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June 17, 2009, 12:20
arnieWin a copy of Britannia in Brief!
M Lynne Murphy's blog,
Separated by a common language is running a competition;
see here quote:
Your task, should you choose to compete, is to write a (preferably humorous) limerick illustrating a US/UK cultural misunderstanding. Make your submission to the comments section. (Make them clean-ish, please.)
How about it, Wordcraft limericists?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 17, 2009, 12:32
<Proofreader>I can't write "cleanish."
June 18, 2009, 20:54
<Asa Lovejoy>"In brief?" You mean only in your knickers?
June 19, 2009, 00:35
Richard EnglishWell I think I've posted one. Sadly the mechanism for doing so seems very unclear - I don't have a google account (whatever that might be) and the rest of the terms used I don't even understand!
Richard English
June 19, 2009, 03:43
arnieRichard,
Your comment hasn't appeared yet, but that may be because comments are moderated and it will appear later. If you don't have a Google or Blogger account there's no field for your email address so Lynn won't be able to contact you if you win. In such circumstances she wants you to email her:
lynneguist@gmail.com.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 19, 2009, 04:56
Richard EnglishI wrote to Lynne and she has suggested I post anonymously and show my name on the posting. The bad news is that I copied the limerick to the Windows clipboard and then forgot and copies something else - and overwrote my limerick. I have been told that it is possible to copy multiple items to the Windows clipboard - but I've never been able to make that facility work ;(
Richard English
June 19, 2009, 07:06
arniequote:
I have been told that it is possible to copy multiple items to the Windows clipboard - but I've never been able to make that facility work ;(
MS Office has that ability, but not other Windows apps. There are however lots of clipboard extensions available as freeware that can be downloaded and used. There are even some shareware apps with lots of other bells and whistles, but I've never found much use for them.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 19, 2009, 08:32
<Proofreader>quote:
If you don't have a Google or Blogger account
This seems to be a common requirement to comment on many blogs, including Kalleh's. I was registered with Google but forgot my password and their convoluted means of restoring it totally turned me off, so I'm out of luck commenting in many sites.
Some sites also ask you to match distorted letters projected on a background which I cannot separate them from, thus rendering me (and I assume others with poor eyesight) mute on the internet.
June 19, 2009, 09:53
BobHaleIf you ever get a spam attack on your blog that takes you about six hours of constant work to sort out you will appreciate why these tactics are necessary.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
June 19, 2009, 11:19
arnieI see four of Richard's limericks appear as 'anonymous' comments now.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 19, 2009, 12:35
Richard EnglishIt seems it's easy to post anonymously but very difficult to post with your name.
I have managed to get over the anonymous nomenclacture by simply adding my name to the body of the posting.
Richard English
June 19, 2009, 19:56
Kallehquote:
If you ever get a spam attack on your blog that takes you about six hours of constant work to sort out you will appreciate why these tactics are necessary.
Oh...for a spam attack, which would mean
somebody is reading my blog.
I will write one if it's not too late.
June 20, 2009, 01:07
arniequote:
Oh...for a spam attack, which would mean somebody is reading my blog.
Not necessarily. There is software out there to post spam, know as a spambot.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 20, 2009, 09:58
wordmaticProof, often with those confusing letter-against-background thingies that verify if a live person is posting the comment, there is another link for people who cannot see the letters clearly. I've never tried it, but I believe it is a sound file to tell you the letters.
WM
June 20, 2009, 11:24
<Proofreader>quote:
there is another link for people who cannot see the letters clearly
I've never seen one, which may be another defect with the system.
June 20, 2009, 14:46
arnieIn that particular blog it's an image of a person in a wheelchair, the usual 'disabled' sign. Not sure how I'd feel about being labelled disabled in that way ....
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
June 20, 2009, 16:11
<Proofreader>Well, at least it's better than a picture of a Cyclops.
June 29, 2009, 13:13
arnieLynne's made another post, warning in part:
quote:
I'm planning to announce the winner to the Limerick Competition tomorrow (that is, if I manage to contact all my co-judges by then). So act quickly if you have an entry to submit!
See my first post in this thread for the link.
'Tomorrow' would be 30 June. Remember she's in the UK, so if you're in the US tomorrow will come to her earlier than to you.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
July 02, 2009, 00:30
Richard EnglishThanks, Arnie.
I did mean to post that I had won, but I'd forgotten where I'd heard of the competition.
Interestingly, several of those connected with this competition, as well as Lynne herself, live in Sussex. Maybe our loquacity is all to do with the seaside air.
Richard English
July 03, 2009, 12:08
KallehWow! Congratulations!
[We can all say we know him.
]
July 03, 2009, 13:35
BobHaleGee, can I have your autograph?
Any old bit of paper will do, blank cheque for example.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
July 03, 2009, 14:43
stellaExcellent, Richard! What a great limerick!
July 03, 2009, 14:51
Richard EnglishMy prize arrived today and I am already reading it; it looks very good.
Richard English
July 03, 2009, 16:07
<Proofreader>Now you can devote your energies to winning Bangor. 8-)