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ANMUSING MANNE

What’s in the ol’ mail bag today? Whoa! Judging by the sulphurous fumes, we’ve got a note from William Hardiker:

Dear Mr Blair,

What can I say?

Perhaps “jokers to the left of me, morons to the right here I am stuck in the middle of rednecks?”

But how proud you must feel to attract the dregs of Australian society to your web page.

Those who can (at a stretch) put two sentences (of insult) together in a manne they apparently consider anmusing. Small minds indeed.

Ah well, keep on believing your fullfilling an important role in spreading your idiocy over the internet and all will be well.

At least your keeping each other amused, if not any with any intelligence.

Keep up the bad work. It’a great laugh.

UPDATE. William revealed:


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Nice tie.

Posted by Tim B. on 08/09/2005 at 09:26 PM
  1. Mr. Hardiker seems to be tynping challenged.

    Posted by Steven Den Beste on 2005 08 09 at 10:30 PM • permalink

  2. Obviously touched a raw nerve there Tim.

    Splendid!

    You can always tell when a leftie is pissed when he reverts to using all the knuckle-dragging, illiterate, redneck euphemisms to describe those whose opinions quite rightly differ from his own.

    Job well done!

    Posted by Jay Santos on 2005 08 09 at 10:33 PM • permalink

  3. But how proud you must feel to attract the dregs of Australian society to your web page.

    American too! Don’t forget us slackjawed yokels from Yankland, William!

    Posted by Lydia on 2005 08 09 at 10:37 PM • permalink

  4. Dear Mr Blair,

    What can I say?

    If what follows is your level of discourse, the obvious answer is, “Fuck all”.

    Posted by BIWOZ on 2005 08 09 at 10:46 PM • permalink

  5. It’s working Tim ;-)
    Why would this man, who probably considers himself to be broad-minded and tolerant, be so threatened by alternative points of view?
    Does he consider all those who have views which differ from his to be “morons”, “rednecks” and the “dregs of Australian society?”
    How incredibly narrow-minded and intolerant!

    Posted by Brian on 2005 08 09 at 10:47 PM • permalink

  6. Is he (Hardiker) talking (with mouth) a bout me (Dea) (redneck’s) ? eye’m not shore

    Posted by Lucky Nutsacks on 2005 08 09 at 10:47 PM • permalink

  7. I’m impressed.

    Bill strung together 9 sentences of insults. I guess that means he’s intelligent?

    I can only aspire.

    Posted by gubba on 2005 08 09 at 10:53 PM • permalink

  8. At last, the identity of the Proprietor (of) the Iraq War Was Wrong Blog has been revealed (as this guy).

    Posted by Sortelli on 2005 08 09 at 10:55 PM • permalink

  9. American too! Don’t forget us slackjawed yokels from Yankland, William!

    You tell’m, Lydia!!

    Posted by rinardman on 2005 08 09 at 10:55 PM • permalink

  10. As Queen Victoria said, “We are not anmused”.

    As to “dregs of society”, Hey! I resemble that remark!! Of course, I do not have the honor of being a member of the Aussie dregs, but I’m certainly an American “fellow traveler”. And what is it about lefties and their congenital inability to distinguish between “your” and “you’re”? And the poor spelling skills? And the hauteur? I feel as if I’ve just been treated with sniffish disdain by a Guatemalan hobo.

    Well, that’s enough piss farting around the comments section for one day. Cheers, mates!

    Posted by paco on 2005 08 09 at 11:03 PM • permalink

  11. Go easy on William: it’s hard to type well, just using the tip of your nose, when you’re in one of those funny jackets where the sleeves tie up in the back.

    Posted by cuckoo on 2005 08 09 at 11:04 PM • permalink

  12. That cultural bigot left out that the dregs of Canadian society access Tim too. Can anyone give me the e-address of the Australian Human Rights Commission (or a local State one) so I can launch a complaint?

