Another Case Of Anti Nominative Determinism?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67813689

What a plonker!

[brainiac]

What a chump

[gulliver1]

OP..."What a plonker".....One has to be a Plonker in order to qualify as a Tory MP.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah that wasnt done very cleverly

( my joke my joke I said that last month)

[sandyRoe]

Wots anti nominative... Mean?

[wolf63]

Sandy - Mr Cleverly is not very clever!

[bookbinder]

I wonder what Mrs. Cleverly would have to say about this.

[Canary42]

At least you kept the underpants dry this time.

[New Judge]

I remember jokes. I think I heard one once. Then the Puritan brigade took over and I don't think I've heard one since (at least, not one that was swiftly followed by an apology and/or a stewards' enquiry).

[sandyRoe]

Ah, I see now.  James Cleverly isn't very clever.

Got it with the help of Google.

[Peter Pedant]

no or yes - use a verb first and then you can use the adverb -  cleverly

he didnt say that cleverly

[Peter Pedant]

anti nominative determinism - TTT er made it up by putting anti infront of a weighty phrase

Dr Death the pathologist - Mr Liniment the bat maker - Usain Bolt the runner

the anti bit is - Mr O'hare the bald man, Mr Stubb who had all five toes... Mr Ghost who was still alive. We had an employee *** whose parents were married ( but one of his forebears wasnt) - hechanged his name... Ed Balls who didnt make a success of the economy. Sckoonthorpe wh is quite a nice place in fact

[anneasquith]

A bad ' joke' at home is irritating, but now it's public ,I'd give mr.C 6 months before he's looking for a B&B .

[douglas9401]

Cultural differences, that's all.

[jno]

already auditioning for his next job as a public speaker. The sort of thing you can tell your mates in the pub, but at a Downing Street reception? That is beyond stupid.

[jno]

is there such a category as accusative determinism?

[Deskdiary]

Man tells joke shocker.

He should immediately resign from his position and self flagellate for ever more.

Apparently some women groups are calling for him to be sacked. For a joke!

Anybody calling for him to be sacked is beyond pathetic. 

[gulliver1]

.........Yes.... Sack Him.

[tomus42]

It's not much of a rib tickler is it.

[piggynose]

he could be a stand up comedian!