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Posted by The Big Bad G on August 3, 2011 - 11:10
from the ABC set IPs

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a cliche in want of reiteration (especially on dark and stormy nights, or ancient galactic clusters which are a distance of at least 3 million light years) must be removed to the back of the barn and either beaten like the proverbial red-headed stepson (who, as we shall discover, is the rather embittered half-sibling of our prodigiously talented and, until this very day, absent at war hero), put in a basket which displays surprising buoyancy for a porous artefact made solely of reeds and sent down the river to be adopted by local fauna or given what can only be suggested to be a rather unjust introduction to the crucial elements of the plot of 'Old Yeller'.

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insertponceyfre... | August 3, 2011 - 12:06

fantastic (ally dreadful) - very well done

alex_tomlin | August 3, 2011 - 12:14

I would go and see this film. It sounds amazing.

hudsonmoon | August 3, 2011 - 14:21

The old testamemnt meets the 21st century. I thought about writing it for years, but never had the guts, or the writing skills, to pull it off. I've pulled off many things in my time, but never that.

Rich

L G Meadows | August 4, 2011 - 05:55

Worthy of any politician, well done!

Highhat | August 4, 2011 - 05:55

I am missing the part about "the absent at war hero" weaving the reed basket. But this is really really so deliciously bad it deserves the cherries.

;)Pia

The Big Bad G | August 4, 2011 - 09:30

Thank you all - It is of great spiritual reassurance to know that I can still turn out elegant cack. Pia, it's probably not fair to lump articles of faith in with cliches on reflection, but think of prodigals and famous babies sent down river in baskets...