    Posted by andycanuck on 2005 08 09 at 11:23 PM • permalink

  13. Mr. Hardiker, your an idiot and I say that in the most respectful manne possible.

    Posted by Wallace-Midland Texas on 2005 08 09 at 11:24 PM • permalink

  14. Dear William,
    You apparently have forwarded your e-mail to Tim in error.

    Intelligent and insightful critiques of the day’s news are the norm on Tim’s site. We do occasionally make an exception for moonbats whom we condescend to join us at the grown-ups table.

    Perhaps your correspondence was meant for the likes of the Daily Kos and those to the left of the centreline. A quick review amply shows that invective and profanity take the place of reasoned discourse.

    Yours sincerely,
    Nora

    PS. Here is a Dictionary for the really big words.

    Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2005 08 09 at 11:26 PM • permalink

  15. I’ve always found Robert Manne downright hilarious, not just amusing.
    He could only be funnier if he was rolled in a wino’s urine-soaked matress and thrown off a bridge.

    Willie Hard-Dicker; c’mon, it’s gotta be a gag. Mind you, it may explain why he’s so cocksure, and backed up by a load of bollocks.

    Posted by Habib on 2005 08 09 at 11:26 PM • permalink

  16. William Hardicker isn’t two impressed with yore blog Tim. Ewe better dew something about it?

    Posted by Arty on 2005 08 09 at 11:41 PM • permalink

  17. Boy, Bill’s a Gerry Rafferty fan, to boot. Bet he plays a mean air saxophone to Baker Street

    /somehow not impressed/

    Posted by Rob C. on 2005 08 10 at 12:00 AM • permalink

  18. Here linky

    Posted by Rob C. on 2005 08 10 at 12:02 AM • permalink

  19. Can we tie him to a chair, soak him in gasoline and dance around like an epileptic, slicing bits off him with a straight razor?

    Posted by Habib on 2005 08 10 at 12:11 AM • permalink

  20. dregs of Australian society, eh?! An’ my old man said I’d never amount to nothin’.

    Posted by larrikin on 2005 08 10 at 12:12 AM • permalink

  21. <quote>But how proud you must feel to attract the dregs of Australian society to your web page.</quote>

    Hey, hey, hey!  Who’re you calling Australian?

    Posted by The Sanity Inspector on 2005 08 10 at 12:20 AM • permalink

  22. It’s always amusing when lefties stop bashing their head against the wall in frustration and start bashing it against the keyboard. It’s almost like they’re trying to talk.

    Pity about the spelling, though. It’s so hard to hit an apostrophe properly when you’re hurling your head against it.

    Posted by TimT on 2005 08 10 at 12:52 AM • permalink

  23. Obviously this was penned by the eminent Dr William Hardiker (MEd), Emeritus Professor of Wordsmithery at Oxford University Press, Graduate Summa Cum Laude, Scripps National Spelling Bee and Master of Edjumacation, Disneyland University.

    Take a bow William.

    Posted by Jay Santos on 2005 08 10 at 01:20 AM • permalink

  24. I think William Hardiker is upset because he googled his own name and found one of Tim’s posts as the second entry in the list.

    Something of a blow to the old ego.

    Posted by Evil Pundit on 2005 08 10 at 01:48 AM • permalink

  25. Paco took mine!

    Posted by Jim Treacher on 2005 08 10 at 01:49 AM • permalink

  26. Brian: How incredibly narrow-minded and intolerant!

    One might even call him insensitive.

    Posted by Achillea on 2005 08 10 at 01:59 AM • permalink

  27. Let’s see what passes for ‘debate’ amongst the luvvies:
    Ad hominem abuse: 7
    Arguments refuted: 0
    Arguments proposed: 0

    Posted by jpaulg on 2005 08 10 at 02:01 AM • permalink

  28. William old boy your spelling and grammatical errors betray your lack of education and insight. Did you miss out on grade 3 at primary school? Has noone explained to you the difference between “your” and “you’re”, or were you too busy with your self-righteous indignation to listen when they tried.
    Perhaps you should read what you have written and note that by spilling abuse all over the page you become exactly the person you claim to despise. You are therefore an idiot.

