Posts by Rich Lock
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Max Rose,
might want to comment on the relationship between Poisson distributions and the "it never rains but it pours" effect.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle?
Plenty more fish in the sea, but not when it's raining cats and dogs?
It's raining fish, hallelujah?
Sorry, I'll stop trolling/trawling now, and get me sou'wester. It's an off-topic red herring after all.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Damian Christie,
I take what I assume to be your underlying point that the gloss will be coming off the Govt this term. Honeymoon's over
More that because the honeymoon is over, Key and the Nat front bench aren't going to be able to devote as much of their time and energy to landing easy hits on the leader sitting opposite. And as Ben pointed out, there might be a few other distractions coming down the pipe, too. Which means whoever ends up filling that space on the opposition benches might not necessarily need to be a dirty scarred-up streetfighter - if there's ever a good time for new blood, perhaps it's now?
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
he is as good as George Bush ever was
Please let's not use that as our baseline standard, eh? :)
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Damian Christie,
showed they were up on last time
Well, thanks to the vagaries of the electoral system, the Nacts will only have a slim majority with whatever coalition eventually gets stitched together. I reckon Johnny-boy is going to be under a bit of pressure in and outside the house this time around. So (assuming it's Shearer sitting opposite), it might not be a full-on fire baptism.
I've no strong feelings for either candidate, personally.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Damian Christie,
It's a big call to lead a shattered party against a strong and popular Government
They're not looking as 'strong and popular' as they were last term, tho'.
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Isaac Freeman,
Perhaps you can't control your pupils dilates or the way your tongue unrolls across the floor and sparks come out of your ears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=lVN1Apz45AE
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
so we can enjoy the chaste delights
of entanglement at a discrete distance...spooky
Don't forget strangeness and charm...
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Emma Hart,
So, person A feels attracted to person B because B is displaying attraction to them. But what made B attracted to A? That comes first, it has to.
I suspect that actually it's an incremental layering of small ambiguous interpretable gestures. Was that a look? Did he brush my arm on purpose? Was that double entendre deliberate?There are also immediate 'first sight' reactions, such as pupil dilation, that can't easily be controlled (if at all). They're rarely consciously noticed by the recipient, but the subconscious is all over it like a kid in a sweetshop.
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Economy-related words: double-dip
According to one news-digest I get every morning, the UK is now staring down the barrel of a triple-dip recession.
So, I'll get my nomination in for WotY 2012 now: triple-dip.
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides:…, in reply to Emma Hart,
creating doubt from a position of certainty.
Sun-Tzu said:
Flirting is the greatest affair of existence, the basis of life and death, the Tao to survival or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analysed.
Flirting is the Tao of deception. Display profits to entice them. Create disorder in their minds and take them. Although you are certain, display uncertainty. If they are rested, force them to exert themselves. Attack where they are unprepared.
Flirting: just like warfare in ancient China. Who knew?
Perhaps 'The Art of War' is due for a re-write as one of those daft relationship guides, like 'the rules', or 'the game'. Anyone know a decent publisher?