[lit-ideas] Re: There's a person, a person in the...
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:58:26 -0700
On Jul 8, 2009, at 12:21 PM, karltrogge@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On 8-Jul-09, at 7:27 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
I'd like to propose a contest of our own: the Isabel Sawhill
competition. All you have to do to enter is find a published
riddle or wash of metaphors which impresses in the manner of the
following example from Sawhill, "a budget expert at the Brookings
Institute" (also probably a very nice person who was just trying
to say something quotable under pressure of deadline),
"The fear is if we just let the economy continue to be a big hole,
that in itself will balloon the deficit, because revenues are just
anemic right now."
Does the following from The (Manchester) Guardian Weekly's website
qualify?
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/21stcenturylife
Headline: "India: credit crunch rocks diamond workers"
Sub-header: "21st century life: The worldwide recession has
decimated India's diamond industry to its knees."
I'm still collecting these. Someone off-list sent me:
The People's Republic of Portland has gone head over heels beyond the
pale and plunged mightily over the cliff of self-awareness this summer."
--- Lawrence J. Maushard, Oregonian, B4, 7/29/09
Last week I heard on NPR, "They are battling a constant stream of
bureaucratic hurdles," and decided, without due cause, to expand the
rules to include radio and television speech.
Continue to have at it.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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