Comments on: Abolish Gates

By: BenjaminGray

BenjaminGray — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:05:54 +0000

He doesn't know what my conversational style is on the phone. He'd be the one who got scared.

Ardy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:05:27 +0000

You may want to hire a hapless intern to screen your phone calls in that case.

BenjaminGray — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:02:57 +0000

Draper's following me on Twitter. Scary stuff.

Ardy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:52:47 +0000

Great – now to find a way to patch it onto Labourlist before Draper and his merry band drown in their own turgidity…

BenjaminGray — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:04:56 +0000

On this blog, yes: I have a plugin that is designed to prevent the use of clichés.

Ardy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:13:48 +0000

Oh well. While you are at it could "clarion signals" and "wake-up calls" be ruthlessly suppressed.

BenjaminGray — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:19:05 +0000

I disagree. It should only be used in circumstances where its use is genuinely ironic or witty. Such as an MP selling stolen goods: fencegate.

Ardy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:50:43 +0000

The cliché could do with a rest… so long as it is brought back for the inevitable "Graygate"….

Guido Zambelis — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:36:59 +0000

Bang on.