    Posted by rissole on 2005 08 10 at 02:05 AM • permalink

  29. Your not responding in a dignified manne.

    Posted by zeppenwolf on 2005 08 10 at 02:07 AM • permalink

  30. “jokers to the left of me, morons to the right here I am stuck in the middle of rednecks?”

    It doesn’t even fit the cadence of the original song.

    Jerk.

    Posted by marcus on 2005 08 10 at 02:30 AM • permalink

  31. Sortelli -

    Sacrilege!  The The Iraq War Was Wrong Blog blog is a work of towering lunacy genius!

    Posted by Pixy Misa on 2005 08 10 at 02:40 AM • permalink

  32. Sounds like Willie’s mom never taught him to mind his mannes.

    Posted by Chris L. on 2005 08 10 at 02:46 AM • permalink

  33. Is wee Willie’s name really hardicker?

    What can I say?

    Posted by rog2 on 2005 08 10 at 02:52 AM • permalink

  34. #24 Evil Pundit:
    Googling your own name is never a good idea. I googled my ‘lmbrjk’ handle and one of the results was a site titled ‘Men Seeking Men In Mexico’. Eeeeewwwww, gross.

    That said, being some kind of buggaron (which I am most definately not) would probably be better than being labelled a ‘redneck’ by a man with a mullet.

    Posted by lmbrjk on 2005 08 10 at 03:17 AM • permalink

  35. judging from the photo, wee willie’s got at least one hand on his hardiker.

    Posted by larrikin on 2005 08 10 at 03:24 AM • permalink

  36. larrikan, judging from his fashion sense, he’s also unaware of which decade it is.

    Posted by Art Vandelay on 2005 08 10 at 03:37 AM • permalink

  37. Bill Hardyker-

    Sheesh he looks like a redneck or does wearing a red tie mean he’s a wanna be?

    madawaskan,

    The Clueless Canadian Conservative.

    Posted by madawaskan on 2005 08 10 at 03:46 AM • permalink

  38. I bet that tie’s leather. If you put his name into the Pornstar Name Generator, you get “Vanna Pickle”. What do you have to put in to get Willie Hardicker?

    Posted by Habib on 2005 08 10 at 03:55 AM • permalink

  39. What’s the betting he kicks out the jams in a tribute band called Willie Hardicker and the Knackers?

    Posted by Habib on 2005 08 10 at 03:59 AM • permalink

  40. Quick, somebody name all the attributes evident from his picture that would get William Hardiker killed if he was actually in the Middle East and not comfortably railing against the West and cheering for Islamists from the safety of Australia.

    Posted by PW on 2005 08 10 at 04:01 AM • permalink

  41. That’s odd, I put his name in and got ‘Exotica Jam’. However, it turns out that my Mafia name is ‘Pietro The Shark’.

    Posted by lmbrjk on 2005 08 10 at 04:09 AM • permalink

  42. Shucks william,we jokers,morons and rednecks are proud to drag you down to our level.In fact we’ll allow as how its an honour to have you slumming with us dregs at the bottom of the barrel.Just be careful though we might be catching.

    Posted by crash on 2005 08 10 at 04:32 AM • permalink

  43. But how proud you must feel to attract the dregs of Australian society to your web page.
    Is he making reference to people like him? He must be, he is a visitor to the site.

    Lets not get into his usage of the word But.

    Those who can (at a stretch) put two sentences (of insult) together in a manne they apparently consider anmusing. Small minds indeed.
    I would like to say that he was talking about himself again but I don’t think I can define that prose as two sentences, perhaps not even prose?

    Ah well, keep on believing your fullfilling an important role in spreading your idiocy over the internet and all will be well.

    This seems like praise and encouragement to me, keep going Tim and all will be well.

    I think what you have here Tim is another ardent sympathizer come out of the closet; either that or he was very drunk.

