tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post6093688851058211661..comments2023-12-19T00:27:40.453-10:00Comments on .: Olaf the apolitical optimistMcGuirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-43182484691605183532008-11-18T08:34:00.000-10:002008-11-18T08:34:00.000-10:00did i hear someone mention shortbread tins??? tart...did i hear someone mention shortbread tins??? tartan lads and bonnie wee jeanie mccall??? arrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggThe Brokendown Barmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729499535859152598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-78287764759963296772008-11-09T13:26:00.000-10:002008-11-09T13:26:00.000-10:00Nice one! The Churchill quote is classic, so true....Nice one! The Churchill quote is classic, so true...! <BR/>I like the 'shortbread attention span' and the menacing undertone of the blowing up balloons.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-5656830976821828732008-11-09T12:21:00.000-10:002008-11-09T12:21:00.000-10:00Ah, ok, fair enough.Well, I might be mocking my ow...Ah, ok, fair enough.<BR/><BR/>Well, I might be mocking my own people, but it's necessary, in the context of the poem. You see, the thing about Olaf as he is, he is in constant contradiction, even in this poem, hating political apathy, yet entirely aware of the necessity for political organisation. Politics is not the main problem, but the people who take part in it, and the people who do not.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-25484940736576798792008-11-09T12:13:00.000-10:002008-11-09T12:13:00.000-10:00This comment has been removed by the author.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-73965615468381523062008-11-09T11:51:00.000-10:002008-11-09T11:51:00.000-10:00To be fair I only read her the one sentence and as...To be fair I only read her the one sentence and asked her what it said to her.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-58433250884696618672008-11-09T11:10:00.000-10:002008-11-09T11:10:00.000-10:00(I apologise for the typos. When I type in hasty m...(I apologise for the typos. When I type in hasty my spelling goes haywire).<BR/><BR/>Did your wife like the poem, Jim? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps 'short bread attention span' is a cheap dig, or bad pun, but it has charmed me and won.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-23808067645451990422008-11-09T10:50:00.000-10:002008-11-09T10:50:00.000-10:00That was what my wife thought.That was what my wife thought.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-39677190588639523762008-11-09T10:46:00.000-10:002008-11-09T10:46:00.000-10:00I love shortbread attention spans, of course, it i...I love shortbread attention spans, of course, it is an intentional mocking of the 'scottish intellect' and particularly the 'glasgow intellect'. It is a caricature of the Scottish intellect.<BR/><BR/>I know many see shortbread as a noble, heart buicuit (and I do enjoy them) but I thought it worked better as an insult as a derision, rather as something wholesome that goes well with a cup of tea. <BR/><BR/>It's staying I'm afriad.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-29126312391221108152008-11-09T10:13:00.000-10:002008-11-09T10:13:00.000-10:00No - 'short attention spans' would work just as we...No - 'short attention spans' would work just as well for me. It does no harm, the extra syllable, but it doesn't work for me and that's not how I see shortbread. Just my opinion, Rachel.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-91960488289139510632008-11-09T09:46:00.000-10:002008-11-09T09:46:00.000-10:00Shortbread is crumbly...full of flour and butter (...Shortbread is crumbly...full of flour and butter (ie stodgy)...plus aurally it works cos of the 'short'. Getting it yet Mr M?Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-81118064159180892882008-11-09T08:16:00.000-10:002008-11-09T08:16:00.000-10:00I'm afraid it's the 'shortbread attention spans' t...I'm afraid it's the 'shortbread attention spans' that I stumbled on in this piece. It's sounds clever but I don't get it unless it's some reference to the caricature of the Scots we get on shortbread tins.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-78890216106782829612008-11-08T01:45:00.000-10:002008-11-08T01:45:00.000-10:00A few home truths - as my grn would have said - s...A few home truths - as my grn would have said - so tellingly expressed. You can't ask for much more.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30567906.post-37728782757408767932008-11-08T00:20:00.000-10:002008-11-08T00:20:00.000-10:00'Shortbread attention span' - lovely term...should...'Shortbread attention span' - lovely term...should be adopted by education specialists.Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com