It's a tough market for hard nuts Aug 23, 2008
Now, while Cronulla back-rower Paul Gallen might lie on the deck non compos mentis for as long as it takes a video ref to rewind the tape and ping a penalty, he will still wink at the camera that so helped his team. Honesty, the best policy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Blame it all on the greenies ... Jun 23, 2008
I signed on for better or for worse, and now that we re in the for better part, I m not going anywhere, even though most of the time, my wife is non compos mentis from the pain killers like percocet and xanax that she eats like candy. People are not disposable. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
NOW SHE VOWS TO SMASH OPEC May 6, 2008
Saying "we're going to break up OPEC" is like China saying "we're going to break up NATO."It's non compos mentis. It makes no sense at all. (The Drudge Report)
'Nincompoop' is Britain's Favorite Word Nov 25, 2007
The survey found 13 percent of respondents chose "nincompoop" believed to be derived from the Latin "non compos mentis," meaning not of sound mind as their favorite sounding English word, The Daily Mai reported. The poll was commissioned by Ubisoft, makers of the language computer game My Word Search. (Fox News -- Politics)
Turning Kids into Sex Offenders Oct 18, 2007
Imagine how DeMarcus Blackwell felt when he was told that his son Chris had engaged in "sexual contact and/or sexual harassment" at school. School officials in Waco, Texas, said Chris rubbed his face in the chest of a female teachers' aide. (Human Events Online)
Wooten: Bring on Hillary Oct 5, 2007
I see everyone else has writer s block too, as every comment has been rated by clinical sociologists and they think they ve stumbled upon the wi-fi non compos mentis central. By Dee Dee Deeee. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Right to carry v. right to know: This month's Non-Compos Mentis Award winner Mar 17, 2007
A shoe-in for the Non Compos Mentis Award, you say ... A shoe-in for the Non Compos Mentis Award, you say. (Townhall.com)
Memo to Billy Beane Oct 27, 2006
Doesn't he remember how Lasorda torpedoed Orel a year ago when he interviewed very, very well with Mr. McCourt of the Dodgers, but didn't get the job because McCourt court jester Lasorda declared Hershiser non compos mentis (not qualified) because of his total lack of experience. Now Abner Doubleday shouldn't have invented baseball - because he had never done it before. (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)
Wooten: More troops for Iraq? Oct 26, 2006
They are non compos mentis anyway. They are succeeding in making you stray off topic. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sex, sin and angry disputation Jul 21, 2006
"Miss Flam, I've been meaning to call for about two weeks per your (unintelligible) column on (unintelligible), comparing plastic shopping bags to the aggravates of sodomy, adultery and bestiality. I don't know how you got this column, but I think you're non compos mentis and you don't deserve a column. Bestiality, adultery and sodomy are hideous sins." (Funny, others told me I don't deserve a column because I once hinted I lacked an intimate acquaintance with the vibrator known as the Hitachi... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The Groot Krokodil emerges Mar 19, 2006
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