tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post6305107295924945793..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Coleridge never had to work for a media monitoring company now, did he!TimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-42550482885941266242008-07-17T01:36:00.000+10:002008-07-17T01:36:00.000+10:00They're using the Milk of Paradise in the instant ...They're using the Milk of Paradise in the instant coffee now, are they? The coast may well be clear to return to those parched shores.<BR/><BR/>On second thoughts. Sod it. Life's too good here. But I did have a (brief, oh-so-brief) glimmer of ... something. But you know the old adage: The light at the end of the tunnel is probably that of an oncoming train.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-87963408718192838812008-07-13T16:56:00.000+10:002008-07-13T16:56:00.000+10:00Not at all old Chap. However now that I think abou...Not at all old Chap. However now that I think about it, it may have been "copy" rather than "take" - in any case, words to that effect.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1175220726871792982008-07-13T01:40:00.000+10:002008-07-13T01:40:00.000+10:00What a beautiful way of putting it. Mind if I - um...What a beautiful way of putting it. Mind if I - um - steal that?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-35474922673247523402008-07-13T01:36:00.000+10:002008-07-13T01:36:00.000+10:00In the word of one of my old university tutors "Wh...In the word of one of my old university tutors "When you take from one person its called plagiarism ; when you take from several its called research".Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-48120227383613006372008-07-11T13:07:00.000+10:002008-07-11T13:07:00.000+10:00Well, in terms of calories and cholesterol, they'r...Well, in terms of calories and cholesterol, they're about the same, aren't they?Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-51516762351982802212008-07-11T10:44:00.000+10:002008-07-11T10:44:00.000+10:00Are you alluding to the fact that Coleridge borrow...Are you alluding to the fact that Coleridge borrowed heavily on several sources to write Kublai Kahn? This is true, but that's the first time I've heard of it referred to as plagiarism.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-90011222781962418002008-07-10T22:44:00.000+10:002008-07-10T22:44:00.000+10:00Well, Coleridge was a plagiarist, which is probabl...Well, Coleridge was a plagiarist, which is probably something to which a lot of journalists could relate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-46975540494686494392008-07-10T21:04:00.000+10:002008-07-10T21:04:00.000+10:00You have no idea. We also have an ailing knight at...You have no idea. We also have an ailing knight at arms who keeps mooning about. Apparently he's swooning over another worker on the night-shift (or something like that, he tells me she 'walks in beauty like the night'. Or maybe 'she walks in, nightly, in her boots'. Can't remember now). Then there's the lumbering reanimated corpse in the upper echelons of management who goes around comparing himself to Prometheus - I've no idea where he came from.<BR/><BR/>I did see a Dr, Polidori his name was, but says he can't help.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-30787369109731546552008-07-10T20:08:00.000+10:002008-07-10T20:08:00.000+10:00I fear that you may have a particularly virulent s...I fear that you may have a particularly virulent strain of Romanticism called Coleridgitis. Take one volume of <I>Biographia Literaria</I> before retiring and you will wake purged of the desire to ever quote or read Coleridge again.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-63758971106639279692008-07-10T14:50:00.000+10:002008-07-10T14:50:00.000+10:00My God! You are describing my workmatess to a tee!...My God! You are describing my workmatess to a tee!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-53504016073063253522008-07-10T14:31:00.000+10:002008-07-10T14:31:00.000+10:00Do you also work with any grey-bearded men who fix...Do you also work with any grey-bearded men who fix you with "a glittering eye" and tell you lengthy and tedious tales?Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-18431484594124332332008-07-10T14:29:00.000+10:002008-07-10T14:29:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-25476511468124855172008-07-10T14:22:00.000+10:002008-07-10T14:22:00.000+10:00Apparently the person from Porlock works in accoun...Apparently the person from Porlock works in accounts. Which just goes to show, doesn't it?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-19930244808967161842008-07-10T14:20:00.000+10:002008-07-10T14:20:00.000+10:00Have you ever been interrupted by a Man from Porlo...Have you ever been interrupted by a Man from Porlock?Mercurius Aulicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130901970855873480noreply@blogger.com