"Louche"... in a football article? Hats off to Paul Daffey.
The inspiration for the unusual request was the mayhem that had broken out the previous week during the Picola and District League grand final at Strathmerton, north of Shepparton.
The source of the problem at Strathmerton was a group of revellers who had begun drinking during the grand final breakfast.
Lax security at the entrance to the Strathmerton oval meant the revellers could then bring jam-packed portable coolers into the ground. The revellers' behaviour grew more louche as the day wore on. Three streakers made their way onto the ground while fights broke out on the sidelines.
That article was too lugubrious.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 10/02/2008 at 07:33 PM
You picked that word out of a hat, didn't you?
Posted by: Tony T | 10/02/2008 at 08:50 PM
Hmmm. Technically, no. Or maybe yes.
I was reading a thing on John Stuart Mill about 5 minutes after I read your post and came across this:
"The mere cessation of existence is no evil to any one: the idea is only formidable through the illusion of imagination which makes one conceive oneself as if one were alive and feeling oneself dead. What is odious in death is not death itself, but the act of dying, and its lugubrious accompaniments"
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/10/06/081006crat_atlarge_gopnik
"Ludicrously mournful" was one definition I came across.
Or, as John Stuart Mill was wont to say, woof woof!
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 10/02/2008 at 09:58 PM
He only said "woof, woof" when he was contemplating the arfterlife.
Loved a pun, did Mill.
Posted by: Tony T | 10/02/2008 at 11:23 PM
I've never thought of the concept of being ludicrously mournful before today. What do you say to a fella who is ludicrously mournful if you had to say something? Had to, as in let’s say you had to say something to win The Showcase on a TV game show hosted by Larry Emdur.
A sarcastic "harden up" with a roll of the eyes, maybe?
"It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/jack_handy/
As for "louche," I checked out some online dictionaries and thesaurii and there was quite a range. From the subtle definition of "not as expected" to the full on pants-down ugly Aussie that I think the article was trying to portray.
Thanks for making me think, Tony. Love yer work. Here is a pic of Prince Harry being "louche" that I found via Google Image Search:
http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/08/prince_harry_misbehavior_the_royals_1.php
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 10/03/2008 at 02:48 AM
Prince Harry strikes me as more of a douche. A louche douche, perhaps?
Posted by: m0nty | 10/03/2008 at 02:48 PM
A louche douche, not Scaramouche.
Posted by: Tony T | 10/03/2008 at 03:01 PM
I suppose it would be too much to ask you to perform the fandango.
Posted by: m0nty | 10/04/2008 at 12:54 AM
Yes. Very, very frightening.
Posted by: Tony T | 10/04/2008 at 01:44 PM
Magnificent.
Posted by: m0nty | 10/04/2008 at 02:29 PM
Thunderbolt and lightening. And Scaramouche ? With Stewart Granger ?
Posted by: Brett Pee | 10/05/2008 at 09:16 AM
Fact: Stewart Granger was born James Stewart, but had to change it because of the other James Stewart.
Granger went to his grave, stating for the last time, "I am not related to Percy."
Posted by: Tony T | 10/05/2008 at 05:21 PM