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Ain’t love groupthink grand

Saturday 8 March 2008, 5:08 pm

Ant Rogenous

Categories: Blogosphere

Tags: AndrewBolt, catchphrase, groupthink, ManCrush, RoveMcManus, TimBlair

How cute is this: Andrew Bolt has adopted two of Tim Blair’s hilarious misspellings — global warmening and Traceeeee Hutchison.

Heavens, I can’t even type those words without chuckling. Oh you, Timmeh!

GrodsCorp understands Bolt’s collaboration is part of a wider Blair experiment in the controversial discipline of Comedic Rovenomics, whereby feeble catchphrases are believed to be rendered increasingly humorous by years (and years) of repetition.

58 Comments

The Editor (Saturday 8 March 2008, 5:24 pm) #

I’d like to see Andy adopt “Timmeh” and Blair adopt “Bolta”. Thinking along with GrodsCorp is the right kind of groupthink.
Terry Wright (Saturday 8 March 2008, 7:17 pm) #

Very good Ant.

I am sure it will be rubbing off on their disciples any day now if not already - Traceeee is already in the American Dictionary for Real Australian Men (NRA edition).

Another similar trait is the contest - who can outgroupthink Blair & Bolt. I swear that every story gets repeated on every blog where the main contributor has a ‘K’ in their name. Read one blog … read them all (Ant, careful if you’re still going cold turkey).

My favourite though is the cool use of clichés. The king here is Rebellion from RumCorp. A mixture of Aussie slang, words from the dictionary and with matter-of-fact phrases … so laid back and cool. One article had 13 cliches in 4 short paragraphs (yeah, I know I’m desperate). Read this if you dare.
Mikey (Saturday 8 March 2008, 7:36 pm) #

I have it when they use the power of alliteration. You know latte lefty, howard hater etc.

Such mastery of the mother tongue deserves to be awarded with knighthoods. What happened to them? That’s right that communist Whitlam made the Queen Queen of Australia and gave us our own honours. Meanwhile even PNG hands them out like confetti. How can it be someone as great as Bolt, who can spread his legs so far on Insiders, not ever be Sir Andrew?

It’s a conspiracy. A communist conspiracy.

(waggles tie)

Still got it!
Terry Wright (Sunday 9 March 2008, 2:11 am) #

Off subject slightly but I have just been reading the blog by Elijah (gay name) and what a load of shite. I think someone here once mentioned he was a 19 year old toady boy. The posts are just hilarious as he tries to portray this distinguished gentlemen type who is a real man’s man including some rant about sipping scotch each Sundeh evening on the verandeh to finish the week. He has replaced Rebellion as my favourite.

I notice the usual traits of being masculine, refined, gum toting etc. but he has gone just too far and put up a link to a company that sells … armoured clothing! Yep, flak jackets for all occasions - dinner, work, casual wear. Oh dear.

He says “Like dressing like a man with classic international style?” Click on this link to see Elijah’s man of international style.

Hey, his sexuality is his business.
Damian (Sunday 9 March 2008, 9:59 am) #

This should earn Bolt extra “groupthink watch” points, I reckon.

Hopefully Bolt and Meh will give “kumbaya” a bit of a run, too. It deserves a much bigger audience. Hilarious.
The Editor (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:02 am) #

Actually, Bolt did say “kumbaya” the other day. Wish I had the link somewhere…
brokenleftleg (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:49 am) #

With winter approaching, “Mt Buller socialists” is surely going to make an appearance on his blog soon.
brokenleftleg (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:56 am) #

Dammit,
“Sorrento Socialist” TM Broken Left Leg.
Don’t want to give Timmeh and Andy any freebies.
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:27 am) #

(Elijah) tries to portray this distinguished gentlemen type who is a real man’s man …

It’s more than that, Terry — he’s trying to convince everyone (but mostly himself) of his ‘Australianness’, as he wasn’t born here and hangs around with people who are typically suspicious of anyone with dark skin who has come to Australia from elsewhere.

It’s embarrassingly desperate stuff, like the impressionable kid who goes to a party of slightly older teenagers and drinks twice as much as he can handle, just to show he can hold his own with the big kids — and makes a right gunt of himself in the process, thereby defeating the purpose.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:27 am) #

I just want to say thanks to Reader Owen. Reader is a very interesting first name.
Terry Wright (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:39 am) #

Ant: It’s embarrassingly desperate stuff, like the impressionable kid who goes to a party of slightly older teenagers and drinks twice as much as he can handle, just to show he can hold his piss

Yes. That is a great description. I got the feeling he was young and comments like “I only drink on Sunday evenings, a fine scotch to end a busy week” is just nauseating. An aspiring Timmeh.

NOTE: Ant, Your description does involve drinking again. You and Ed might be prime candidates for Kev’s anti-binge drinking research?
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:47 am) #

MK is the same, Terry. He calls people “old son” to give the impression he’s a gentlemanly elder conservative, but the fucking idiot admitted to me once that Bob Hawke’s prime ministership was before his time! That would make the desperate little fuckstick no older than 18 by my reckoning.

