tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post9077036787877606578..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: The Obama dilemmabradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-27793019073381875732008-02-14T13:56:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:56:00.000-05:00Yeah, it's a mildly clever twist on a dessicated o...Yeah, it's a mildly clever twist on a dessicated old cliche, but Megan wouldn't be Megan if she didn't throw in an unnecessary word or three somewhere.<BR/><BR/>(It took me about forty seconds to come up with "dessicated" as a stand-in for "shopworn" or "hoary" as modifiers for "cliche" - both of which are themselves cliches. I mention this only to encourage Megan to put just a smidge more effort into her writing - turns out that it's a lot easier than it might appear, dearie.)spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01770056727940292951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-73522078282879146922008-02-13T20:14:00.000-05:002008-02-13T20:14:00.000-05:00Semi-fair point, save that seems Megan didn't coin...Semi-fair point, save that seems Megan didn't <A HREF="http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/11/messages/840.html" REL="nofollow">coin it</A>, and "dried out" is much clunkier than "dry".bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-76708413081687013412008-02-13T20:09:00.000-05:002008-02-13T20:09:00.000-05:00Btw "dried out behind the ears"?No, Brad, that mak...<I>Btw "dried out behind the ears"?</I><BR/>No, Brad, that makes perfect sense as the converse of being inexperienced (i.e. wet behind the ears). It's quite witty, and I wish I'd said it myself. In fact I probably will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com