Guest Post: Muddy – Who Wrote That?

84 thoughts on “Guest Post: Muddy – Who Wrote That?”

1. After spending sometime on the phone with the bank I needed this Muddy, how did you know? Anyway hanks for the laughs, No 2 sounds like cohenite.

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2. I’m embarrassed that none of them came from me, have to lift muh game.

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3. One point to Tinta for recognising ‘crotchless.’
   Number 2 has been solved.

   Yes Bruce, you may need to have your Ph levels checked.

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4. 16. Rabz

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5. 15. Knuckles

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6. One point for calli.
   Number 15 has been solved.

7. I’ll have another go at 16.

   Tom

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8. Sixteen doesn’t seem to be your lucky number, calli.

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9. What the actual f#ck, Dover-
   this stoush trolling got posted before my month-late Archibald whinge?
   *sniffs in arty type

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10. All good, Muddy. I’m trying to remember the aliens thread. The buggers accused me of watching tentacle pron!

    Your selection only proves what I’ve long known…the place is full of genuine comedians.

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11. Wally! You slacker! Hop to it. (I liked the Bassi, as for the “winner” I’ve seen better at the Houston quilt show).

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12. Alight, alright, I’ll grudgingly get into the spirit-
    8 – Knuckles?

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13. No Knuckles for 8, Wally.

    Keep on harassing Dover about your post. I can understand the frustration. It was this that prompted me to throw a quiet tantrum early last year & take a break (then life stretched the break). I look forward to reading it.

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14. All selected comments are from open Freds, by the way.

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15. Muddy, #4 is cohenite

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16. #11 Dr BG

    (I was going to respond to that one, but ran out of time the day he made that comment).

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17. #2 also is cohenite – crotchless is the giveaway

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18. #8 mole?

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19. #18 – ST?

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20. I’ll defer to Dover’s judgement re Archibald post. I did kinda rush it, it typical late homework style- quick re=read looking for “Bassi” showed me I’d missed a few tricks myself, so I’ll do a v.2.0 tonight.
    Calli, which one is yer Bassi?

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21. Calli, yes i’ve twigged at last. Bassi is the subject, Fenoglio the artist! My thoughts-
    Will we look upon the podgy unshaven man-child of the 21st century West as a stylistic phenomenon of place and time, like the lean and brylcreemed beachgoing youth of the 50’s?
    Not to snipe though, it’s a very good painting. Brushwork lively and deliberate, but not distracting- maybe a bit too fancy with the reverse-burn shadows in the lower left corner. (don’t park pointless distractions in the corners, Christopher Bassi, that’s Composition 101). The picture carries that interesting quality where the subject’s attention seems to roam around the room he looks upon, as the viewer roams around his face- David Fenoglio looks like an interesting bloke. Looking slightly down at the viewer is a power pose- have a shave and I might even respect him a bit.
    Note, I’d had the artist and subject the wrong way round too, despite the relatively straight titling.
    Like and subscribe for updates…
    Well, it’s at the mercy of Dover, innit.

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22. 16 is Miltonf

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23. Wally, I’m saving it for this weekend.

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24. 12 is thefrollickingmole.

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25. 6 is a Dr Faustus.

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26. 10 is Knuckledragger

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27. 5 Zulu

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28. I reckon 13 is Sancho.

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29. Bar Beach Swimmer is now ahead, with 2 points.
    Nos. 4 (Cohenite) and 11 (Br. BeauGan) are resolved.

30. Rabz shoots to the co-lead with two!
    Nos. 12 (the frollickingmole) and 16 (miltonf) are now resolved.

31. No points for Dover with No.6.

32. 132 gets on the scoreboard!
    No. 5 (ZK2A) is now resolved.

    (Rabz misses the goal with No.10).

33. Despite a strong effort all game, calli dips out with her No.13 attempt.

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34. Let’s have a look at the scoreboard:
    Resolved: Nos. 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16.
    Remaining: Nos. 1, 3,6-10, 13, 14, 17-20.

    Individual Scores:
    Bar Beach Swimmer* & Rabz – 2.
    Tinta, calli, & 132andbush – 1.

    *BBS was also correct with No. 2 Cohenite, but Tinta claimed the early point.

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35. I’ll post the full list of identifications at about midday or early afternoon tomorrow, Thursday the 18th.

    There’s still time to get in a few more bets.

36. It’s been fun, Muddy,thank you!

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37. It’s been fun, Muddy,thank you!

    Has been fun – good to see you back!

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38. Better than Q&A lotto.

    No Lefties. And definitely no Snowcone.

