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harrisburg, pennsylvania. the historic district.

At the end of the day, you’ve given 110 per cent

Eager to preserve the English language against a rising tide of nonsense, we asked readers to compose a piece of prose crammed with as many infuriating phrases as possible. Christopher Howse is amazed and amused by the torrent of replies…

Many good entries to choose from. I particularly liked this,

To be honest with you, I’m pressurised 24/7. I’m literally in pieces. I surfed the net and sourced a top-dollar lifestyle guru, and he’s working with my partner and I, prioritising issues so that we can team up and address them - know what I mean?

There’s things that have to go on the back burner, so that we can jet away to the sun and chill to the max. A few drinks, a few laughs and I’ll be firing on all cylinders, like I say. She’ll shop until she drops - right? - but if that’s what the little lady wants, that’s what she’ll get. We’ll soak up the sun, go with the flow, and come back bronzed and fit.

Hopefully, by Christmas, we’ll be sorted, and ready to party, party, party big-time - and spend some quality time with the kids, with the turkey and all the trimmings.

If only she could have fit in it was so like…. 

The Bushies Caught Again, Aides’ Misuse of E-Mail Detailed by House Committee 

“It is troubling that so many senior White House officials, including Karl Rove and his former deputy Sara Taylor, were engaging in an effort to avoid oversight and accountability by ignoring the laws meant to ensure a public record of official government business,” said Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee. “This extensive end run around the laws leads one to wonder what these officials wanted to hide from the public and Congress.”

Maybe I expect too much in the way of consistency. These people claim they are competent and have the best political philosophy to run the country, yet they are always losing something and can never remember anything.