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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 91.110.139.161
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 12:15 am:   

Today's leading Google headline is 'Katie and Peter to split'.

Friday's was 'Pope leaves Vatican for Jordan'.
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 86.29.170.150
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 09:49 am:   

Everything is indeed a Reality TV show.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 82.20.31.211
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 10:02 am:   

And Popeye was very disgruntled when he heard that the Pope was going to Mount Olive.
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.208.112.230
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 10:29 am:   

That, Joel, is one of the funniest things I have ever read. I spat cornflakes onto my keyboard...
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 10:42 am:   

Talking about reality TV, I had a letter printed on the ITV teletext letters page yesterday which went something like this.

Saying that Big Brother is the best reality TV show is like saying that cat poo is the best smelling type of pet poo.

I thought it was funny anyway
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 10:51 am:   

Weber, you have far too much time on your hands...
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.208.112.230
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 04:59 pm:   

I prefer the smell of dog poo, myself.
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 05:02 pm:   

To cat poo or to big brother?
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.5.4.71
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 05:06 pm:   

I really must be an idiot today, Joel... because I simply don't get the joke....

Damn this wide-edged pond that separates us from our ability to equally recognize and respond to humorous quips - damn it, I say!
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 05:09 pm:   

Katie Price = big lipped and big breasted bimbo also known as Jordan. A despicable blight on the culture of this fair land. The type of culture we expect to see in a petri dish.
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 05:11 pm:   

Further explanation if necessary, katie Price/Jordan is married and apparently soon to divorce a one hit wonder fame hungry wannabe called peter andre.

Some people seem to think that this is in some way important news.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.5.4.71
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 05:41 pm:   

Thanks for clearing that up, Weber. Now it's somewhat humorous.

The Pope needs his own reality TV show. It could be called "Popery" - as in a homonymous pun on "potpourri"? - you know, assorted this-n-thats? - eh, fuck it.
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Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 82.20.31.211
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 06:16 pm:   

Pop(e) Idol.
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.37.199.45
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 06:57 pm:   

To be precise, Katie Price is the real name of the model known as Jordan. Katie Price has authored two books and gives articulate interviews on the problems of caring for her disabled son. Jordan engages in celebrity catfights and poses for topless photos in tabloid papers and men's lifestyle magazines. It's like a superhero but in reverse: a split personality, one fairly normal and one dramatically rubbish.

Also, pouring scorn on Katie is all very well, but compared to her (soon to be ex-) husband she's an intellectual heavyweight. I mean it.
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 195.8.175.44
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 07:02 pm:   

"Katie Price has authored two books"

Paid someone to author on her behalf more like.

Were you counting her book on how to look after horses - Katie Price's Perfect ponies - there Joel?
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.78.3.39
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 07:23 pm:   

"Katie Price has authored two books"

Don't get me started. And I read books as boobs there. I need a pun from Joel....
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.78.3.39
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 07:25 pm:   

....she was paid up front for a two boob deal...
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.208.112.230
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 09:10 pm:   

What are the tit(les) of the books? :-)
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.208.112.230
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 09:15 pm:   

"The Pope needs his own reality TV show. It could be called "Popery" - as in a homonymous pun on "potpourri"?"

The XCommunication Factor.
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 91.110.247.227
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 10:31 pm:   

I said 'authored', not 'written'. They were authored by Katie Price, but I don't know who wrote them. I would assume they were written up by a journalist from interview tapes, like most such autobiographies.
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.5.11.204
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 04:16 am:   

"Pope My Ride" - they remake all kinds of shoddy cars into little bullet-deflecting bubble-mobiles.
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 09:56 am:   

>>Katie Price is the real name of the model known as Jordan. Katie Price has authored two books and gives articulate interviews on the problems of caring for her disabled son.<<

With respect, I think your being a bit too charitable there, Joel. The way I see it, she's the same self-aggrandising glamour model (not model; there is a difference), who uses her son's disability to gain points in the gutter press when it suits her agenda. I don't think she speaks well on any topic - and I've seen a lot of her as unfortunately my wife is obsessed with this kind of crap (which leads to huge fights between us).

Craig - Jordan is famous for getting her clunge out in nightclub doorways. What more needs to be said?
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 09:57 am:   

I don't mean to sound as grumpy as I did; bad mood today, and this stuff is one of my triggers.
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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston)
Username: Weber_gregston

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 194.176.105.47
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:00 pm:   

Craig - Jordan is famous for getting her clunge out in nightclub doorways. What more needs to be said?

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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:11 pm:   

I stole the word "clunge" from the brilliant TV show "The Inbetweeners", btw.
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.37.199.45
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 01:17 pm:   

Zed, being tolerant of various idiots helps me to feel better about myself. Plus, I don't actually feel contempt for anyone except company directors, Daily Mail journalists, management consultants, yuppies and bankers. I have zero interest in reality TV 'celebrities', but when it comes to provoking my rage and disgust they're barely in the queue.
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Mark West (Mark_west)
Username: Mark_west

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.39.177.173
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 01:30 pm:   

Zed - quote of last weeks telly; "There's plenty more clunge in the sea!"

Cracking series, much more entertaining than what I've seen of the Jordan/Andre TV disaster.
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 02:04 pm:   

Zed, being tolerant of various idiots helps me to feel better about myself.

Ah, that explains our friendship...

Seriously, though: I hear you, brother. let's save our rage for those who truly deserve it.

Mark - top TV, isn't it? The "Bus wankers!" episode had me almost weeping with laughter. I'm dying to shout it out of my car window.
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.78.57.170
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 02:51 pm:   

'I don't actually feel contempt for anyone except company directors, Daily Mail journalists, management consultants, yuppies and bankers.'

Don't forget the members of parliament, Joel. I can't get over what they have been claiming for lately.
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 03:12 pm:   

Lately? They've always done it. The only thing I find difficult to believe about the whole thing is that anyone's suprised by all this.
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.37.199.45
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 03:13 pm:   

They're too wily and dangerous to be viewed with contempt, Ally. You don't view a cobra with contempt. You work out how to kill it fast without getting bitten.
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.78.57.170
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 03:40 pm:   

'Lately? They've always done it.' Yes but claims for horse manure and tampons, discussed openly...
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Craig (Craig)
Username: Craig

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 75.5.1.243
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 03:56 pm:   

Ha! I'm not positive what a "clunge" is, but I know my guess is correct....
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.208.112.230
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 09:56 pm:   

I think the news relating to the MP's expenses has just confirmed what many people have suspected for a long time.

I try to vote whenever I get the opportunity, but I feel like I've been taken for a fool.
Not for the first time, I might add...
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.96.241.143
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 09:59 pm:   

I never vote, except as a protest vote - none of them are worth my cross on the page.next time I might just spunk on the paper and hand it in.
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 79.78.44.162
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:00 pm:   

I just don't want to vote at all at the moment.
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.96.241.143
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:05 pm:   

I vote that we all veto the vote and drink vino instead.
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Gcw (Gcw)
Username: Gcw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.151.125.173
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:35 pm:   

Who do you vote for?

When I voted Labour it was to oust the Tories.

Now, I even consider voting Tory to get rid of Labour.

How has it come to this? What does it say about our political parties?

gcw
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.96.241.143
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:56 pm:   

It says everything about them. Everything.
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Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.171.129.71
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 11:08 pm:   

i consider myself a floating voter. To be anything else, considering the shift in parties' policies, seems somewhat baffling to me.

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