You see, if you keep coming up with lines like that last one, you too
will be deemed a sock puppet of mine.
Here is the state of play so far as I can see it, judging from the
opinions expressed in this thread so far.
If you post in some material which is witty, funny, eccentric, and
rebellious, you will almost inevitably be accused of being a sock
puppet of Fabzorba. Otherwise, you most certainly will not. That is
why Harrison, who has biographical details and photos and a history
which prove that he is a resident of Britain, will nevertheless be
called a sock puppet of mine, coz he is funny, witty etc etc. And that
is why Peter Moylan, who is a resident of my home town Newcastle (in
NSW) and a graduate of my alma mater, will nevertheless NEVER be
called a sock puppet, coz he is a crashing bore and a brown tongue
lizard. And I don't do that.
I feel all that rather as a compliment, although it was never intended
as such, which of course makes it even more genuinely flattering.
Of course, it would be, paradoxically, even more flattering if I were
to be called a sock puppet of some serial dry masticator like Steve
Hayes. The hallmark of a great actor is that they can play ''against
type''. I must try it some time. Might start with something like
Athel's recent yawn fest intro:
"I've noticed recently that there has not been much of note on alt.
english.usage. Seems like they just have what we do, most of the time,
if not all of it. Anyone see anything there that they thought was
interesting? Course, I might have missed some of it. On the other
hand, one might think something there interesting but I might find it
less so. And I might find something there interesting, but you may
not. Although, as I said at the outset, I have not seen anything there
which I thought specially interesting.
And so on. That brain of his just charges along, don't it, on all two
cylinders, like Mrs Carruther's lawn mower it is. Goes all summer on
the smell of a greasy rag. Very economical.