"A blog is like a lamp-post - it may have dog-pee at the bottom, but it still sheds light."

We were discussing in a group dominated by my editorial colleagues why it is that the idea of being able to comment on blogs is so attractive, given that the quality of many of the comments on blogs and community sites generally, particuarly famous ones, is often risible. One colleague, an expert on North America, came up with this gem:

"A good blog is like a lamp-post. It may have dog pee at the bottom, but it still sheds light."

We riffed on this for a while, my own contribution being that the higher quality the lamp-post, the more the dogs seem to queue up to pee.

So no comments on this one, please :->