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Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 ... 14 15 > Go to page... Topic Options #204586 - 02/10/12 03:42 PM Sentence of the week blitherer newbie Registered: 02/07/12 Posts: 45 Loc: Arlington, Massachusetts USA The poseur aped the manners of the lummox to impress the dilettante, whilst the wastrel and the roue looked on with barely concealed smirks and titillation. Top #204592 - 02/10/12 06:28 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under Bountiful use of words... Top #204593 - 02/10/12 06:31 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Yes it is fun and well done, but I could not do any as good or any better, as proposed in the other thread. The idea is nice though to make it a weekly thing perhaps? Top #204599 - 02/10/12 07:21 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] TheFallibleFiend veteran Registered: 01/23/02 Posts: 1523 Loc: Virginia, USA Originally Posted By: blitherer The poseur aped the manners of the lummox to impress the dilettante, whilst the wastrel and the roue looked on with barely concealed smirks and titillation. A recalcitrant roue, ignoring the distractions of the flummoxed lummox, played the part of a pontificating, pedantic poseur while waylaying the wealthy, hammered wastrel who was arguing with the equally dipsomaniacal dilettante. Top #204601 - 02/10/12 08:56 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: TheFallibleFiend] Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11582 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky dipsomaniacal ?! Top #204626 - 02/12/12 01:11 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: Jackie] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1039 Loc: Lancaster, UK Originally Posted By: Jackie dipsomaniacal ?! i.e a lush! _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #204723 - 02/17/12 11:14 AM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] blitherer newbie Registered: 02/07/12 Posts: 45 Loc: Arlington, Massachusetts USA The promethean artist carved a junoesque figure in marble with seemingly dionysian abandon, guided invisibly by that supreme palladium, an apollonian mastery of technique. Top #204734 - 02/17/12 04:58 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague Quite apollonianly done as a whole, keep it going. See you next week. Top #204738 - 02/17/12 06:42 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13666 Dionysian and Apollonian are used in cultural anthropology to refer to people who, respectively, do or don't use psychotropic substances in their religious practice. Top #204741 - 02/17/12 09:58 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under This is my entry In a prometean move yesterday, an appollaoian Tennessee man's dionysian bid of $122.03, won him a junoesque treasure, when the safe he bought on eBay was opened without palladium to revel an astonishing $26,000. I tried a fusion of modern story and ancient words...does it work? This is News Story if you want to read it. Top Page 1 of 15 1 2 3 ... 14 15 > Go to page... 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