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39. 1 Salvatore

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40. The only one I’m sure about is mine, for which I assume I am ineligible to guess (insider trading etc).
    My guesses are

    1. MatrixTransform
    2. Cohenite
    3. JC
    5. Knuckle Dragger
    9. Rabz
    10. OCO
    11. Robert Sewell
    15. Dot

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41. Bush dips out with a valiant attempt at No. 1.
    (Though Sal is on the list).

    Thanks for the compliments, folks. I’ve been a bit unsure how this has come across. I wanted to put forward something light-hearted, rather than my usual criticisms.

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42. Colonel Crispin Berka sneaks in when all is quiet, takes a spray, and lays a solid claim on one point!
    No. 9 (Rabz) has been solved.

    (Thanks for not giving away which comment is yours).

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43. Muddy thank you light-hearted is what we need in these time of lumpen ignorance, arrogance and worst of all, so much PRIDE in both

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44. 18: Dot?

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45. 19: JC?

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46. 20: I’ll have 10 beertickets on Cassie for that one.

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47. No 1 – JC?

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48. Oh, dear. Beertruk does his drinking money.

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49. Wait, there’s been a protest! The on-field referee has been overruled by the video ref, and one point awarded.
    
    No. 18 has been resolved.

    (The on-field ref takes a sneaky swig from his hip flask and adds another few to his overall post comment title).

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50. Luzu: You’d think so, but no, sorry.

51. Let’s take a look at the scoreboard again.

    Comments remaining to be solved: Nos. 1, 3,6-8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20.

    To the sidelines for a comment now:
    Muddy (says Muddy speaking to Muddy), last night there were two clues given: Sal (Understaffed, etc.) and Colonel Crispin were two of the remaining commenters. This morning, I can tell you that Farmer Gez, Mother Lode, and Sancho, are also remaining commenters.

    The downside of my inside knowledge is that the value of a point has been reduced to 50%.

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52. Tintarella di Luna says:
    May 18, 2023 at 5:32 am

    Thanks, Tinta. Yes, Homo Sapiens seems to be devolving with every blink. The only word I’ve been able to use as an adjective for the past few years is still: Surreal.

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53. When’s the Pride Round/Indigenous Round ?

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54. Not until after the Narcissists Anonymous Round, dopey.

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55. Can’t remember who said them, but my faves are 9, 13, and 15.

    Are we going to have a vote for podiums?
    And will there be monthly heats and a yearly Collected Edition out sometime?
    Comedy and Wit at The Cat. Unless, as is likely, a better title comes up.

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56. My choices 9, 13 and 15. Oops. Is this a bit like a donkey vote?

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57. I am hopeless at this sort of thing. I’ll just take a punt. All the awful ones left are JC, funny ones are Cronkite. 😀

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58. Lizzie.
    I intend to run another round in one or two month’s time and then decide if there is a demand for it. As to a favourite comment overall … I hadn’t considered that, but perhaps. Thanks for the suggested title; it’s not bad, actually. I’ll mull it over.

    Pogria.
    No comments are JC’s, and Cohenite has two in the list, one of which (No.2) has already been claimed.
    Come on, make a commitment!

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59. aah Muddy, stop bossing me around! 😉

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60. With only several hours remaining, here are the remaining commenters, in no particular order:

    Sal (Understaff martyr etc.), Sancho Panzer, MatrixTransform, , HB Bear, Farmer Gez, Colonel Crispin Berka, Mother Lode (x2), Boambee John, Cohenite, Robert Sewell, Dr. Faustus.

    Comments remaining to be solved: Nos. 1, 3,6-8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20.

    Half points are still on offer.

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61. I’m practically GIVING the points away here, Pogria!

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62. Muddy, just a stab, but I think #6 is ML.

63. 19 Cohenite

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64. ps, Muddy, I like the idea of a of monthly game.

    Though this list, and it seems true of my previous “noticings” in the threads, that the cats are better at comedy and takedowns than are we, kittehs. (Although, at times Pogria, can be very witty.)

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65. Muddy, if #6 is not ML, then I think its FG.

    #19 cohenite?

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66. BBS – No, but you could not have been closer!
    Monthly depends upon my energy levels. I’m only just beginning to regain some dignity and self-esteem after a tough stretch. Re. Cats vs. Kittehs: The choices were just what I noticed at the time, mostly by accident. I started by wanting to concentrate on wit, but then had to ‘fill-in’ a few at the end just to get the post done. I think the blokes in general do tend to be more acerbic, but I’ll aim for more balance with the next one.

    calli – No, sorry. Continue thinking of J.C. though. Who else does he like to ‘play’ with?

    I’m off to run some errands now, but please continue, and I’ll wrap it up somewhere between noon and 2 p.m.

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67. okay, my last shots are:
    MT # 17
    Robert # 19
    SP # 13

68. Muddy, no worries to me re cats/kittehs – it’s just that, on the whole, men seem wittier than women.

    but thank you for the post.

