Sow seed of life?

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@McTag,

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Ori, a riot, a profusion, of blooms...a powerful metaphor. Let your imagination run riot.

I object to this flagrantly specious use of 'riot'. Everyone knows what a riot is. Flowers can't riot. The English language is being ruined, ruined I say, by people cavalierly expanding the meaning of words.

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@JTT,

Nice one. When I was a boy, I used to read in my old aunt's Reader's Digest- Towards More Picturesque Speech. Remember that?

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@McTag,

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When I was a boy, I used to read in my old aunt's Reader's Digest- Towards More Picturesque Speech. Remember that?

Yes, I surely do, McTag, but even as a youngster I knew these guys were the equivalent of medical quacks.

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@McTag,

I would submit that, wth that one, it would be more "pica-esque speech"

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@farmerman,

Typical of an "academic" with your high "standards", Farmer, commenting on things you know nothing about.

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@JTT,

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Yes, I surely do, McTag, but even as a youngster I knew these guys were the equivalent of medical quacks.

So the critical imperative was evident even at an early age in the fledgeling JTT? Wink

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