I’ll address that last point of yours in a sec — I just need to go and cut a fresh lime for my gin.
The Editor (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:49 am) #

You and Ed might be prime candidates for Kev’s anti-binge drinking research?

I’m anti-anti-binge drinking.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:50 am) #

Where does that put that French connoisseur of fine cognac Leon Bertrand then. 18 or 19?
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:52 am) #

I’d say you’re about right, Chuck.
The Editor (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:53 am) #

And Elijah is 21-ish, I think.
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:56 am) #

Imagine how much “fine Scotch” (i.e. Famous Grouse) he drank on his 21st! With Coke, of course.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:00 pm) #

Elijah has blocked me from reading his site.

Two minutes later, and I am reading it. Nice try. Am I the only one not surprised that he spends his weekend looking at pictures of Rita Hayworth, while simultaneously “firing” his “rifle”?

Then he ruins perfectly good Scotch because it’s “boring”.

Message to Elijah - you are not Flashman.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:07 pm) #

I’m betting it’s a 445ml can of Woodstock. And he drank a four pack.

I’m into Rita Hayworth and water boarding too.

BTW, what’s with the fucken blurred blog byline he has? CUNT.
Terry Wright (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:08 pm) #

So you guys are telling me these pretentious fucks are all young?

Jesus that’s sad. I understand the young Libs and co who have wealth as their binding feature but these right wing bloggers like MK, KG, JR seem like bitter old RSL members or that wacky old man down the road who is into model railways. To know they are younger than me is just sad. Being 21, young and healthy I am baffled why do they pretend to be something their not but spend every spare minute trying to portray that, telling us how superior they are and we are just lefty scum.

Sad.
The Editor (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:09 pm) #

I’m only 12.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:11 pm) #

“I belief that taxation is theft. There is no moral difference in taking someone else’s money or property to pay for a project than from holding gun to their head and making them participate”

Call the ATO, someone.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:14 pm) #

Youth is wasted on the young, said George Bernard Shaw. In this case it’s true.

Elijah and MK think old age is wasted on the elderly.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:14 pm) #

I’m on it John.
Ant Rogenous (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:19 pm) #

I belief the children are our future.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:20 pm) #

It’s sad that they’re young and filled with so much hate.

How do you end up so hate filled at 21?
The Editor (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:23 pm) #

You’ve got a lot of hate, John Tsunami. You tell us.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 12:30 pm) #

True. I blame it on restaurant trams.

But seriously, I see people like Elijah as people who have different views to me. Elijah sees us as the enemy who need to be vanquished.
Terry Wright (Sunday 9 March 2008, 1:19 pm) #

Elijah and MK think old age is wasted on the elderly.

Magic comment Chuck.
Terry Wright (Sunday 9 March 2008, 1:35 pm) #

From MK’s site: In summary, this blog will be about politics, Australia, America, good stories, beautiful women, cars, guns and whatever else I fancy.

Sounds like a political Electric Blue video.
Terry Wright (Sunday 9 March 2008, 7:06 pm) #

Ant: MK is the same, Terry. He calls people “old son” to give the impression he’s a gentlemanly elder conservative, but the fucking idiot admitted to me once that Bob Hawke’s prime ministership was before his time!

I told him he forgot to add ‘Old Son’ to a comment and he got upset.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 7:16 pm) #

He said:

Don’t get smart with me asshole.

Note American spelling of arsehole. What’s he going to do? Knock you over the head with an L plate?
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 9:29 pm) #

Palestinians use the word “arsehole”, so “asshole” it is.
Which one is Pink? (Sunday 9 March 2008, 9:56 pm) #

Palestinians? If someone should drop a nuke on these subhuman filth I’ll raise a glass in celebration. [KG]

Yay, mass murder!
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 9:58 pm) #

Which one is Pink? I am. Different browser.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:00 pm) #

My favourite kind!
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:11 pm) #

I just read who your wanker of the week recipient is John. Not only does he like mass murder too, but he also loves torture and fantasises about beating people with lead pipes.

Bring out the gimp!
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:30 pm) #

MK’s latest comment to me has left me speechless with laughter:

“Eff off john gasbag, you sniveling sack of pig filth. Your parents are looking for you, feeding time, here jonny, jonny, come get yer sausage boyo. It’s lamb tonite, whose a good doggy now, must work on your incessant yapping though.”

!!!!!
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:32 pm) #

Need linkage now!
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:37 pm) #

http://www.haloscan.com/comments/jamesozark/6374629296245233859/#1004827
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:43 pm) #

Golden thread. I hope you’re OK after that dressing down. What about MK’s comment to Margaret:

Don’t tell me to get my facts right you irritating sack of excrement, i quote from media sources. You got a problem with them bird-brain, then take it up with them, stupid cow…
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:44 pm) #

Ouch¡
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:49 pm) #

Yeah, MK knows how to rap wit da laideez. He bitch slapped dat ho.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 10:53 pm) #

As usual, I leave a perfectly reasonable comment and it gets changed because MK is a sook.
Chuck A. Spear (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:00 pm) #

Hold the phone!

Are you saying that someone at AWH turned your perfectly reasonable comment into one about you being a toilet dweller?