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69. Oooh, BBS cracks it for half a point! (And misses my strong hint about which comment might be Mother Lode’s).
    No. 17 (MatrixTransform) has been solved.

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70. right, I had another look – #7 is ML.

    I feel like Ima punch drunk wannabe – or perhaps I’m Sylvester the cat (rather apt, there, as he is a cat) – who’s coming to a screaming halt, having run outa all options and the dosh!

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71. “Muddysays:
    May 18, 2023 at 10:32 am
    I’m practically GIVING the points away here, Pogria!”

    Geez, Muddy, anybody would think this was YOUR thread! 😀

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72. This competition will close at 1:30 p.m.

73. 10 is Sancho P

74. As for mine, it’s time to acknowledge it’s a paraphrasing of an Iowahawk quote: “Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”

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75. Half a point for BBS: No.7 Mother Lode.
    Rabz makes an unsuccessful attempt at No. 10.

    Aaaaand …. Paaarrrrp! There’s the siren. Game over.

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76. Here’s the playing roster:

    1. I am so god like I sometimes make myself incontinent – Sancho Panzer, 25 Apr, 7:58 pm.

    2. Crotchless, a word of advice: ease up on the meth; you’ve been posting like a headless chicken with .410 pellets up its arse – Cohenite, 25 Apr, 5:44pm.

    3. You are worse than a fart in a lift going to the 50th floor – Boambee John, 27 Apr, 12:28 p.m.

    4. … and I know couples who have bonded over farts – Cohenite, 27 Apr, 9:46 p.m.

    5. Go and bang your head on the floor, until you are forgiven – Zulu Kilo Two Alpha, 27 Apr, 10:02 p.m.

    6. I self-identify as an octopus and I am offended by your language – Colonel Crispin Berka, 27 Apr, 11:39 p.m.

    7. If those palaeolithic Venus figurines had had mouths and a finger to stick into their throat they would be dead ringers – Mother Lode, 28 Apr, 8:28 a.m.

    8. The Greens: standing out and proud in a field of glistening turds – Dr. Faustus, 28 Apr, 8:35 a.m.

    9. That should cover it – with a pillow. Until it stops breathing – Rabz, 30 Apr, 6:05 p.m.

    10. The hyphenated barrel stuffers lose to the dental denialists by one point – Farmer Gez, 30 Apr, 7:19 p.m.

    11. Would it be immoral to have a shag with an alien? – Dr.BeauGan, 2, May, 6:43 p.m.

    12. Your head. Dead bears bum. Some assembly required – thefrollickingmole, 4 May, 9:51 p.m.

    13. If any of my comments contained facts, I apologise – HB Bear, 8 May, 12:48 a.m.

    14. I really regret not signing up to their disloyalty program. I would be able to get a better quality set of tooth pliers and a more reliable battery to have wired to my testicles – Mother Lode, 10 May, 8:03 p.m.

    15. One of my parentheses just got shot off – Knuckle Dragger, 15 May, 6:17 p.m.

    16. The meja is evil. Filled with poisonous imbeciles with zero accomplishments – miltonf, 30 Dec, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

    17. [R]ainbow barbed-wire – MatrixTransform, 30 Dec, 2022, 7:59 p.m.

    18. Morrison can go shove his cock in a pickle slicer for his “you don’t need to take a vaccine” bullshit – Dot, 28 Feb, 2022, 9:24 p.m.

    19. Yes, my devoted worshipper? – Salvatore, Understaffed & Overworked Martyr to Govt Covid Stupidity, 28 Feb, 2022, 9:31 p.m.

    20. … the Liberal Party is just a blocking force determined to stop any meaningful conservative voice into the political arena – Robert Sewell, 3 Feb, 7:41 p.m.

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77. That was fun to watch and read Muddy, thanks.

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78. The final individual scores are (Just a sec while I grab my abacus):

    Bar Beach Swimmer – 3
    Rabz – 2
    Tinta – 1
    calli – 1
    Colonel Crispin Berka – 1
    132andBush – 1
    Beertruk – 1

    Alrighty folks, thanks for turning up, please take your rubbish with you, and file out of the stadium in an orderly manner (white supremacists last please).

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79. Hint for the next round (in 4-6 weeks): Zulu (yesterday) and calli (today) are already on the board. Comments will come from the open freds only (that narrows it down, doesn’t it?).

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80. Here’s my guess:
    Muddy is a cocksmoker.

    How’d I go, Mud?

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81. *chuckles
    nice work muds

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82. Should have Cohenites top 10 – difference is being told you have 4 th stage testicular cancer rather than 3 rd stage

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83. #20 is me! me! me! me!
    All glory be to me for my political acumen!

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84. What do you mean the game is over?

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