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Comment on grammatically modified gardening by don't confuse the narrator

don't confuse the narrator — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:50:31 +0000

For gardening, I would suggest that pyjamas with harem trousers or bloomers – i.e. tight at the ankles – might be wise as they’d stop the bugs encroaching. The voluminous fabric could be a hindrance, though, so perhaps baby dolls would be better as the gardener would probably sense the ants etc before they reached a point too far north. As for fabric, well, nothing too sheer or lacy, particularly for dealing with thorny plants like roses, and preferably something that’s easy to wash; probably a natural fibre, as gardening can be heavy work. So maybe gingham, or even winceyette for those chilly early mornings when the dewed tongues of grass lick at bare toes. (Do you think fluffy bedroom mules are the chosen footwear for pyjama-clad lady gardeners?)

Comment on grammatically modified gardening by Peter J Ross

Peter J Ross — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:35:21 +0000

The famous pyjamas that you insist on continuing to discuss have now become a figment of the reader’s imagination as well as the writer’s. Neither the narrator nor the writer has specified what kind of pyjamas are being worn: one reader might envisage Jean Harlow; another, Eric Morecambe; a third, both. (The third reader would be the one most likely to be a poet.)

Comment on grammatically modified gardening by don't confuse the narrator

don't confuse the narrator — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 20:58:05 +0000

Heh. I think you are a little confused. This is DCTN: you should have guessed that the narrator’s pyjamas are a figment of the writer’s imagination!

Comment on grammatically modified gardening by Peter J Ross

Peter J Ross — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:59:02 +0000

“I’m not going to post a photo of me in my pyjamas [...]”

Don’t the many readers who will probably have visited your site for the first time after searching Google for “a photo of me in my pyjamas” deserve some consideration?

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royal oak day | don't confuse the narrator — Wed, 29 May 2013 09:17:33 +0000

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royal oak day | don't confuse the narrator — Wed, 29 May 2013 09:17:30 +0000

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Comment on u-certificate by don't confuse the narrator

don't confuse the narrator — Sun, 26 May 2013 19:16:29 +0000

“Sadly”, because, once again, you are offering me an idea for a poem which I will not (cannot?) write.

Comment on u-certificate by Mike Grace (@ZeRootOfAllEvil)

Mike Grace (@ZeRootOfAllEvil) — Sun, 26 May 2013 18:08:19 +0000

“sadly” is a strange word to use. It’d be pretty boring if we all wrote poems the same.

Comment on u-certificate by don't confuse the narrator

don't confuse the narrator — Sun, 26 May 2013 17:59:41 +0000

Sadly, we already know that the poems you would write are not the poems I would write, so that’s one you’ll have to write yourself.
(Alternatively, you can take note of how you seem to have lost your profile pic and take it as an indication that WordPress reckons you really are “just a random internet commentor”!!)