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This might be the most meaningless thread ever.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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’Twas brillig
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I believe the artistic symbolism here is one of a break. A deliberate end and simultaneous reawakening of both meaningless drivel and one quiz at a time. The clear subtext being a sharp chastisement of those who would seek to debase one quiz at a time by constant iteration of a single theme. This is the port forum's Demoiselles D'Avignon moment.
Bravo!
The revisionist approach will of course be to consider it a development of the punctuation motif between Julian and Daniel on apostrophe crimes. I would not respect such opinions.
Bravo!
The revisionist approach will of course be to consider it a development of the punctuation motif between Julian and Daniel on apostrophe crimes. I would not respect such opinions.
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I merely put this down to the mischievous nature of deus ex machina as opposed to some post existentialist twaddle. Or even some form of user error.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Alex: being an inspired creator does not necessarily mean that you a brilliant interpreter.
Indeed, the general technique is to tax the creators, give their loot to academics, who can then witter on about post-Marxist feminist contexualisation.
Indeed, the general technique is to tax the creators, give their loot to academics, who can then witter on about post-Marxist feminist contexualisation.
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I think you've all misunderstood what Owen was saying.
Basically:
Is this a caesura, with the potential to recommence after a drawing of breath, or a full stop, final, black, inevitable, inexorable?
If it is a mere break, is it just a tired, derivative stylistic interruption, or is it genuinely some kind of innovation (as Owen intimates, with Alex as some sort of unwitting Port Savant, like the caveman drawing Scrabble letters out of the bag in the Hitchhiker's Guide)?
And has it been getting bigger? Is it just me or does it seem to be filling more and more of the screen? I mean, I can't see anything else now, just a full stop, the end, The End, nothing else. The bottle is empty.
Basically:
Is this a caesura, with the potential to recommence after a drawing of breath, or a full stop, final, black, inevitable, inexorable?
If it is a mere break, is it just a tired, derivative stylistic interruption, or is it genuinely some kind of innovation (as Owen intimates, with Alex as some sort of unwitting Port Savant, like the caveman drawing Scrabble letters out of the bag in the Hitchhiker's Guide)?
And has it been getting bigger? Is it just me or does it seem to be filling more and more of the screen? I mean, I can't see anything else now, just a full stop, the end, The End, nothing else. The bottle is empty.
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Being both a creator and an academic has its merits. Poacher, meet gamekeeper. Oh I think we've already met.jdaw1 wrote:Indeed, the general technique is to tax the creators, give their loot to academics, who can then witter on about post-Marxist feminist contexualisation.
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AHB wrote:some post existentialist twaddle.
I too should like to give my full backing to 'common sense'. Enough of actually thinking about things.jdaw1 wrote: witter on about post-Marxist feminist contexualisation.
Bit harsh on Alex, still you have to take the reviews you get.djewesbury wrote:If it is a mere break, is it just a tired, derivative stylistic interruption.
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To be fair, it's thinking about things that got us in this mess in the first place. Let's just be, and do. So much more vivifying, so much more now.
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I'm worried that Julian's paper tiger might be about to knock over Alex's straw man. But because they spent their philosophy class flicking snot at the teacher, neither of them will know what to do when it happens.LGTrotter wrote:AHB wrote:some post existentialist twaddle.I too should like to give my full backing to 'common sense'. Enough of actually thinking about things.jdaw1 wrote: witter on about post-Marxist feminist contexualisation.
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Libel. I have never taken a philosophy class.djewesbury wrote:But because they spent their philosophy class flicking snot at the teacher, neither of them will know what to do when it happens.
Mao used the term “paper tiger” to refer to US Imperialism (how tiresome), and, more prophetically, to nuclear weapons.djewesbury wrote:I'm worried that Julian's paper tiger might be about to knock over Alex's straw man.
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But we are Port drinkers. We care about the distant past and distant future. All this “now” business is for the ‘yoof’ of today.djewesbury wrote:so much more now.
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I never said anything about fair.djewesbury wrote:To be fair,
Isn't there another poacher turned gamekeeper from the department of madeupology on this thread?djewesbury wrote:Being both a creator and an academic has its merits. Poacher, meet gamekeeper. Oh I think we've already met.jdaw1 wrote:Indeed, the general technique is to tax the creators, give their loot to academics, who can then witter on about post-Marxist feminist contexualisation.
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Rubbish. Now is simply the distant past and the distant future viewed through a break in the mirror.jdaw1 wrote:But we are Port drinkers. We care about the distant past and distant future. All this “now” business is for the ‘yoof’ of today.djewesbury wrote:so much more now.
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If you'd attended Logic & Reasoning 101 instead of drinking behind the SCR with Alex you'd have been warned away from non-sequiturs.jdaw1 wrote:Libel. I have never taken a philosophy class.djewesbury wrote:But because they spent their philosophy class flicking snot at the teacher, neither of them will know what to do when it happens.
Mao used the term “paper tiger” to refer to US Imperialism (how tiresome), and, more prophetically, to nuclear weapons.djewesbury wrote:I'm worried that Julian's paper tiger might be about to knock over Alex's straw man.
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Couldn't agree more Julian. Will Self was making this point only the other day (not about port though).jdaw1 wrote:But we are Port drinkers. We care about the distant past and distant future. All this “now” business is for the ‘yoof’ of today.djewesbury wrote:so much more now.
- Alex Bridgeman
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I was merely trying to create a visual representation of what a port bottle would look like when reduced to a single dimension. I have now refined my earlier attempt and am pleased with the improvement.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
- Alex Bridgeman
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No it's not. How could you suggest such a thing? I am referring to the prequel to Life of Pi.LGTrotter wrote:You are filthy; this is clearly a representation of 'o' from 'the story of o'.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
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Yeah right, you're dressed as an owl this minute, go on, admit it.AHB wrote:No it's not. How could you suggest such a thing? I am referring to the prequel to Life of Pi.LGTrotter wrote:You are filthy; this is clearly a representation of 'o' from 'the story of o'.
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I think I have been on holiday with AHB at least ten times. I can say with all honesty, I couldn't possibly comment.LGTrotter wrote:Does anyone know if Alex has ever dressed as an owl?LGTrotter wrote:Yeah right, you're dressed as an owl this minute, go on, admit it.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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