"...Current readers can find here the very essence of OMF in this article's pricking of pomposity and its celebration of the power and colour of words in a grey world..."
Grumio (comment posted 2006)
"... a more quirky and varied and worldly-wise blog I have never encountered ... multi-layered tongue-in-cheek writing ... a veritable font of literary context for current events ... the very first top rating of my weblog viewing career ..." (5/5)
Yetzirah, Reviewer, The Weblog Review (2004)
"There is very little in the way of imported wisdom from the great and the good. ...There are some quoted words from the obscure and even more obscure. .....the vast majority of the posts are off topic and trivially nondescript...." (2/5)
Duween, Reviewer, The Weblog Review (2004)
"... I thought this was going to be a site for men to rant about things. Unfortunately I was wrong ... I really wish the author would use his own design ... I found the posts to be quiet [sic] boring ... very monotone like ... this author could not be from the US and was probably from Europe [how on earth did he work that out?] ... Little things like colour instead of color tipped me off [Aha!] ... He definitely had a more strict/formal education than I have ... this is like that foreign movie that some of us like, and some of us don't..." (2½/5)
Brent, Reviewer, The Weblog Review (2005)
"... I was unable to grab onto any common denominator with this author and what he writes ... there are titles of posts that lead readers one way, only to be jerked all the way around backwards once they start reading the posts ... when I see a post called "Warm Beer", I certainly do not expect to read a paragraph [about] John Major misquoting Orwell about beer ... the entries are very dry ... not a lot of humor or personal touch ... I left this site feeling ripped off... feel as if I have nothing from it ... no bit of wisdom to carry on ... no real desire to return to this site at all ..." (2/5)
Wendy, Reviewer, The Weblog Review (2005)
[For comments on these two reviews, look HERE]
"I have always felt that your blog was a commentary on other people's ideas etc ... You have surpassed yourself this time ... a witty, urbane writer ..."
Minerva, teacher, London
"...a lovely collection of quotations and interesting phrases..."
Infomaniac
"Tony is always interesting. He’s interesting in the morning and in the afternoon and when you need something good to read. It’s kinda like what Gump said about not knowing what chocolate you’re gonna get. That’s OMF. The surprise is in the what. The how is always good quality."
Rethabile Masile
"... prodigious use of the English language in all its forms... will soon become another one of my daily must-reads... well worth a look... you, sir, have a way with words.."
Lynn, BaconCheeseAndOatcakes
"...that's just brilliant!"
"...well written and incredibly funny"
Marc Morales, Houston
"I read your blog at the end of my day to see what language does when it's working well."
Cal, Speech Therapist, PerfectlyVoCal
"... your fine blog..."
Professor of Law, Baton Rouge
"... I'm laughing out loud! ...you always manage to coax a smile from me... so real...so funny... a good read..."
International Businessman, Oaxaca (site now disappeared).
"Possibly.... The Best Blog in the World? Over the past few months I have become an avid reader of Other Men's Flowers, a Blogspot blog written by a fellow called Tony - the best kind of Englishman: erudite, self-effacing, acerbic, and magnificently literate. He's a gentleman of mature years (late 70s, if his online biography is to be believed; there may be a few little jests in it, but I think it is mostly in earnest), but he appears to be in fine fettle, and I hope he'll be entertaining us for a good long spell yet.
... It is giddyingly diverse and beautifully written, more or less what this blog aspires to be, but at least 10 or 20 times better. However, adulation displaces any twinge of jealousy I might feel. I just love it. Marvellous, marvellous stuff. Do go and check it out."
...from Froogville, the personal blog of an Englishman living in Beijing (October 2008)
"...I find it scintillating, enlightening and unmissable."
Elizabeth (February 2009)
