An asteroid of awfulness
that has fallen on this world.
It has to be said that a purist might take issue with her
knowledge of celestial bodies since, as I understand it, an asteroid is a chunk
of rock flying footloose and fancy-free through the cosmos. If it skims the
earth’s atmosphere and disintegrates it becomes a meteor. If it manages to get
through and falls to earth it is then known as a meteorite.
Well now, for a start I might be wrong; I'm no expert on the lexicography of celestial bodies. But even if I’m not
wrong, it would perhaps be an unnecessary example of nit picking to insist on
correction. An asteroid that has spent a few million years being an asteroid is
still one in all but name when it makes a big hole in the ground somewhere near
Maryland and threatens the existence of civilisation as we know it. So let’s forget
the mere matter of precise vocabulary and concentrate on what’s important to me.
Here is a politician not only agreeing with me, but doing so
in a form which is concise and uses both metaphor and a hint of alliteration
for effect. That’s unusual, that’s what makes it a red letter day, and that’s
why I mention it on my blog. When was the last time I said anything
complimentary about a politician?
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