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First Dog On The Moon

The Story of Rumpelfinkelstein

First Dog On The Moon

Mar 05, 2012

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  1. deccles
    March 5, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    Brilliant. Not sure I get the ABC tanks on Eric Beecher’s lawn thing. Why aren’t there any male Fairy Wrens with eggs?

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  2. Dave
    March 5, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    KPI SMASHED! Excellent.

    But: “turbid”, I think, not “turgid”. #pedantry

    [Dog says: No, I meant turgid which is why I wrote turgid]

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  3. drmick
    March 5, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    Nice summary Mr Dog. I still think an earlier comment; that we used to be able to tell when cartoon corner stopped and the news started; is more relevant than ever.
    Perhaps if they label news “news”, and then label all the rest appropriately like, “negative misogynistic comment”, “personal naked power jealousy”, “cash for comment”, “dog whistling racists and supremacists”, ” forced to read this rubbish by mining magnate part owner”; at least those of us that can read can make a choice.

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  4. Calla
    March 5, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    I want a KPI Smashed t-shirt.

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  5. Queen of Nambour
    March 5, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    “turgidity”? “sluts with typhoid”?? Oh dear…I think I’m going to have a turn.

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  6. ernmalleyscat
    March 5, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    This one time at Correct Use of Internet camp I stuck a flute in my Nancy.

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  7. botanista
    March 5, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Call me a pedant-o-phile, but turbid for turgid is the must-have correction of the day. Not that I would question the FD lexicality, but turgid just screams ‘dud root’ to me.

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  8. Andybob
    March 5, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    So many laughs, don’t know where to start. A cornucopia of comedy. As a consumer of the Fink’s judgments over the years I was inclined to read the report for auld lang syne (how long is it again ?). Thankfully I’ve been saved by trained professionals who can do the thinking for me. One major issue: the Sun is a mere million times larger than the Earth. Could it handle injection of a major quantity of hot gas like Bob Ellis ?

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  9. Name Witheld To Protect The Innocent
    March 5, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    “No, I meant turgid which is why I wrote turgid”
    Why did you write Blogers Camp?

    [Dog: because it is funnier that way]

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  10. LJG..............
    March 5, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    I want Mr Pyne on a T-Shirt – it’s just the thing to wear in a Melbourne laneway while having a soy-decaf-latte

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