Comments on: Originality and olive oil http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/ a blog about news and stuff Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nick http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 nick Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:49:21 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3421 The olive oil in the chemist thing is actually true, which may explain why people of a certain age, me included, often trot it out to youngsters. It bears repetition. Once we old buggers die out, no one will believe it. And of course we had to walk 10 miles to school each day where we were beaten to within an inch of our lives etc N The olive oil in the chemist thing is actually true, which may explain why people of a certain age, me included, often trot it out to youngsters. It bears repetition.

Once we old buggers die out, no one will believe it. And of course we had to walk 10 miles to school each day where we were beaten to within an inch of our lives etc

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]]> By: Adrian Monck http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 Adrian Monck Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:35:06 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3278 Prose with more style than substance... ugly expression though. Prose with more style than substance… ugly expression though.

]]> By: Anon http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Anon Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:04:07 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3277 RE: 'purely “literary” writing' What's that then? RE: ‘purely “literary” writing’

What’s that then?

]]> By: Anonymous http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 Anonymous Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:58:02 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3248 We are constrained by a shared language and thus there is no such thing as an original utterance. We are constrained by a shared language and thus there is no such thing as an original utterance.

]]> By: Alan http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 Alan Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:07:09 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3241 Olive oil only being readily available in chemists, in the UK at least, is an historical fact. All other 'fat' options were still rationed when ED first pointed out that it could be used in cooking to an amazed UK audience. Olive oil only being readily available in chemists, in the UK at least, is an historical fact. All other ‘fat’ options were still rationed when ED first pointed out that it could be used in cooking to an amazed UK audience.

]]> By: Nic Fulton http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3234 Nic Fulton Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:02:25 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3234 And linseed oil is for cricket bats, right? And linseed oil is for cricket bats, right?

]]> By: Russ http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Russ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:42:20 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3220 c.1986 -- I distinctly recall leaving the cinema (Top Gun) and remarking upon entering a nearby Italian eatery: 'Olive-oil? What's this ear medication doing on a menu?' c.1986 — I distinctly recall leaving the cinema (Top Gun) and remarking upon entering a nearby Italian eatery: ‘Olive-oil? What’s this ear medication doing on a menu?’

]]> By: Adrian Monck http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3201 Adrian Monck Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:07:05 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3201 It'''s my age. It”‘s my age.

]]> By: Anonymous http://adrianmonck.com/2009/12/originality-olive-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 Anonymous Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:13:29 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=3260#comment-3200 You don't seem able to use an apostrophe! You don’t seem able to use an apostrophe!

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