They are very grown up over there aren’t they?

Hey MK. Are you going to the Laird this week?
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:18 pm) #

Yes, this is the typical reaction of the “rational and intelligent right”.

Is John Ray not describing MK here?

A Leftist’s beliefs are all designed to pander to his ego. So when you have an argument with a Leftist, you are not really discussing the facts. You are threatening his self esteem. Which is why the normal Leftist response to challenge is mere abuse.

“Because of the fragility of a Leftist’s ego, anything that threatens it is intolerable and provokes rage. So most Leftist blogs can be summarized in one sentence: “How DARE anybody question what I believe!”. Rage and abuse substitute for an appeal to facts and reason.

Their threatened egos sometimes drive Leftists into quite desperate flights from reality.
John Surname (Sunday 9 March 2008, 11:59 pm) #

Latest from MK:

“No worries jono, just try to keep your solicitations off this blog alright.

Oh and that last attempt of yours to pretend to be me, sorry you sniveling old testicle-sniffer, i saw you from a mile away, you stood out like, well a sniveling old testicle-sniffer. Run along now and start whining and crying into your mothers-skirts like the tosser you really are. You have a face and an intellect only a mother could tolerate.

I must say you really are a predictable, immature, sniveling old testicle-sniffer.”
Terry Wright (Monday 10 March 2008, 12:17 am) #

JS, what was your comment that was removed?

Take your time to answer, I understand MKs insults can be upsetting. He once called me Terry Tupperware head. That kept me awake for 3 days.

MK to JS: You have a face and an intellect only a mother could tolerate.
Chuck A. Spear (Monday 10 March 2008, 11:08 am) #

He once called me Terry Tupperware head. That kept me awake for 3 days.

Man, I hope you’re OK because I will be laughing for about 3 days.
The Editor (Monday 10 March 2008, 11:14 am) #

Is that some sort of “towel head” spin off?
Bron (Monday 10 March 2008, 11:43 am) #

“sniveling old testicle-sniffer…sniveling old testicle-sniffer…sniveling old testicle-sniffer…”

Wow. These really are teste-ing times.
Bridgit Gread (Monday 10 March 2008, 8:03 pm) #

Message to Elijah - you are not Flashman.

I LOL-ed heartily at that. Well done, John Suriname.
Terry Wright (Monday 10 March 2008, 9:22 pm) #

More masculine wisdom from Elijah.

Blog: MKsViews - Americans get it
Topic: Post about personal protection courses for women.

Elijah: Hell even a proficient female martial artist still has the odds against her when facing off with a man.
- -
Exceptions:
1/ The man in question is Elijah
2/ He has a concealed potato gun
3/ The woman in question is MK’s mum.
krypto (Monday 10 March 2008, 9:57 pm) #

“Don’t tell me to get my facts right you irritating sack of excrement, i (sic) quote from media sources. You got a problem with them bird-brain, then take it up with them, stupid cow…”

Just to confirm he is in fact saying “I read it on the internet so it must be true” isn’t he?

How do people this stupid NOT get a Darwin award?
Ant Rogenous (Tuesday 11 March 2008, 1:16 pm) #

Hell even a proficient female martial artist still has the odds against her when facing off with a man.

I’d like to see Elijah ‘face off’ with the women’s kickboxing champ who beat several shades of shit out of Ryan Dunn in the Jackass movie.
krypto (Tuesday 11 March 2008, 3:55 pm) #

once upon a time, I used to work in a women’s prison (I was a nurse there)and because I was either brave or stupid (possibly both)I got what was commonly called the “management” wing, ie all the hard core fucked up psychos who’d kill ya for fun. Crimes that would curl the hairs in your nose I’m telling you. 20 hour a day lock-downs, guards in full riot kit, the whole shabam, no special treatment there, these were HARD core felons, the match of any bad arse on the planet.
The job became available after my predecessor was stabbed in the face a number of times, she kind of went on workcover after that.
Suffice to say, any fluffy notions I had about women being the “weaker sex” went straight out the window.
These were stone-cold-blooded killers one and all. Every single one of them had ice water running through their veins, there isn’t a person alive going to turn bad arse facing off against a room of chiquitas like that.
You’d look at them and you could tell they were looking you up and down for sweet spots to stick a knife into.
Every single time they’d toss the cells they’d find weapons too and if they wanted, they could shut down the wing, hold you and everyone else captive, these are some of the most dangerous individuals to walk the planet.
Gender didn’t make a shit-lick of difference to them.
The only other time I have felt that kind of energy radiating from another living being is when I was in the NT and came face to face with saltwater crocks, these women were THAT kind of predator. No conscience whatsoever, reptilian, absolutely reptilian.
Elijah is just a silly, silly little boy playing at beating his chest like a gorilla.
Bridgit Gread (Tuesday 11 March 2008, 5:35 pm) #

krypto, I was a patient in that ward and I think I remember you…
krypto (Tuesday 11 March 2008, 6:49 pm) #

it was a jail Bridg, actually Deer Park women’s prison just outside of Melbourne.
They were pretty much all lifers too so, you know, you can’t fool me.