atw: Re: This does not make sense

  • From: Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:02 +1000

I thought it was pretty much on the topic that Bob had started i.e. "heat
glurges to the surface"!
If the All Bull Corp announced some other mythical phenomenon as fact, such
as "Santa's reindeer glurged into the air" would that not be on topic???


On 21 May 2013 10:50, LIVERANI Petra <
Petra.LIVERANI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> *From:* austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Rod Stuart
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:22 AM
> *To:* **austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx**
> *Subject:* atw: Re: This does not make sense****
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> Here is one for you. On the ABC news site <
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/global-warming-could-be-slower-than-first-thought-report/4701010>there
> is the usual BS about the mythical 'global warming' etc. in which this
> little gem is dropped, much like excrement for the rear end of a bull: ***
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> "For example, an El Nino is when the heat stored in the ocean temporarily
> *glurges* out so the surface warms up but the total amount of heat in the
> system doesn't change."****
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> Apart from being total nonsense, it really belies the source of the ABC's
> stories:****
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> World English Dictionary****
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> *glurge** * (ɡlɜːdʒ) [image: [Click for IPA pronunciation 
> guide]]<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
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> *n*****
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> stories,
>  often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but
> which are often fabricated and sentimental****
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> On 21 May 2013 06:45, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:****
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> We all moan about the falling standards in grammar these days, but
> something strange is happening.  Forget the standards, as some things don’t
> even make sense.****
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> An ABC TV newsreader said  “a high day of drama”.
> Suely, it should be “a day of high drama”?  Maybe the writer was a bit
> high when they wrote this.    ****
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> Later in the same news broadcast, we were told about thieves in ****Cannes
> **** who stole “the safe in a hotel room packed with jewels”.
> Why would anyone steal the safe when the room was packed with jewels?  Now
> I am really confused.****
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> Then I relaxed with some good news as I read about “a suspected boat of 83
> asylum seekers …”
> At least the asylum seekers had been accepted as genuine and only the boat
> was a suspect.   I am still wondering what would the boat be suspected of.
> Maybe someone suspected that it was a boat but wasn’t sure.****
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> Bob Trussler****
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