Elvis in 2 sentences

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Elvis in 2 sentences

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I thought of some that sort of conjured EC up for me, and it has been hard to do (so far), but would be interested in seeing what other people might come up with.
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Needle I think, you have it already in four words..... :wink:
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Mostly harmless. Oh, you said *two* sentences.
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He kills me.

He wakes me up.
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Elvis isn't Presley. Thank God.
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Life.

Death.
What this world needs is more silly men.
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Bitter Sweet. Better sour. :lol:
Preacher was a talkin' there's a sermon he gave,
He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved,
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it's you who must keep it satisfied
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Post by alexv »

Do two long sentences count?

Angry, smart, awkward, skinny, bitter, heavy-drinking, ambitious, young man.


Contented, balding, pudgy, smug, abstemious, rich, middle age man.
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alexv wrote:Do two long sentences count?

Angry, smart, awkward, skinny, bitter, heavy-drinking, ambitious, young man.


Contented, balding, pudgy, smug, abstemious, rich, middle age man.
Those are more like two long sentence fragments, don't you think?
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And it probably describes most of the male contributors to this board
Where's North from 'ere?
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Apart from the word "rich"
Where's North from 'ere?
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Miss BA, you are adorably strict!! Since Bamboo had given us the subject (EC), I assumed there was no need to restate it. Let's try it again, just for you, since you bother to read my scribbles all the way down Argentina way, and with a nod to Storm's perceptive comments:

Mr. Costello was an angry, smart, awkward, skinny, bitter, heavy-drinking, ambitious, young man.

Mr. Costello, eerily mirroring the current general condition of his overwhelmingly male fan base, is a contented, balding, pudgy, smug, abstemious, rich, middle age man.
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bambooneedle wrote:I thought of some that sort of conjured EC up for me
What are they then?
Who’s this kid with his mumbo jumbo?
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alexv wrote:Mr. Costello was an angry, smart, awkward, skinny, bitter, heavy-drinking, ambitious, young man.

Mr. Costello, eerily mirroring the current general condition of his overwhelmingly male fan base, is a contented, balding, pudgy, smug, abstemious, rich, middle age man.
Ha! This made me laugh. The insistence on full sentences is merely a part of my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) training...
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Inventor of worlds ruled by words. And something emotional happens.
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