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Friday, February 07, 2003
oh, that's random as in 'close your eyes and stick your finger anywhere on the page' using four year old newspapers as source material. We were talking about context and looking at Ed Ruscha paintings. In case you were wondering. If anyone really wants to see what these found phrases (well not these found phrases, but another year's) end up looking like as paintings, go look here.





Zinnias are one of my favourites
(we want to hang out with Ed Ruscha)

These are some of the random phrases found by my year 9 class this morning. Much hilarity was had by all…


very soft and fresh
it’s not big enough
swimming pool man
we can handle this safely
there was no room to cross my legs
the old dog lost his teeth
propped on a bar
powerful brakes
comedy sports shows
inherently magnificent
two talking wristwatches
gliders, burrowers
even jesus didn't stay up
your love in vain
intolerable pleasure
saw you coming
there is no need to tell
full coloured photographs of sunsets
dancing plastic flowers
see how she runs
very good at baking
lorryloads of customers
lose control
couldn’t stop himself
bungalow of quite ugliness
out of touch
prodding and poking
under normal circumstances
he gets it out
horrendously bad
people really want to drink
drama of the girl in the corridor
evidence of their age
dark and rich as gravy
a hole in one
iced heather hurt the knuckles
lying flat and lank
but not tonight
no magic formula
but only in return for sex
pull out the core
in the wake of peace talks
presences have varied
wounded but functional
zinnias are one of my favourites
jumping out of jets
the doorbell of her basement flat
dramatic fantasy in the bedroom
a narrow, round object
cooled chicken mixture
upper-class retirement home
take your photograph
like being in charge of a 70mph canoe
doing it with your buttocks
still he tries hard
he rocks in a country way
old fart McJagger
the first time in 20 years
huge satisfaction
might be worth a try
slops on one, slurps of another
boys make great girls
barbies in minks
the girls went to watch
she has fat legs
swallow perfectly
we should both take paracetamol
friends, Romans, witch doctors
we went to great lengths
not everyone is sharp
one sniff and you’re in
enormous passion
what I underwent
make it big
there’s a hole somewhere
stars of the future
the reins are loosening
panoramic shot of two young people
everything’s too hard
ask anyone
you often miss things
kill yourself
every time you move your body