Amid The Pronouns, Much Annoyance
A left-leaning management consultant recently asked his left-leaning Twitter followers for their thoughts on the insufficiently left-leaning working class. The replies – from self-declared socialists, Guardian readers, “woke remainers,” and assorted “social justice advocates” – are, shall we say, of a type, but may nonetheless be of interest.
Via Damian Counsell, who adds, “If you want to know why the Conservatives have an 80-seat majority…”
Also, open thread.
Hail to Thee Straws, wearers of lips.
Good, kind, noble and blessed Straws.
Which came to us from Chaos,
To lighten our hearts and uplift our drinks.
O Straws, which have nourished mankind since the dawn of civilization,
Ultimate cylinders, surrounders of fluid,
Hail, Wondrous, battered Buskins!
We adore Thee.
We worship Thee in the fulness of thy Strawness!
O Archetypal drinkgear!
Supreme notion of Straws.
What would we do without Thee?
Wet our beards, soak our shirts, have our bitters go flat.
Protect us, Thy worshippers, good and blessed Drinkgear!
It originated as a typo, and somehow became popular. …
…As 1337 speak
I think this was a crossover from computer geek/early Internet culture.
Probably was originally a typo in a post on one of the old message/bulletin boards, got added to the leet-speak lexicon, and propagated from there.
Is it a properly functional plastic straw or an all too soon unusably sodden paper one?
Is it a properly functional plastic straw or an all too soon unusably sodden paper one?
Wool.
They were heavily discounted.
They were heavily discounted
Baa baa black sheep
Have you any straws?
Yes Sir, no Sir
Too many of the bloody things
Wool.
That explains why all the drinks taste of lanolin.
One of the replies: “My ex described himself as Working Class when we met, I found this to be untrue. His parents had been raised working class but he hadn’t as his parents had done v well. He then once called me a “council estate retard” in an argument about housework, and voted Tory. Lovely guy Thumbs up”
Is it uncharitable of me to wonder if she really was a “council estate retard?”