ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Machiavelli recognised that governments rule over people either by fear or by love ( i.e. popularity ). Machiavelli recommended that fear was the best way, since popularity is not so reliable a motivator as fear.

What we need are some brand new clichés.

Sam Goldwyn

How does one get a cliché started?

It's called an oxymoron, Heather.

Sam Goldwyn was famous for those oxymorons , like

" a verbal contract is not worth the paper it is written on "

I thought that was a stupid welder Neville ?


get it oxy moron ?

Gees I crack me up


Bob

Thanks for that Bob. tell it to the maroons . get it...tell it to the mar.... ......................oh never mind

When Pauline Hanson was the Member for Oxley her enemies used to call her " the oxleymoron"

Repeat, repeat, repeat, revise, revise, revise.

Elizabeth Bishop, poet, on writing.

....my favourite quote of all time....


Talk not of baffled genius,
Genius is master of man—
Genius does what it must:
Talent does what it can." (Lytton, contradicting Gray's "...mute, inglorious Milton.")

That's a good one Glenny.

Don't step on Supermans cape
Don't spit into the wind
Don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger
and don't mess around with Slim !


Bob