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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 9. 1967.

Acid vine

Acid vine

Sirs,—I sampled the fruit of the grapevine and found it distinctly acid. Might I say that even green apples wouldn't leave such an unpleasant taste in the mouth.

When I decided to stand for Exec, it was obvious that my main failing, among many, would be that I was an unknown, a faceless member of the 5000. Conscious that the mighty voice of "god" might boom forth: "He can't be a serious candidate—I don't know him," I endeavoured to introduce myself to the electors. This was my sole reason for distributing apples.

Those who received them (amongst others "god") should be quick to testify that they were given out in a spirit of good-natured fun, holding up Fritz's 7d effort to ridicule and accompanied by no high-pressure policy talk at all. For your correspondent "On the Grapevine" to term this "a little close to the absurd" shows that he either despises originality or good-natured fun, probably both.

Might I, in conclusion, as an ignorant Science student question your correspondent's use of English. On consulting my good friend the Oxford dictionary, I obtained the following definition for the word "blurt," used as a noun: "an eruptive emission of breath from the mouth, especially as expressive of contempt." I fail to see how anyone can read a "blurt" which by definition must be heard. So by all means "Feast on Easton but at the same time prune the grapevine so that it may bring forth good fruit.

Andy Easton.