I'd settle for a house that will make me a nice cup of tea when I'm tired.<BR/><BR/>Do you mean me? Now I have another uncomfortable moment of not getting the joke- twice in one week here! My mother's name is Janette, which I've always liked. My father's name was Dennis, which is not a name of which many are fond, but I like it too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-85863438063776397112008-03-30T19:32:00.000+11:002008-03-30T19:32:00.000+11:00I'm greatly taken with this house=toothbrush equiv...I'm greatly taken with this house=toothbrush equivalence, and would go so far as to theorise that, with the right fittings, paintings, wall coverings, and piping, you could actually use a house in place of a toothbrush. <BR/><BR/>After all, if a house can shelter you and everything you own, give you hot and cold water, gas, and electricity, <I>why can't it clean your teeth?</I>TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-83243789796908297862008-03-30T19:29:00.000+11:002008-03-30T19:29:00.000+11:00Hey, how did you know my mum's name?!??? ;)Hey, how did you know my mum's name?!??? ;)TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-50295749999859809212008-03-30T19:25:00.000+11:002008-03-30T19:25:00.000+11:00No, Baron, it is a big decision and worthy of appl...No, Baron, it is a big decision and worthy of applause. And in Sydney it all depends on how many hours a day one is willing to spend on the train, although hours on the train can vary and sometimes they're quite involuntary.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like they have a very enterprising breed of student down south. That interest rate excuse is an unexpected and a golden one. No doubt it will become more common in coming years. The closest I've ever had was "I have been unable to attend the first month of lectures and tutorials because I was moving house. Do you have transcripts and/or audio recordings of *all* of them?".<BR/><BR/>A juniper officer is always served with berries and seasoned to taste, yes. Although thinking about "The Juniper Tree"...<BR/><BR/>(If Herren Train and Kingsley were to combine their powers, I shudder to think of the fate of the world!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-31289539263547021372008-03-30T18:58:00.000+11:002008-03-30T18:58:00.000+11:00Thanks, folks. I dunno if I really deserve congrat...Thanks, folks. I dunno if I really deserve congratulations. It's just a slightly more complex and expensive variant on buying a new toothbrush. This wouldn't have happened in Sydney, though, that's fur shore. <BR/><BR/>As for the certification of grown-upitude, I had a twenty year old student last year who took to missing tutorials because she had to do an extra day at work in order to accommodate the effects of interest rate rises on her mortgage - and she was a baby - and I was not impressed.<BR/><BR/>Mayan Turquoise is go. Human sacrifices, not sufficient room.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-11456869263336102362008-03-30T18:23:00.000+11:002008-03-30T18:23:00.000+11:00Mmm, delicious juniper officer. Does he come with ...Mmm, delicious juniper officer. Does he come with berries?Martin Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840272238196893071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-43087421619385315972008-03-30T17:37:00.000+11:002008-03-30T17:37:00.000+11:00An admiralisation is something a junipr officer mi...An admiralisation is something a junipr officer might develop for a superior, all too prone to vanish upon the horizon of a Specific Ocean or a Pacific Notion indeed.<BR/><BR/>I imagine the house warming party will be a thing to behold for all Melburnians. And here's <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=kzKiqk2iynY" REL="nofollow">your song</A> for the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-52831511016278104742008-03-30T17:23:00.000+11:002008-03-30T17:23:00.000+11:00"All Admiralisations are dangerous, even this one...."All Admiralisations are dangerous, even this one." - some old fellow.<BR/><BR/>Admiralisations are admirable, especially the sort such as Hornblower who sail on the Specific Ocean, or the Pacific Notion, or whatever it is they call it nowadays. <BR/><BR/>And now I will repeat myself repeating myself repeating myself and offer congratulations yet again. Congratulations without sternutations! Your purchase has second-floored me!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-63451619277804223642008-03-30T15:43:00.000+11:002008-03-30T15:43:00.000+11:00Congratulations. Please let me know if this is ho...Congratulations. Please let me know if this is how one gets the official document that states that on is now a proper grown up. I've always wanted to know when that occurs and how to avoid it.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-72084864188115226752008-03-30T13:53:00.000+11:002008-03-30T13:53:00.000+11:00Oh no, that was more for myself, as I felt it was ...Oh no, that was more for myself, as I felt it was maybe a little inappropriate of me to repeat that story.<BR/><BR/>Admiralisations sound promising though- and they remind me of Hornblower!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-39822228370638301652008-03-30T13:09:00.000+11:002008-03-30T13:09:00.000+11:00Generalisations are good. I like them. They enable...Generalisations are good. I like them. They enable me to make a target and a straw man out of just about anything. Do not take away my generalisations, for I would surely die. Without them, I would have to invent admiralisations and corporalisms, lieutenantites and post-colonelialism.Martin Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840272238196893071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-19220165288986423942008-03-30T12:38:00.000+11:002008-03-30T12:38:00.000+11:00Congratulations! It is a very big and bold step t...Congratulations! It is a very big and bold step to set down one's roots so firmly. Baron indeed!<BR/><BR/>As for real estate agents, my mother once worked at a certain educational institution where real estate agents were trained and there was a big kerfuffle at one point because they swapped notes and realised that they were all sleeping with each other (teachers included). But I do know a woman who is a very nice real estate agent, so one mustn't generalise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492889481663521911.post-74016312710669402752008-03-30T12:10:00.000+11:002008-03-30T12:10:00.000+11:00Hey, congratulations! Well done, on all counts! It...Hey, congratulations! Well done, on all counts! It's not every day that you contract a six-figure debt AND a case of <I>pinkus bathyspheritis</I>. <BR/><BR/>Auctioneers and real estate agents. Hmph. Should you fail in every way that a human being is able to in the single life it has to lead, be it financially, emotionally, mentally, physically (or any combination of the aforementioned) fear not, for you can still become a real estate agent. <BR/><BR/>Tempted to give the green light to the previously tabled Project Paint-One-Entire-Wall-a-Charming-Shade-of-Mayan-Turquoise (human sacrifices optional)?Martin Kingsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12840272238196893071noreply@blogger.com