    Posted by Looneyc on 2005 08 10 at 04:37 AM • permalink

  44. Habib can you hear the far away echoes of duelling banjos…....?

    Posted by crash on 2005 08 10 at 04:38 AM • permalink

  45. Hahahaha ... kudos TB!

    Posted by W i l l i a m on 2005 08 10 at 04:45 AM • permalink

  46. Now that he has such a high profile (courtesy of this blog) he may get a job offer from the ABC.
    Being such a talented and sympatico wordsmith, perhaps he is already scripting for expats in balaclavas.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2005 08 10 at 04:54 AM • permalink

  47. A lot of places require ties.

    Posted by rhhardin on 2005 08 10 at 05:30 AM • permalink

  48. Well Hesus the boy works for Al -Jazeera.

    I guess they would require a tie just in case they don’t like your Har “dyke” do.

    It makes it soooo much easier for the lynchers.

    Cripes I guess the guy wanted to visit Qatar…lots of nice shopping.

    All the gals in black.

    Heck he’s a pretty one in that crowd he has the competition in the bag, erh he’s got ‘em by the burkas.

    Posted by madawaskan on 2005 08 10 at 05:40 AM • permalink

  49. Sorry,  but who is William Hardiker and why is he saying these terrible things about us?

    Posted by Francis H on 2005 08 10 at 05:51 AM • permalink

  50. Look, we need to stop being so insensitive towards people suffering substance abuse problems.

    Posted by James Waterton on 2005 08 10 at 06:14 AM • permalink

  51. Nice when the drongos present themselves for your taunting pleasure!

    MarkL
    Canberra

    Posted by MarkL on 2005 08 10 at 06:19 AM • permalink

  52. Heh. Scroll down to the bottom of the al-Jazeerah.info writer profiles. Why don’t those guys down there have photos? Perhaps what’s there is their most recent depiction, as sketched by the Israeli court portrait artist?

    Posted by James Waterton on 2005 08 10 at 06:21 AM • permalink

  53. In his picture, is he practicing his “Compassionate Body Tilt™?”

    Posted by rinardman on 2005 08 10 at 06:25 AM • permalink

  54. Poor Willy Hardiker.

    It is not easy these days for a 35-year-old terrorist-loving, Fitzroy-dwelling, latte-sipping guy to find a lovely lady to hold hands with whilst the world gets madder (is this guy a walking cliche or what???).

    You would think that a 37-year-old like him would have more luck.

    I mean what is a 42-year-old to do??

    Posted by lewisinnyc on 2005 08 10 at 06:47 AM • permalink

  55. But how proud you must feel to attract the dregs of Australian society to your web page.

    The guy doesn’t have a very high opinion of himself. Welcome to Spleenville Mr. Hardicker. Great nom de plume by the way.

    Posted by Arty on 2005 08 10 at 06:47 AM • permalink

  56. sorry… linky problem… that was 35, 37 and 42.  Not bad for three posts in less than a month!

    Posted by lewisinnyc on 2005 08 10 at 06:51 AM • permalink

  57. Oh ... my ... Gawd!

    Lewisinnyc, that is one of the most embarrassing things I’ve ever seen on the Web.

    Poor Willie will regret stirring up the rednecks here. He’s sure to check up on this page to see the reaction.

    Posted by Evil Pundit on 2005 08 10 at 07:01 AM • permalink

  58. lewisinnyc - I’m impressed, Sherlock! That’s such a pisser… well found! As far as the world getting madder, has he ever considered that maybe it’s not the world but his increasingly mad outlook on it, which no doubt started down the slippery slope when the Soviet Union collapsed…

    Posted by James Waterton on 2005 08 10 at 07:09 AM • permalink

  59. He looks (and acts) like Rik from The Young Ones

    Posted by murph on 2005 08 10 at 07:35 AM • permalink

  60. Fancy not having either a T or a V. Difficult to get a girl without a full wardrobe. Hardyakka.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2005 08 10 at 07:43 AM • permalink

  61. Oh Lewis, I don’t know whether to be embarrassed or feel very sorry for poor Willie.

    —Nora

    Or feeling sorry for any poor dumb bint who responds to his ‘personals’. He’s got to be kidding!

