In Competition No. 2761 you were invited to provide an example of critics debating a trivial point in an absurd way.
This challenge was inspired by the parody, at the end of N.F. Simpson’s A Resounding Tinkle, of critics solemnly discussing whether the play they have just seen is a ‘hotchpotch’ or a ‘gallimaufry’.
I liked Chris O’Carroll’s dissection of the nuances of ‘myriad’ and ‘plethora’, and both Basil Ransome-Davies and G.M.
Disagree with half of it, enjoy reading all of it
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