    —Nick

    Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2005 08 10 at 07:56 AM • permalink

  62. That letter is about as sad as the anti-blog piece below. Why do these MSM types insist on slagging off things don’t really understand? Feeling a wee bit threatened maybe?

    Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge on 2005 08 10 at 08:06 AM • permalink

  63. O/T, rhinardman, in post #53, what tags do you use to get those superscripts?

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 08 10 at 08:12 AM • permalink

  64. Oh, shit, no ... the red tie of power

    I’m screwed, I recant, I was wrong ...

    Tim is the devil
    Andrew Bolt is Stalin reborn
    The right is ...

    Ah, buggerit ... piss off Hardiker. I resent you stealing my oxygen.

    Posted by BIWOZ on 2005 08 10 at 08:17 AM • permalink

  65. Real_Jeff_S—to get the ™, type “& trade ;” without the spaces or the quotation marks. Don’t forget the semicolon. Here’s a whole list.

    Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2005 08 10 at 08:24 AM • permalink

  66. Sounds like a hard dicker in deed ... (damn u habib :)

    Member of the Mile High Club, Solo Aviators Division?

    Posted by egg_ on 2005 08 10 at 08:36 AM • permalink

  67. But his flat mate might be a hard licker?

    Posted by egg_ on 2005 08 10 at 08:39 AM • permalink

  68. “endless compulsion to kill and destroy looking for a lovely lady aaargh ..”
    Will you marry me Bill,
    I love you so and I always Will..
    Will Bill kill Will?

    Posted by crash on 2005 08 10 at 09:35 AM • permalink

  69. Why would a sane person write an email like that?  It has to be for attention.  I would bet Australian dollars to doughnuts that he’s beginning to notice that virtually no one on the right either knows of him or cares what he says.

    He likely aspires to the lofty status reserved on this blog for Margo.  Ah, sorry poor chap.  It will take a lot more ludicrous writings on your part to reach that pinacle of position.

    Posted by wronwright on 2005 08 10 at 09:56 AM • permalink

  70. Obviously Mr Hardiker is mistaken.

    (And kudos to Tim for continuing to allow the posting of murder fantasies.)

    Posted by LoneNut on 2005 08 10 at 10:23 AM • permalink

  71. Thanks, Andrea, Blogmistress™!  I’ve bookmarked that site.

    Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 08 10 at 10:29 AM • permalink

  72. “Siks munts ago I culdnt spel reportir now I r won, at All-Juzeera”- Will Hardiker

    Posted by Hellbilly on 2005 08 10 at 11:10 AM • permalink

  73. I thought the your/you’re confusion was limited to teenagers taunting on Intarweb games and IRC.

    Posted by S.i.S on 2005 08 10 at 12:53 PM • permalink

  74. But how proud you must feel to attract the dregs of Australian society to your web page.

    Manne, I feel left out.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2005 08 10 at 03:17 PM • permalink

  75. Dreg attracted! What took him so long?

    Posted by blogstrop on 2005 08 10 at 06:17 PM • permalink

  76. I’m an American dreg, you jerk-off. By the way, are you the same guy I saw getting butt-slammed by a tall blonde transvestite in the Hotel Jasmine during Mardi Gras in 1995? The resemblance is just uncanny!

    Posted by Spectre765 on 2005 08 10 at 06:28 PM • permalink

  77. Brian—“Tolerance” is “progressive” speak for “How dare you talk back to me!”

    To be progressive is to see the whole world as your illegal immigrant housekeeper.

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 08 10 at 07:42 PM • permalink

  78. The original sounds like a pretty apt description:

    Clowns to the left of me
    Jokers to the right

    Thought this guy was showing his age by quoting those lyrics ...

    Posted by egg_ on 2005 08 11 at 04:57 AM • permalink

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